Developers to be compelled to embrace local vernacular

Developers to be compelled to embrace local vernacular

The national model design code sets out examples of type The government is proposing changes to the national planning policy framework to place greater emphasis on “beauty and place-making”, and to ensure that all new streets are lined with trees. It has published, for consultation, a national model design code that outlines the design standards…

TAMKO Heritage Proline Series | 2021-02-01

TAMKO Heritage Proline Series | 2021-02-01

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BAM wins contract for £192m Elstree film studio

BAM wins contract for £192m Elstree film studio

The studios will be used by Comcast companies Sky, NBC and Universal The studio are being built for broadcaster Sky and NBCUniversal, both owned by the US telecoms giant Comcast. Insurance group Legal & General is also backing the £192m project. BAM hopes to start construction in the spring. Set to open in 2022 just…

Jenny Products Inc. Offers Gas-Powered, Wheeled-Portable Compressor with High-Volume Pump | 2021-02-01

Jenny Products Inc. Offers Gas-Powered, Wheeled-Portable Compressor with High-Volume Pump | 2021-02-01

Jenny Products Inc. Offers Gas-Powered, Wheeled-Portable Compressor with High-Volume Pump | 2021-02-01 | Roofing Contractor This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing…

Blubberhouses gets £60m for new road

Blubberhouses gets £60m for new road

This stretch of the A59 is prone to landslips The proposed new road will divert traffic away from the landslip-prone Kex Gill, mid-way between Skipton and Harrogate. Where it runs through Blubberhouses Moor, the A59 is subject to regular landslips, closing the road, most recently in 2018. In 2019 North Yorkshire County Council submitted proposals…

Local wins contract for Shetland electricity link

Local wins contract for Shetland electricity link

Shetland-based civil and marine engineering firm Tulloch Developments has been appointed to deliver the civil engineering works for the Shetland HVDC link onshore cable installation. The appointment was made by SSEN Transmission and its principal contractor for the manufacture and installation of the Shetland link HVDC subsea cable, NKT. The contract will see Tulloch Developments…

Industry council calls for rethink on permitted development rights

Industry council calls for rethink on permitted development rights

Government proposals to extend so-called permitted development rights, which will allow more premises to bypass normal planning procedures and be turned into homes, need greater safeguards, the council says. The Construction Industry Council (CIC) represents most of the industry’s professional bodies, societies and research organisations. (The Institution of Civil Engineers is the only major organisation…