Author: California Builder

The Prince’s Gate housing being built by Bellway will comprise a mix of three-, four- and five-bedroom, terrace, semi and detached properties, all with solar panels. Blindwells, which is located less than 10 miles east of Edinburgh, has outline planning permission for 1,600 homes. Hargreaves Land’s proposals also include new education facilities, a healthcare hub,…

The project, which is led by the University of Dundee, has been officially signed off by the Tay Cities Region Joint Committee. The Biomedical Cluster project has received initial funding of £25 million from the Scottish government as part of the Tay Cities Deal. The three main elements of the Biomedical Cluster project are: the…

The £900,000 contract was awarded by Network Rail on behalf of  a partnership that also includes Transport Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council. Mott MacDonald will carry out design work to assess and select the most appropriate options for the various elements of the masterplan, to allow them to be developed further. The will consider…

Kemsley K3 generating station Wheelabrator Technologies wanted to increase capacity at its Kemsley K3 generating station facility in Sittingbourne and build a new waste-to-energy incinerator alongside. As a nationally significant infrastructure project, it was up to the Planning Inspectorate and the secretary of state to decide. On the basis of the Planning Inspectorate’s recommendations, the…

Robert Jenrick is going back home to Wolverhampton Communities secretary Robert Jenrick, who was born in Wolverhampton and went  to Wolverhampton Grammar School, said that he planned to have at least 500 staff working for him in his home town by 2025, with further increases planned by 2030. The implication was that 500 of the…

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 set out the duties of a principal designer, defined as the organisation or individual (appointed by the client to take control of the pre-construction phase of any project involving more than one contractor. The HSE gas commissioned research to see how the legislation is working in practice and…