The Housing Capital Investment Programme was approved at a meeting of the council this week alongside the approval of the housing revenue account budget for the same period. The proposed two-year programme running during the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23 will see over £50 million invested to increase the social housing supply in West Lothian….
David Wylie The Net Zero Home standard developed by CCG (Scotland) is intended to deliver a standard of specification that reduces greenhouse gas emissions arising from regulated operational energy use to a rate less than or equal to 0kg C02/m2/year. It is achieved by combining offsite manufacturing of timber systems with building services such as…
The former owners, Tim Clifford and Leslie Rose, have sold 100% of the business to an employee ownership trust (EOT). As our article here explains, business owners exiting by selling to an EOT are exempt from paying capital gains tax. It has therefore become an increasingly popular route. Other companies that have been sold, either…
DaVinci Masterpiece Contractor 2020 Project of the Year Awards Announced | 2021-02-17 | 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…
Joe Jackson With his new company Jackson Remediation, Joe Jackson will be going into competition against his former colleagues at Keltbray. He is promising customers “a higher value service at a lower price”. Services offered include: contaminated land assessment and remediation design; remediation construction and enabling works; and waste management. Mr Jackson said: “Our mission…
Cognitive Contractor Launches Data-Driven Customer Acquisition Solution for Contractors | 2021-02-17 | 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 to…
Hidden costs can put a huge dent in a construction project’s progress, causing delay and leading to contractors using contingency funds and eroding their profit margins, says Aviv Leibovici, chief product officer and co-founder of Buildots. The Israeli artificial intelligence construction technology firm arrived in the UK earlier this year, opening an office in London. …
Costain has built Pont Jack Williams over the A465 in Brynmawr as part of the scheme It has still not yet finished construction though. Costain is widening 8km of the A465 between the Glanbaiden junction at Gilwern and the Brynmawr roundabout, on the fringe of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Construction started at the end…
Peter Baker His new role is in addition to his former duties: he remains director of HSE’s building safety and construction division as well. In effect, therefore, HSE’s existing construction division is morphing into the statutory Building Safety Regulator. The selection of the man already in situ follows an executive search process run by Mayfair…
The Cardiff Interchange is being built by ISG for Legal & General Home Quality Mark One (HQM One) is the Building Research Establishment’s new benchmarking standard for sustainability and quality. The Cardiff Interchange, owned by Legal & General, is a 500,000 sq ft development with 12 storeys of offices, 318 flats for private rent, and…
