Tideway lining landmark for Barhale

Tideway lining landmark for Barhale

The completed secondary lining of the shaft at Tideway’s Victoria Embankment foreshore site Barhale is now ready to start internal shaft work at the Victoria Embankment foreshore. The next steps include the installation of the baffle/divider wall and vortex surround – the two elements that facilitate the flow transfer from the top to the bottom…

Work starts on £30m regeneration scheme in Dumbarton

Work starts on £30m regeneration scheme in Dumbarton

A total of 66 homes are being built at Muir Road Caledonia Housing Association is working with CCG on the £30m project to deliver better homes for the Bellsmyre area.  At Muir Road, a brownfield site, 66 new homes are being built for completion by summer 2022.  In the Bellsmyre Regeneration Area, CCG is also…

Dudley brickworks site to be developed for housing

Dudley brickworks site to be developed for housing

Artist’s impression of housing planned for Stallings Place, Kingswinford The land, now redundant, has been bought from Ibstock Brick and will be developed into an estate of 169 homes – 154 two-, three- and four- bedroom houses and 15 apartments, across range of tenures. Keepmoat Homes regional managing director Charlotte Goode said: “Our aim for…

Gateshead partnership readies next site

Gateshead partnership readies next site

The derelict site next to the railway Gateshead Council’s planning committee has approved the construction of 300 homes on the former freight sidings site, off the Felling bypass. It is one of the biggest projects taken on by Gateshead Regeneration Partnership (GRP), a venture involving the council, builders Vistry Partnerships and housing association Home Group….

Contractors start £34m lock gate replacement

Contractors start £34m lock gate replacement

Rendering of the proposed outer lock gates at the entrance to the Port of Tilbury (looking west) The existing port lock gates, installed in 1928, will be replaced with dual function lock gates. The Environment Agency’s tidal barrier, built in 1981, will be removed. This £34m project is a joint endeavour between the Environment Agency…

Alumasc interims show solid growth

Alumasc interims show solid growth

An Alumasc drainpipe Alumasc’s interim results, for the six months to 31st December 2020 show revenue up 11% to £45.6m (2019: £41.1m) and a pre-tax profit of £5.5m (2019: £2.1m). Chief Executive Paul Hooper said the numbers “reflect the successful execution of our repositioning strategy launched in 2019”. Alumasc’s Water Management division, representing 42% of…

Kitchen fitter gets suspended jail sentence for gas works

Kitchen fitter gets suspended jail sentence for gas works

Brian Squibb, trading as BKS Kitchens & Bathrooms, was contracted to fit kitchens in the summer of 2019. He signed an installer agreement giving the name of a registered Gas Safe plumber that he would use for gas work in the two properties in Exeter. However, as Exeter Crown Court heard, Brian Squibb carried out…