Laura Thomas Laura Thomas started her career in chambers, had a stint on secondment with the Health & Safety Executive and then joined east of England law firm Birketts LLP for 12 years, rising to the position of partner. While at Birketts, she established and led its regulatory and corporate defence team, advising and defending…
The contracts are all scheduled to start in the next few weeks. Geographically they are spread between Perth and Colchester in Essex, with others in Clydebank, Stoneyetts, Crieff and Harelaw. Alongside bulk earthworks, the work will include specialist ground improvement techniques such as soil modification, soil stabilisation and vibro stone columns. Managing director Kevin Mackenzie…
Aerial shot of The Rise The deal paves the way for Keepmoat, the self-styled “busiest private house builder in Newcastle”, to support a further £120m investment by New Tyne West in the project over the next five years. Keepmoat said that it would double construction output, delivering at least 100 homes a year – around…
Loreburn Housing Association in Dumfries has awarded two projects to Ashleigh (Scotland) – the £4.8m construction of 27 homes in Annan and a £14.8m scheme to build 75 homes in Dumfries. North Ayrshire Council’s £14.6m Harbourside Project to build 79 homes has been awarded to MacTaggart Construction. CCG (Scotland) will deliver 22 homes for Stirling…
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…
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…
Beth West has left Balfour Beatty after less than a year Operations of the southern regional business unit have been merged with the northern and midlands unit. Beth West joined Balfour Beatty in February 2020 just as big things were anticipated. But the pandemic has scotched all that and left her with no clear role….
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…
Swan Group has recently concluded a contract with PfP Capital to deliver the units in the development, which will be close to the city centre and is part of the Clyde Gateway regeneration project. The five blocks of the Newhall Street development will provide a mix of one- and two-bed flats and three of the…
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…
