Kate Forbes is being urged to make affordable housing the cornerstone of Scotland’s recovery The alliance of advocacy, support and housing organisations has written to cabinet secretary for finance Kate Forbes, asking her to make social and affordable homes the cornerstone of Scotland’s recovery in this week’s budget. The organisations supporting the call include Shelter…
The approved 55 Gracechurch Street building appears front and centre Hong Kong developer Tenacity plans to build the tower at 55 Gracechurch Street, between Monument station and Leadenhall Market. It intends that it will be the first tall building in the City Cluster to achieve a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating. Sustainability measures include re-using and recycling…
Manchester magistrates heard how, on 27th November 2018, two employees of Rooffabs Direct Ltd had been working with their boss, Paul McMahon, to install signage at retail premises on Bury New Road, Prestwich. The employees used a tower scaffold to carry out the work. During the afternoon, when Mr McMahon was no longer on site,…
Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 4th April 2019, an employee of South East Galvanizers Limited had visited the premises of PCR Steel Ltd on the Star Industrial Estate in Grays, Essex, to collect a load. PCR Steel used a telehandler forklift truck to load a metal balcony base frame onto a flatbed trailer. But…
Vital Energi are working with Southwark Council to deliver the £6.95m project, which will see water source heat pumps used to heat 2,175 properties across the Newington, Wyndham and Consort estates. The project makes use of the existing district heating network, but three retrofitted water source heat pumps will replace gas boilers as the primary…
Peter Bimson Peter Bimson was previously deputy project director for EKFB and Kieroperations director. His promotion follows the departure of Eiffage’s David Lowery, who joined Galliford Try earlier this month. Eiffage’s Emmanuel Rossignol steps up to become deputy project director. EKFB is building an 80km section of the new high speed rail link, between the…
Over nine days between 16th and 24th January 2021 the huge concrete box was pushed under the East Coast Main Line railway. The prefabricated structure forms a new rail underpass at Werrington, north of Peterborough, to enable slower moving freight trains to dive underneath the passenger route and use an adjacent line northwards. Time-lapse video…
BAM is making progress at Central House but it has proved more complicated than first envisaged BAM has been working for around 18 months under a pre-contract service agreement (PCSA) but says that the scheme for Frasers Property has proven to be ‘highly complex’. When BAM was awarded the contract in August 2019, the work…
Dawson Wam did the sheet piling for SCS JV The box will be 130 metres long and 24 metres deep, with 1.5-metre thick walls constructed by diaphragm piling, with top and intermediate levels of reinforced concrete props. The base slab of the crossover box will be supported by 77 piles, installed 20 metres into the…
The code should put an end to fairy-tale promises of non-existent prowess The code has been developed by the CPA’s marketing integrity group (MIG), which it set up after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed issues with the integrity of construction product marketers. “The reputation of our industry is now at risk and collectively we need…
