Contractors’ archaeologists uncover Elizabethan garden

Contractors’ archaeologists uncover Elizabethan garden

The remains of Coleshill Manor and Gardens The excavations were undertaken by Wessex Archaeology for LM (a joint venture of Laing O’Rourke and Murphy) on the HS2 site at Coleshill in Warwickshire. The remains of Coleshill Manor and an octagonal moat were originally noticed in aerial photographs. As excavations progressed, the remains of a massive…

Cruden consults on Livingston housing plan

Cruden consults on Livingston housing plan

The developer is planning a scheme of at least 65 affording housing units at the former St Columba’s Church site on Sydney Street in Craigshill, Livingston. It has formally submitted a proposal of application notice to West Lothian Council, informing that it intends to submit a planning application for the development following a minimum 12-week…

Scottish government urged to boost affordable housing

Scottish government urged to boost affordable housing

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…

30-storey tower approved at 55 Gracechurch Street

30-storey tower approved at 55 Gracechurch Street

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…

Southwark housing estates to get heat pump retrofit

Southwark housing estates to get heat pump retrofit

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…

HS2 contractor names new project director

HS2 contractor names new project director

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…

Morgan Sindall team completes 11,000-tonne rail tunnel push

Morgan Sindall team completes 11,000-tonne rail tunnel push

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…

Design changes add two years to BAM’s Aldgate project

Design changes add two years to BAM’s Aldgate project

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…