The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) welcomed the bits that were in line with its own recommendations but has expressed concerns about a number of the proposals. Last week the Ministry of Housing published its response to the 2019 consultation on the Future Homes Standard, which sought views on changes to Part L…
Litecast’s new works Litecast’s new factory in Ansley Common, Nuneaton, is a 5,400 sq m (58,000 sq ft) building on a 60-acre site that the company has purchased. Production capacity is 72,000 linear metres of cast concrete beams per week, compared with 42,000 linear metres at the old site, a mile away on the town’s…
ACM cladding on Grenfell Tower before the fire The good news is that all high-rise buildings in the social sector and student buildings are now fully remediated or have work underway to remove unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, according to latest statistics from the Ministry of Housing1. The private sector is not doing quite…
Queenn Elizabeth II Bridge (Brian Chadwick/Creative Commons) Latest accounts for Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing Charging Scheme show that motorists paid £209m to use the M25 to cross the Thames to the east of London during the year ended 31st March 2020. At the same time, total expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2020 amounted to…
November 2020 saw the largest year-on-year increase in builders’ merchant sales in Great Britain since March 2019, despite tougher Covid-19 restrictions taking effect from Thursday 5th November. Year-on-year, four categories sold more in November 2020 than in November 2019, led by strong performances from Landscaping (+29.3%) and Timber & Joinery Products (+16.3%). Heavy Building Materials…
Simon Courtney (left) and David Lowery David Lowery joins Galliford Try as operations director, with responsibility for the company’s relationship with Highways England. He joins from French contractor Eiffage, where he was executive director for the Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM joint venture working on HS2. He was previously with Carillion, where he was project director…
Bermondsey Spa Gardens, on Ascot Road, has been designed by Greenaway Architecture The projects are both set for completion by September 2022 when the new academic year starts. The required forward funding of £43.8m has been put up by Barings. The 4,600 sq m project on Bermondsey Spa Gardens is Alumno’s fourth development in the…
Turner & Townsend’s team will include architects HawkinsBrown and White Arkitekter working in partnership, Ramboll will provide all engineering services. MJ Medical will provide healthcare planning input. The appointment of the project design team follows a competitive tender process lasting several months. Cambridge Children’s will be built on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and is due…
image by Claire Maclean The £2.5m River Ness Hydro energy project, which is part-funded by the Scottish government through Salix Finance, will be built at a site on the River Ness, near Whin Park in Inverness. As part of the development, Highland Council is working with the Science Skills Academy (SSA) to encourage interest in…
October 2020 photo of the site from www.cunninghame-housing.org The man was working for piling contractor Van Elle when he was struck by a falling mast at Hallmeadow Place in Annan at around 9.45am yesterday morning (21st January). He was pronounced dead at the scene. A spokesperson for Van Elle told us: “Everyone at Van Elle…
