It will start on site next month after being appointed by housing association Ayrshire Housing to build the 52 new affordable homes. The homes will be designed for energy efficiency and will comprise two- and three-bedroomed semi-detached houses and two-bedroomed cottage flats for social rental. The new development will also include parking and a…
Stuart Jackman (left) and Andrew O’Donovan BAM Ritchies, part of BAM Nuttall, has appointed Stuart Jackman as contracts manager for HS2, assuming responsibility for the ‘safe and predictable delivery’ of all of the company’s works across the high speed rail project. Stuart Jackman’s previous responsibilities, as contracts manager for the north of the UK, transfer…
Chief executive Joe Hudson Brick making is an inherently energy intensive business but switching to a renewable energy supplier puts Ibstock a little nearer its target of a 15% reduction in CO2 per tonne of production by 2025. Total Gas & Power, Ibstock’s energy supplier, says that its Pure Green energy tariff guarantees electricity only…
Aecom’s annual analysis of construction in Northern Ireland says the cost of construction increased by 1.5% in 2020 and is anticipated to increase further between 1% and 1.5% in 2021. Construction output fell by 30% in Northern Ireland during the height of the pandemic in 2020, with hospitality, retail, and commercial construction most affected. However,…
Brighton Magistrates’ Court heard how builders were moving sheets of plasterboard weighing 32kg each from the ground floor to the second floor of a house undergoing refurbishment. As there was no staircase in place, they were stacking the plasterboard against an unsecured ladder and sliding them up to the floor above. During the process the…
Left to right are Matt Lowther, Alan Woodward and Aden Woodward Woodward said that the acquisition of Lowthers expanded its “knowledge, expertise and clientele”. Both companies are based in Burton-on-Trent. Lowthers specialises in hazardous or potentially explosive area installations (ATEX) and electrical, control and instrumentation (E, C&I) for the food & beverage and petrochemical industries….
Caledonia Housing Association and Discovery Homes are submitting a planning application for the mixed-tenure homes on the site of a former primary school in the city’s Rosebank Street. Voigt Architects has designed a development of 30 properties for social housing and ten for private sale, with a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes over…
There are 50-plus scaffolders at the Scunthorpe site responsible for the maintenance of more than 500 scaffolding structures. Their pay dispute began in 2019. Represented by the construction union, Unite, the workers are seeking to be paid in line with the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI). There is a difference of £2.00…
The construction products regulator will be a division of the Office for Product Safety & Standards within the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and have an initial £10m to get going. The introduction of a new tier of bureaucracy has been deemed necessary because of the failure of the construction industry to regulate…
BOSS A1 The Brick on Soffit System (BOSS) A1 is a prefabricated brick slip soffit system, designed to be bolted to IG’s welded masonry support (WMS). It has been produced to meet demand for improved fire safety on tall buildings and represents the third generation of the IG’s BOSS product. The prefabricated components are delivered…
