The prime minister wants to speed up the planning and execution of construction projects Project Speed has reviewed the end-to-end delivery process working with experts and applying learnings across a number of case study projects to test and iterate a comprehensive package of reforms, the National Infrastructure Strategy document reveals. On some of these projects,…
Showing the planned design of HS2 at a point just south of Crewe station And HS2 Ltd has also gone out to tender with a £50m programme of enabling works for phase 2a. Phase 2a is the 58km section of the HS2 high speed railway than runs between Birmingham and Crewe, to link up with…
Blackhill fabricated 15 sacrificial casings measuring up to 18 metres long VolkerStevin is responsible for the £43m Defence Infrastructure Organisation project to modernise refuelling facilities for Royal Navy warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Thanckes oil fuel depot, at Torpoint near Plymouth, is operated by the Oil & Pipelines Agency. Exeter-based Blackhill Engineering has a double…
Exchange Square 2 will have a 15-storey Premier Inn McAleer & Rushe will build a 15-storey 235-bed Premier Inn, a 6,000 sq ft restaurant, 5,000 sq ft of retail units and a half-acre public square. The contract award follows Nikal securing a £38m funding agreement with LaSalle Investment Management for the project. McAleer & Rushe…
Scott Mathieson and Ian Manson Clyde Gateway, Scotland’s biggest regeneration programme, has kicked off the project install a sustainable heating system to reduce fuel poverty in the area following. The scheme, which has secured £2.1m in funding from SP Energy Networks’ Green Economy Fund, is designated as Scotland’s first Green Regeneration & Innovation District. Homes…
BiFab’s major contract for fabrication of an offshore wind project collapsed recently, prompting criticism of the Scottish government by trade unions. The two governments said that, in the absence of a shareholder guarantee provided by BiFab’s majority shareholder, JV Driver, they cannot provide BiFab with the guarantees it would need to secure its contract with…
NeedHelp is described as “one of Europe’s leading home improvement services marketplaces” and it is on its way to the UK. It is an online platform that connects customers who need home improvement help, either in-store or online, with vetted professional tradespeople and other skilled experts. Kingfisher, which already owns the domain diy.com, said that…
The planned development on St James’s Road in southeast London A new development company called Skyroom plans to add four storeys onto an existing three-storey block of flats by lifting into place prefabricated modular units transported by road from a north of England factory. The developer said that the new homes would be “installed by…
Covid-19 restrictions have given many people more time to get some of those long-neglected jobs done Figures for the third quarter of 2020 (July-September) from the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) reveal sales bouncing back to near normal levels. Sales in Q3 were 63.2% up, compared to the second quarter (or 53.2% when adjusted for trading…
Maple Mill was demolished after a fire MCI Developments, part of Keepmoat Homes, has submitted plans to Oldham Borough Council to develop the site of the old spinning mill in Hathershaw into a 99-unit housing development. Maple Mill was demolished in 2016 following a fire and MCI Developments is looking to build a scheme for…
