Image from Coventry City Council The Midlands has aspirations for a lithium-ion battery factory to support electric car manufacturers, to match that under development in Northumberland. Coventry City Council is set to enter a joint venture partnership with Coventry Airport Ltd to develop proposals for a massive battery at Coventry Airport. The aim is to…
BDP engineered the conversion of Manchester Central Convention Complex into a Nightingale field hopsital last year BDP’s results for the financial year ended 30th June 2020 show revenues of £131.3m (2019: £106.8m) and pre-tax profit up 36% to £12.7m (2019: £9.3m) Growth was attributed to the inclusion of a full year’s input from Toronto-based BDP…
The equipment was delivered last month and is already producing electricity Sustainable energy generation company Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE) has designed and manufactured the equipment for use in the Goto Island chain, where it has clocked its first 10MWh of generation within the first 10 days of operation. The project included leasing tidal generation equipment…
Homes England, the government’s housing delivery agency and United Trust Bank (UTB) have together set up the £250m Housing Accelerator Fund to support small and medium-sized builders with development finance at up to 70% loan to gross development value. It will provide offer construction loans of between £1m and £10m in a bid to improve…
Failure to manage asbestos at a property in Stockport The client knew there was an issue with asbestos but did no tell the contractor. But magistrates decided that the contractor should have anticipated it anyway. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how Samer Constructions Limited had been contracted by Swift Property Management MCR Ltd to refurbish the…
Smart idea? Last week Doncaster coroner Nicola Mundy adjourned the inquest into the death of 62-year-old Nargis Begum, killed on the M1, and referred Highways England to the Crown Prosecution Service. The death of Nargis Begum, killed while trying to escape from her car 16 minutes after it had broken down on a section of…
When Laing O’Rourke was awarded Crossrail contract C422 in Jul 2012 it was supposed to finish work, and the line open, in 2018. However, it was always one of the most complex stations on the new line, and it has been far from the only source of delay to the new Elizabeth Line. To the…
The residential-led Lu2on development that JJ Rhatigan is building for Strawberry Star Under a partnership agreement, JJ Rhatigan will build four Strawberry Star developments, with a combined gross development value of around £500m. JJ Rhatigan is currently Strawberry Star’s contractor on its £280m residential-led mixed-use Lu2on scheme in Luton, with phase one of the scheme…
Avanton’s Coda development in Battersea, recently handed over to A2Dominion Avanton, owned by 37-year-old Omer Weinberger, a former real estate banker-turned-developer, has already begun to assemble a portfolio of build-to-rent pipeline projects. It has an ambition to deliver up to 5,000 build-to-rent (BTR) apartments by 2023. Its new land fund will target the acquisition of…
The Holland Park development will be spread across 433 apartments over four blocks – ranging from six to 19 storeys – as well as to the communal and external space, including a roof terrace. HE Simm said that offsite manufacturing will play its part speeding up the overall installation process and bringing efficiencies in relation…
