Designs for a £2.2M extension to Constance Stewart Hall at Bishop Grosseteste University are being developed thanks to Lincoln-based LK2 Architects. Contractor Robert Woodhead has started work at the university’s city centre site this month (1 August) and the East… Continue Reading →
Latest CHP Plant opens in company’s £11 million investment in Renewable Energy across UK and Europe. BSW Timber has become the first UK sawmiller to generate electricity from biomass fuel with the commissioning of a £2.5 million Combined Heat and… Continue Reading →
Richard Threlfall, head of infrastructure, building and construction at KPMG UK, comments on the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI. It highlights that UK construction output fell again in July. Richard said: “The Brexit vote is forcing the construction sector to navigate… Continue Reading →
A Hertfordshire-based home improvement company has been fined after the unsafe removal of asbestos material from a domestic property. St Albans Magistrates’ Court heard how Ace of Hearts Home Improvement Limited (AOH) removed asbestos containing materials (ACM) from a domestic… Continue Reading →
National Contractor United Living Group has appointed a new member of staff and reshuffled its southern refurbishments division based in Swanley, Kent, in response to the high volume of residential refurbishment contracts that are coming into the business. Over the… Continue Reading →
Plans to redevelop the Sheerwater Estate near Woking with 922 homes and community facilities have been approved by the local council. The regenerated area will have 952 new homes, a leisure centre, community and health facilities, nursery and new shops. The estate regeneration… Continue Reading →
Lakehouse was forced to issue another profit warning this week with a further £4m of contract write-downs expected this year. The company issued its last profit warning in May with a £2m provision against problem contracts. On Tuesday it confirmed:… Continue Reading →
Design and build teams have been appointed to deliver the refurbishment and redevelopment of the Grade II-listed bus station in Preston, Lancashire. The transport hub, which has become an icon of Brutalist architecture, will be refurbished by Conlon Construction, a… Continue Reading →
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