North East contracts worth £23m have been secured with County Durham Housing Group.  The group’s three landlords will all benefit from the programme which includes a £17.5m contract with East Durham Homes to deliver improvements to 900 dwellings. This will… Continue Reading →

Offsite construction specialist looking for new subcontractors across London and South West.  The firm has a full pipeline of work for the rest of this year and 2016 and is now looking at boosting its supply chain.McAvoy is hosting a… Continue Reading →

The University of Leeds starts race to find contractor for £14m refurbishment of its student union building. The Leeds University Union is a five-storey 11,000m2 building. It is in the centre of the campus, between University House and the Stage… Continue Reading →

Apex Lifts awarded tender to refurbish the North and South tower passenger lifts at Tower Bridge, and replace vital equipment in the Waterloo Block at the Tower of London. The Apex Lifts team was tasked with creating new ceilings for… Continue Reading →

Carillion selected by Leeds City Council as preferred bidder for restoration and regeneration of the Engine House, a Grade II Listed building at the heart of Holbeck Urban Village. The Engine House is central to the Tower Works site, one… Continue Reading →

Green construction campaigners left reeling as Government dumps zero-carbon targets.  Chancellor George Osborne’s “Fixing the Foundations” report confirmed that zero-carbon building policy is being dropped along with targets for homes to be compliant by 2016 and other buildings by 2019…. Continue Reading →

Secure Trust Bank has launch a £100m Property Conversion Fund dedicated to boost the levels of commercial to residential refurbishment. The AIM-listed challenger bank has made the announcement on the back of the Government’s commitment to create a £1bn “brownfield… Continue Reading →