Warrington to get £69m facelift

Vinci Construction is planning a major meet the buyer event after securing the job to transform Warrington town centre with a £69m bid. Its 123-week Time Square contract includes demolition of existing
Posted on August 15, 2017

Big Ben silenced to protect refurb team

Big Ben’s famous chimes will fall silent from next week until 2021 to allow refurbishment work to be carried out on the famous clock tower. The bongs will sound for
Posted on August 15, 2017

Maintenance specialist ceases trading

Welsh construction and maintenance group Contract Services (South Wales) Ltd has ceased trading with the loss of 102 jobs. The firm was hit by cash flow problems and has now
Posted on August 15, 2017

Mace to oversee £330m Town Hall revamp

Mace has been appointed as the project manager for the £330m Our Town Hall project to repair and upgrade Manchester’s Town Hall and Albert Square. he 140-year-old building is structurally
Posted on August 15, 2017

Edinburgh Uni plans £120m revamp

Edinburgh University has started the hunt for a contractor to deliver a major upgrade and conversion of the Scottish capital’s former Royal Infirmary building. It plans to create a major educational hub
Posted on August 15, 2017

One of the world’s finest treasure houses safeguards its architectural finery during refurbishment

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow has appointed Cliveden Conservation to help protect precious architectural pieces whilst the museum undergoes a four-year refurbishment and re-display of its collection. Both parties will
Posted on August 14, 2017

Pilkington Planar™ entices readers to one of USA’s busiest libraries

The fundamental role of glass in the built environment is to allow light into spaces while keeping the elements out. But it often also plays a defining aesthetic role too,
Posted on August 14, 2017

Lovell selected for first tower block reclad since Grenfell Tower

Partnership housing specialist Lovell has been selected by Sandwell Council to carry out a £9.7 million, 18-month improvement programme for three blocks of flats at the Lion Farm Estate, Oldbury
Posted on August 14, 2017

Novus completes fast-track refurb for the JCB Academy

Novus Property Solutions has transformed a former primary school building as part of a fast-track refurbishment to create a new, state-of-the-art apprentice training centre in Staffordshire. The first of a
Posted on August 8, 2017

Pick Everard helps power up offshore wind farm for SSE

Historical maritime buildings in the harbour of Wick in Caithness, Scotland, will be brought back into operation when renovated to act as the hub for one of the largest new
Posted on August 8, 2017