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Salix spends £13m on repairs in first year
A Salford housing association has invested £13.1m in the city’s housing in its first year of operation. This week marks 12 months since Salix Homes launched as a stand-alone housing
Solar panel installer falls into pool – company fined
A solar panel specialist has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall through a fragile roof light in Kent. The worker, from Ashford, fractured his
Willmott Dixon in green office retrofit
Willmott Dixon is switching its offices over to green fuel to hit a target to halve the carbon it emits by 2020 compared to 2010. The move is the first step towards
London’s Lambeth council approves 460 home estate rebuild
London’s Lambeth Council has approved controversial plans to level and then rebuild the Cressingham Gardens estate in Tulse Hill. The decision will allow the south London council to replace the 306 homes
Balfour Beatty bags £33m Bristol Uni maths building
Balfour Beatty has agreed the contract to transform a listed building near the centre of Bristol into an new home for the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics. The Fry
Graham bags £28m Inverness hospital upgrade
The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead for a £28m upgrade of critical care services at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. The work, which will be carried out by Graham Construction, will start
BAM tipped for Birmingham Temple Court overhaul
BAM Construction is expected to sign a deal with developer Legal & General Property to extend and upgrade the Temple Court building in Birmingham. The firm is understood to be in final negotiations
£340m railway upgrade planned for Liverpool
A huge revamp of Liverpool’s Lime Street Station will be at the heart of a £340m spend upgrading the region’s rail network over the next three years. The project will
£14m revamp for Typhoo tea factory
The Government is to give Birmingham City University £14m to transform the former Typhoo tea factory into a collaborative innovation centre for solving the challenges facing SMEs in the West
Cathedrals get £20m Budget repair boost
The Church of England has welcomed the announcement in the Chancellor’s Budget last week of a £20m fund for works to cathedrals. The Church of England’s 42 cathedrals alone welcome
