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Winners named for £300m Fusion21 housing repairs deal
Fusion21 has selected contractors and suppliers for its national planned maintenance framework worth up to £300m over a four-year period. A total of 50 contractors have successfully secured a place
Novus to regenerate Highfields site
Novus Property Solutions is creating 32 new residences on the site of the former Westway public house in Highfields, Stafford, bringing a much-needed boost to the area. More than 20
Asbestos risk from boiler replacement
A gas engineer removed potentially dangerous asbestos material during a gas boiler replacement putting himself and others at risk from exposure to asbestos fibres. Brian Hockin, aged 58, was removing
New look for listed hospital building
The Homes and Communities Agency has bought Wolverhampton’s former Royal Hospital site from Tesco. Bowmer and Kirkland was lined up to redevelop the site for the supermarket giant creating a
Board room revolt at Lakehouse
Shareholders in housing maintenance contractor Lakehouse are calling for directors of the company to be removed from the board room. The revolt is being led by founder Steve Rawlings (pictured)
Plans fast-tracked for Barking transformation
Housing association London & Quadrant has bought out Bellway’s stake on the vast 11,000-home Barking Riverside regeneration scheme with plans to fast-track house building. L&Q pledged to quadruple house building rates
Green light for £65m retail regen
NewRiver Retail Limited has been given the go-ahead for a £65m redevelopment of the Martlets Shopping Centre in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. Construction is scheduled to start early next year
Robot slashes retrofit insulation costs
Robots are being used by a growing number of housing associations to apply insulation foam to the underside of floorboards in domestic homes. The Q-Bot machine makes retrofitting of older
BTP Architects gets the vote for landmark historical project
BTP Architects has been appointed to restore the landmark Pankhurst Centre in Manchester. Subject to successful fundraising, the £2.6m project will see a complete refurbishment of the site which is
Construction Output Falls in January but New Orders Point to Growth in 2016
ONS figures published today show that construction output in January fell by 0.2% and by 0.8% compared with one year earlier. In addition, the ONS’s orders data indicate that construction


















