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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
Posted on March 16, 2016

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
Posted on March 16, 2016

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
Posted on March 15, 2016

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
Posted on March 15, 2016
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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)
Posted on March 15, 2016

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
Posted on March 15, 2016

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
Posted on March 15, 2016

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
Posted on March 15, 2016

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
Posted on March 14, 2016

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
Posted on March 11, 2016