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Crest Nicholson strikes Southampton tower deal as part of £500m regen
Crest Nicholson and Homes England have agreed a development deal to deliver a 27-storey tower in Southampton. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/projects/crest-nicholson-strikes-southampton-tower-deal-as-part-of-500m-regen/10039306.article
Midlothian tenders housing scheme
Midlothian Council has published the tender notice for a development that includes an extra-care facility and more than 50 houses.Midlothian Council has published the tender notice for a development that includes an extra-care facility and more than 50 houses.Read...
Kier in talks to sell housing maintenance arm
Kier is understood to be in talks to sell its housing maintenance business in fresh moves to reduce its debts. The £250m revenue property services business could fetch up to £30m, according to city sources. News of a potential major disposal comes after last...
Specialists named for £205m Area 10 works
Highways England has teamed up with 20 contractors to help improve journeys for road users in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire. The area 10 asset delivery framework covers 10 different specialisms of work and will run for four years....
£20m fund available for future road ideas
Highways England is launching a £20m fund to develop new ideas on how future roads will be designed and maintained. Firms are invited to look at the impact of technological advances like low carbon, connected and autonomous vehicles on how the UK’s transport network...
Coleman nabs job to demolish Coventry’s ugliest building
Demolition specialist Coleman has secured the job to tear down the 14-storey Coventry Point office block to prepare the way for the ambitious £300m City Centre South scheme. The firm will demolish the brutalist building – dubbed the city’s ugliest –...
Bungling builder sentenced over poisonous project
An Essex builder has been sentenced after putting three people at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard how, in June 2017, Daniel Cox, trading as DEC Roofing & General Building Ltd, was contracted to build a single storey extension...
Winners revealed for £205m Area 10 construction works
Highways England has chosen 26 specialist contractors for a £205m framework in the northwest of England.Highways England has chosen 26 specialist contractors for a £205m framework in the northwest of England.Read Full Article: The Construction Index from All...
‘Green Vest’ scheme targets apprentices’ roller and dumper skills
WM Donald and Stewart Milne Homes have developed the ‘Green Vest’ scheme, which is designed to give apprentices experience in using rollers and dumpers.WM Donald and Stewart Milne Homes have developed the ‘Green Vest’ scheme, which is designed to give...
Suspended jail sentence for builder who almost poisoned customer
An Essex builder who left a gas flue emitting poisonous gases into a house extension he built has received a suspended jail sentence and a community service order.An Essex builder who left a gas flue emitting poisonous gases into a house extension he built has...
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