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Scotland’s canals secure extra funding
The lock gates at Fort Augustus on the Caledonian Canal are to be replaced as part of an additional package of £5.35m for the organisation that manages Scotland’s canal network.The lock gates at Fort Augustus on the Caledonian Canal are to be replaced as part of an...
Kier starts £56m Royal College of Art campus
Kier has started work on the Royal College of Art’s south London student campus in Battersea. Its £56m building project will involve a long 4-storey Studio Building with workshops, teaching and exhibition space alongside an 8-storey Research Building for...
Royal Liverpool Trust to pay Laing O’Rourke trade firms direct
The Royal Liverpool hospital trust has revealed it will pay Laing O’Rourke’s specialist trade contractors direct as part of the deal hammered out to restart work on Carillion’s stalled hospital project. Latest board papers also reveal that Mace has...
Plans for 17-storey Manchester Maldron hotel
Property investor Catalyst Capital has revealed plans to build a new 4-star hotel in Manchester city centre. The 17-storey hotel will boast 278 rooms, a restaurant and bar and will be located in close proximity to Oxford Road train station. Maldron Hotels – part...
Mace chief: Reward firms using modern methods
Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has called on the government to reward firms that “take the lead” on modern methods of construction (MMC). source...
Tideway launches cost-saving drive on super-sewer
Tideway has insisted that the £4.2bn super-sewer will be delivered within budget despite seeing the contingency for the project “substantially eroded” due to engineering complications. source...
Contractor fined after man dies falling through unmarked void
A London building firm has been fined after a chauffeur died when he fell through a void in the floor of a property undergoing renovation. source...
Super sewer contingency budget raided as costs soar
Thames Tideway is rolling out a cost-saving plan after having to raid much of the project contingency budget even before tunnelling has started. A catalogue of engineering challenges during cofferdam and shaft construction has left the project team looking for major...
Green light for 1.7m sq ft Dartford logistics park
Plans to build a 1.7m sq logistics park within the M25 at Dartford have gained planning for phase one to go-ahead. Developer Bericote Properties and investor Tritax plan to build London’s largest big box logistics park at the Littlebrook former power station site by...
Treasury details offsite construction drive
The Treasury has today published the latest iteration of the UK National Infrastructure & Construction Pipeline along with a call to arms for the offsite construction sector.The Treasury has today published the latest iteration of the UK National Infrastructure &...
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