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Balfour-Galliford JV ‘to face MSPs’ over Aberdeen bypass
Representatives from the joint venture behind the troubled Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are to be called to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament, CN understands. source...
Hammerson ditches towers with new Goodsyard plans
Developers behind the Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme have unveiled new designs that ditch the original high-rise towers after uproar with local residents. source...
Chinese contractor starts first Liverpool major project
Chinese builder Beijing Construction & Engineering Group International has started work on a 34-storey build-to-rent project for Moda on the Liverpool Waterfront. The Princes Dock tower, designed by Falconer Chester Hall architects, has been called the Lexington...
Hammerson ditches towers with new Goodsyard plans
Developers behind the Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme have unveiled new designs that ditch the original high-rise towers after uproar with local residents. source...
Toshiba shuts NuGen and walks away from Moorside
Japanese electrical giant Toshiba Corporation is closing its UK nuclear power plant business after failing to find a buyer for it.Japanese electrical giant Toshiba Corporation is closing its UK nuclear power plant business after failing to find a buyer for it.Read...
Big fines follow gas pipe strike
A civil engineering contractor has been fined £60,000 after rupturing a gas pipe with a digger during construction works.A civil engineering contractor has been fined £60,000 after rupturing a gas pipe with a digger during construction works.Read Full Article:...
JV to deliver New Cross Gate housing
Grainger, the listed private residential landlord, has formed a joint venture company with the London Borough of Lewisham to build private rented sector (PRS) housing.Grainger, the listed private residential landlord, has formed a joint venture company with the London...
Aberdeen bypass completion pushed back to December
Galliford Try is having to spend a further £20m more than it had planned to finish construction of the delayed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route for Transport Scotland.Galliford Try is having to spend a further £20m more than it had planned to finish...
Toshiba scraps £15bn Moorside nuclear station plan
Plans to build Europe’s biggest nuclear power station in West Cumbria have collapsed after Japanese engineering giant Toshiba said it is pulling out the project. The £15bn Moorside power station project involved building three reactors at the site near...
Court hands out £1.2m fine after digger ruptures gas pipe
A major UK gas distribution company and a Kent based contractor have been fined a total of more than £1.2m after a gas main ignited during repairs injuring two workers. Folkestone Magistrates Court heard how on 27 May 2016, Southern Gas Network Plc (SGN) employees...
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