He said the Building Safety Act had laid the blame on developers, contractors and their supplychain rather than accepting the role successive Governments, their regulators and agents had played in creating the building safety crisis. Read more here.
Lorry loaders fitted with hydraulic tilting and hydraulic deployment stabiliser legs which rotate across the position of the fixed controls are being banned from all Skanska UK sites. The move follows the involvement of this type of stabiliser in a fatal incident at a Skanska at Shirehampton, Bristol last September. Read more here.
Network Rail has started the hunt for firms to deliver a £1.3bn smaller works and renewal programme for control period 7 in its north west and central territory. Procurement chiefs aim to let several frameworks covering the “Backbone of Britain” route. Read more here
At least a quarter of a million additional construction workers will be needed by 2026 to meet growing demand in the industry according to the latest Construction Skills Network report. Authors of the report warn that with job vacancies at a record high, and unemployment at its lowest level in 50 years, developing a highly-skilled […]
Developers Oxford Properties and Reef Estates are preferred development partners for the delivery of the 300,000 sq ft Snowsfields Quarter scheme. The developers will bring forward world-class lab facilities across three new buildings to create a health innovation cluster at a site adjacent to the Guy’s campus in SE1. Read more here.
The £150m scheme will regenerate a prominent, vacant site on the western fringe of Leeds City Centre. The firm will now look to appoint a contractor to deliver the brick-clad, warehouse-style project in the Summer, which should start on site in the Autumn subject to planning. Read more here
Initial proposals for the 11.5 acre site were passed by Norwich City Council but rejected by the Housing Secretary in November 2020 forcing Weston back to the drawing board. Read more here
Successful firms will be called off from the framework to deliver civil engineering and technology improvements to the orbital motorway over the next six years. Projects could include structures, junction improvements and roadside technology including combined civil engineering and technology renewals. Read more here.
Barhale has secured an £11m refinancing package as it looks to boost business as water companies ramp-up spending plans. Latest results at parent company Barhale Holdings show turnover dipped to £110m for the year to June 30 2021 from £142m last time in line with major clients’ spending plans. Read more here
London’s office market is seeing a significant improvement in confidence with the volume of new starts and speculative appetite rising. According to the London Office Crane Survey by Deloitte, the volume of new starts increased by 10% from the previous survey in May, to 3.4m sq ft between April and September 2021. This rise is […]