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CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY
UK Construction News Archive for September 2012
28/09/2012
Housing Minister Mark Prisk today confirmed nearly £1billion to bring sub-standard council homes up to scratch - while at the same time offering a boost to local businesses up and down the country. The Minister said that the funding, to be allocated to 41 councils over the next two years - would br
28/09/2012
Local building firm R.G. Carter has been awarded the contract for £14m of essential maintenance to Norfolk County Hall, Norwich. County Hall, built in the late 1960s, is the cornerstone of a new strategy aimed at driving down property costs, including a potential £2m a year saving by bringing all N
28/09/2012
Vinci Construction UK, the principle contractor, is making great progress with the new state-of-the-art headquarters for Waters Corporation with the erection of the steelworks. The company's state-of-the-art Headquarters will be a unique, 208,000 ft2, fully functioning assembly plant, office, R&D,
28/09/2012
At a recent debate on procurement at the Plaid Cymru conference in Brecon, FMB Wales called for a new public procurement policy to support the small businesses at the heart of the Welsh construction economy. Richard Jenkins, FMB Wales Director, said: "The vast majority of contractors in Wales are s
28/09/2012
The Leadbitter Group has completed two more care homes in Gloucestershire offering a mix of residential and dementia care. Jubilee Lodge Care Centre in Bourton-on-the-Water and Monkscroft Care Centre in Cheltenham were both delivered by Leadbitter on behalf of the Gloucestershire Care Partnership (
28/09/2012
Wates is co-hosting a debate on 'Housing the Nation' at the forthcoming Conservative Party Conference, with newly elected Planning Minister Nick Boles MP. The event, in partnership with the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Orbit Group, will take place on Sunday 7th October from 17.30
28/09/2012
Householders are moving in to their new homes in Goole following a £4 million investment at Mulberry Gardens. The 59 new homes in Mulberry Gardens are being built in a range of styles, 19 of which are owned by Your Housing Group and managed locally by Headrow Ltd. The remaining 40 properties are fo
28/09/2012
Cavendish Joinery were recently selected by Lakehouse Contracts to provide very specialist joinery to The Lowther School located in London SW13 which was to undergo the building of a large extension to compliment the existing school premises. working closely with the architects, project managers and
28/09/2012
299 Lighting were approached to design and supply a scheme with LG7 compliant office luminaires for an office refurbishment in the trendy part of London, Great Eastern Street. The contemporary office space is spread over 5 floors. With the ceilings exposed, our aim was to enhance the industrial ware
28/09/2012
Innovative smoke ventilation and natural ventilation control solutions form the primary focus of the SE Controls’ stand at this year’s CIBSE Conference and Exhibition. A fully working model of SE Controls' SHEVTEC® Extended Travel Distance System is integrated into the exhibition stand design to de
27/09/2012
Developer Crest Nicholson, in conjunction with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have announced the commencement of the delivery of the £200m, 1,100 homes mixed-use development at Oakgrove, Milton Keynes. The Oakgrove development comes at an important time with the government stressing the nee
27/09/2012
Former Olympians Diane Modhal and Paula Dunn Thomas joined pupils and staff for the official opening of the brand new £7.3m Varna Community Primary School in Openshaw, Manchester. The new school - which replaces the original Manchester Board School built in 1896 - is a two storey building with 12 c
27/09/2012
Kier Construction has topped out a new 12-laboratory science block at The Downs School in Newbury. Kier and its appointed architect Nightingale Associates are building the much needed facilities for West Berkshire Council. The £4.37 million design & build project is part of a larger scheme to impro
27/09/2012
The National Housing Federation have announced the shortlisted entries for a competition that highlights the important community work carried out by social landlords above and beyond providing homes. The Community Impact Awards, organised by the National Housing Federation, recognise the vast range
27/09/2012
As part of his commitment to lead the London 2012 legacy from the front Mayor Boris Johnson today chaired the London Legacy Development Corporation board (LLDC) for the first time at which key milestones were agreed that will secure the future of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park including the delivery o
27/09/2012
Builder John Wood, of Violet Way, Yaxley, was fined £500 and ordered to pay £350 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge after pleading guilty at Peterborough Magistrates' Court to fly tipping waste. The court heard that Mr Wood had flytipped waste – builders' rubble, bricks and concrete - in October,
27/09/2012
Hunstanton based R P Air Testing Ltd has launched a new service aimed at helping homeowners improve the energy efficiency of their homes, especially during the winter months. Managing Director Mrs Ros Piggott (pictured) said: "We are responding to a number of recent enquiries from homeowners that a
27/09/2012
Blyko Paving Products have supplied over 2500m2 of Quadrastones® paving to the Woodside regeneration project in Telford. Jacobs Architects designed the hard landscape and selected the Blyko Quadrastones® paving for its precise shape and distinctive colour range. The finished paving has fulfilled t
27/09/2012
The need to maintain precise control over carbon dioxide (CO2), temperature and energy consumption is essential to create quality learning environments in classrooms and educational buildings and SE Controls’ new compact NVLogiQ room controller provides an innovative solution to meet these demands.
27/09/2012
You'd expect the country's top popstars to strutt their stuff in tailored suits and designer footwear, but it seems real stars prefer a more rough-and-ready approach to fashion; backup dancers for UK supergroup JLS took to the stage on their summer tour modelling Dickies workwear. Dickies, one of
26/09/2012
New video footage has been released marking the end of construction of E.ON's £3 million energy centre serving Exeter's new Skypark and Cranbrook developments. The 30,000 sq ft building, the first of its kind in the South West, is being developed jointly with regeneration specialist St. Modwen at t
26/09/2012
A plan to boost home building in Manchester has been agreed this week that will make new homes more affordable for Manchester residents. Manchester City Council, in partnership with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), has signed a memorandum of und
26/09/2012
Maintenance specialist Seddon Property Services, based locally in Kettlestring Lane, Clifton Moor, York, has been selected by registered social landlord Yorkshire Housing to carry out £950,000 of re-roofing and loft insulation work. The Seddon team is carrying out improvement work at 198 homes in N
26/09/2012
There has been a 70 per cent drop in the building of affordable housing in London since last year, new figures reveal. Newham has seen a drop 100 per cent in the number of affordable homes starting construction. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) figures show affordable housing starts falling
26/09/2012
The new Housing Delivery Panel in the West of England is appealing for more private land from landowners and developers. It follows the success of the development of the first innovative project to be delivered through the Panel which will create nine new family homes for social renting in Lawrence
26/09/2012
A Graduate Engineer's dedication to promoting the construction industry has been rewarded after he scooped a national award. Rory Jones, a Costain graduate who works on the Costain Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Framework recently won the North Wales CITB- ConstructionSkills Construction Ambassador of the Y
26/09/2012
Gordon Oliver, Mayor of Torbay, cut the turf to start the building of South Devon College's Energy Centre, based on the Whiterock Business Park in Paignton. Kier will start construction work next week and the project is on schedule to be complete by the summer of 2013, ready to deliver much needed
26/09/2012
National Grid Gas PLC has been fined after gas leaked into a Halesowen home. Engineers were replacing the gas supply to a property in Bromsgrove Road, Hunnington, when the leak occurred on 20 August 2010. The existing supply was connected to a low pressure main on the opposite side of the road so
26/09/2012
Seven local authorities in Kent and Medway, in partnership with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and national Government, have reached agreement on the disposal of land and property assets formerly owned by the South East England Regional Development Agency (SEEDA). The partners met at the Ro
26/09/2012
Skanska has completed the £2 million expansion of Hannah More Primary School in central Bristol in just over six months. The extension was built on top of the existing school building due to the lack of extra space and the six new additional classrooms will accommodate a total of 420 pupils – 100%
26/09/2012
Well established company Monkhouse Surfaces (F.R.Monkhouse Ltd) were approached directly back in 2011 by the Joint Service Signals Unit in Cyprus in regards to creating a multi use games area in Cyprus. The Greenfield site at the base needed re-developing with a 3G surface suitable for football and
25/09/2012
Potential developers are being sought for a prominent, commercially-led development opposite Northampton Railway Station. Located in the Northampton Enterprise Zone, phase one of St Peter's Waterside will comprise a 15,000 sqm office-based development. The land is part of a growing commercial dist
25/09/2012
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has achieved Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS) certification for its carbon reporting. Achievement of CEMARS certification verifies that Interserve is operating in compliance with ISO 14064-1:2006, an
25/09/2012
Cruden Construction is working with Registered Provider, Trafford Housing Trust to design and construct the first project as part of the Old Trafford Master Plan. The Master Plan is the vision of Trafford Council and Trafford Housing Trust and the two organisations are working together to develop a
25/09/2012
Bristol has been awarded £2 million capital funding to develop and deliver a household energy efficiency retrofit scheme by the Energy Secretary Ed Davey. The scheme will deliver energy efficiency measures to 600 households across the city. The scheme will provide householders with funding to have
25/09/2012
Willmott Dixon’s repair and maintenance company Willmott Dixon Partnerships has been given an eleven month contract worth £3.3 million to deliver repairs and voids maintenance services to 6,955 homes owned by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Tenant Management Organisation. The contrac
25/09/2012
Work is set to start on the latest phase of development at Park Central in Birmingham, after the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) confirmed £3.96m of investment from the Get Britain Building programme this week – the agency’s first allocation in the Midlands. With contracts exchanged Crest Nicho
25/09/2012
Back at the end of 2011, Guiseley Football Club in Leeds had their 1,600m² synthetic pitch updated by Bancroft Amenities with Playrite's Conqueror 50 surface. The previous synthetic pitch needed to be replaced after just a few years as it couldn’t withstand the activity from the high volume of users
25/09/2012
Various cost saving measures are being constantly implemented by organisations in an attempt to keep themselves afloat during the global economic downturn. What many businesses don’t know about, though, is that dry risers are one of these cost cutting measures. It's not about saving money in the con
25/09/2012
Kier Construction has topped out a new 12-laboratory science block at The Downs School in Newbury. Kier and its appointed architect Nightingale Associates are building the much needed facilities for West Berkshire Council. The £4.37m design & build project is part of a larger scheme to improve seco
24/09/2012
Primary school pupils in Ynysboeth, Cynon Valley, are to get a new £5 million school campus that will bring together two schools in one building for the first time in over half a century. Ynysboeth Infant School and Ynysboeth Junior School will be amalgamated to create Ynysboeth Primary School, off
24/09/2012
Kier has completed the construction of a £9.5m Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) and flagship project for Northamptonshire Police. The new 55,300sq ft CJC in Northampton Business Park in Brackmills replaces and upgrades cell facilities in Campbell Square in Weston Favell and Wellingborough police stati
24/09/2012
The Treasury's limited view of public assets is crippling local authorities' ability to accurately value their assets and use them to support local growth, according to a new report by New Local Government Network (NLGN). The report, More Light, More Power: Reimagining Public Asset Management, spon
24/09/2012
Costain, in joint venture with HOCHTIEF and Arup, has received funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board's (TSB) Offshore Wind Components Technologies Scheme to carry out research on the design and construction of concrete gravity foundations f
24/09/2012
Work to improve the route of the Olympic torch has helped the local builders behind the renovation of the Derby Civic Offices gain national recognition for improving the image of the construction industry. BAM Construction, which has offices in Derby, scored within the top 7.5 per cent of all const
24/09/2012
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, is hosting a facilities management forum at Somerset House, London on 9 October 2012, offering industry professionals the chance to discuss the leading industry issues, the changing shape and future of facilities management, and
24/09/2012
A Redhill-based construction company has been ordered to pay £210,000 in fines and costs after an employee died following an explosion on a construction site in central London. The explosion occurred following damage to an 11,000 volt live cable within an excavation. Ioan Boboc, 22, a construction
24/09/2012
Worcester City Council is calling on local residents to have their say on ambitious plans to build a new public swimming pool. The existing pool at Sansome Walk is coming to the end of its life and the City Council is consulting on plans to build a new £13 million complex at Perdiswell Leisure Cent
24/09/2012
Lovell sister company, Morgan Sindall Investments Limited ('MSIL'), the investment unit of construction and regeneration group, Morgan Sindall Group plc, has been appointed as preferred partner for Slough Borough Council's LABV joint venture. The LABV will deliver a series of developments up to a t
24/09/2012
York House School in Hertfordshire is set in magnificent surroundings with plenty of open space and superb facilities, both academically and on the sporting front. They believe every child possesses many talents and with a long tradition of academic excellence and a broad-based curriculum, York H
21/09/2012
Property development and regeneration company Places for People has appointed Lovell to build a 39-home development in Newcastle as part of the major Walker Riverside regeneration project. The scheme is the second phase of Places for People’s award-winning Rivers Gate development. All the propertie
21/09/2012
A £51,000 scheme in Tollerton has improved the frontage and environment of the shopping precinct. Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council’s Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) the completed project has seen the footway outside the shops increased and existing paving replaced by more durable paving. Lo
21/09/2012
Unite is demanding that the Building and Engineering Services Association (BESA) improve its below inflation pay offer for thousands of skilled workers and get back to the negotiating table, after union members overwhelmingly rejected the deal in a consultative ballot. Skilled plumbers and heating
21/09/2012
South Devon College's new Energy Centre has reached a major milestone in awarding the contract for the construction of the project to Kier. Another important step in the Centre's progress is the news that the College has just secured £2.4m from the South West European Regional Development Fund Comp
21/09/2012
EDF Energy has today signalled the start of its formal public consultation in November for a new proposed nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk, just as the examination of its application for Hinkley Point C in Somerset concludes. Following initial meetings, EDF Energy is today sending a dra
21/09/2012
A 42-year-old man had to be hospitalised for three weeks after suffering multiple fractures in a crush accident at his workplace. Mr Nikoloz Demetrashvili acquired his injuries after becoming trapped in a brick-making machine on 12th October last year. The machine crushed his right leg, leaving him
21/09/2012
Advanced Acoustics have just completed a project on behalf of Paragon PLC to supply and install acoustic panels for Loughborough University in two of their lecture theatres. The acoustic panel design and layout was specified by the architect to create a interesting effect on the walls to break up t
21/09/2012
Morgan Sindall has won a circa £30 million contract to deliver a new commercial development in Midtown. The project for developers Derwent London, includes the demolition of the existing buildings at 40-45 Chancery Lane and the design and construction of a seven-storey office building, which will p
21/09/2012
The number of homeless families living in temporary bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has risen by almost half in the first few months of 2012. This comes after 2011 and 2012 also saw consecutive rises in overall numbers of homeless – the first rise in seven years – pushing homelessness up 26%
21/09/2012
Asbestos is responsible for over 4500 deaths every year. Younger people, if routinely exposed to asbestos fibres over time, are at greater risk of developing asbestos-related disease than older workers. This is due to the time it takes for the body to develop symptoms after exposure to asbestos (lat
20/09/2012
Thousands of homes will be brought up to the government’s Decent Homes standard by 2015 following the biggest investment in North East Derbyshire council homes for a generation by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). Thousands of council tenants in North East Derbyshire are set to benefit from a
20/09/2012
Jim Gilmour has been appointed as the new National President of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the UK's largest trade association in the construction sector. Jim Gilmour from Glasgow, at the FMB's Annual General Meeting in Dunblane and is a well known figure in the Scottish construction
20/09/2012
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has officially launched Europe's most ambitious man-made coastal nature project that will guarantee a place for tens of thousands of migratory birds, and combat the threats from climate change and coastal flooding. Wallasea Island in the Thames Estuary will be tr
20/09/2012
Carlisle City Council is asking for views on a new tenancy strategy, drafted as part of new national housing reforms. Reforms introduced in the Localism Act 2011 may impact on the way people access social housing, the way tenancies are issued, and the way that the City Council responds to homelessn
20/09/2012
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has issued a call to developers to step forward and deliver hundreds of homes, a 45-storey tower and a new theatre as part of a landmark project in the heart of Elephant and Castle. In what will be a significant boost to the continued regeneration of this part of
20/09/2012
Costain's Energy & Process Division has surpassed four million man hours without a lost time incident. This achievement is of major significance especially given the portfolio of challenging and complex projects that the division is currently undertaking. From oil & gas (UK and overseas), to nuclea
20/09/2012
Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has signed a supply contract for gas from Gazprom Marketing & Trading to deliver 2.4 BCM (billion cubic meters) of natural gas. The deal, which will be delivered over a three year period, starts in 2014 and will be delivered at NBP. Cordi O'Hara, Centr
20/09/2012
Painting and maintenance specialist Seddon Property Services has been chosen by Orbit Housing Association’s East and South regions for a ten-year painting and repairs contract worth approximately £20 million in total turnover. Through the new contract, which starts this month (September), the Seddo
20/09/2012
Wates Living Space, Catalyst Housing, Luton Borough Council and Luton Learning and Community Partnership have marked the completion of the first phase of the landmark New Homes for Luton (NH4L) project, with a celebratory reception. Representatives from the joint venture partnership joined together
20/09/2012
Willmott Dixon's £8.4 million refurbishment of Weston-super-Mare’s Town Hall aims to save North Somerset Council £700,000 in running costs. The project is a key element of the council's office amalgamation programme which involves moving from 18 buildings to two cost-efficient 'hubs' where staff ca
19/09/2012
Peel's plans to transform a 26 acre site at Chatham Docks into a £650 million development have not been called in by the Secretary of State. Peel Land & Property's outline planning application for Chatham Waters will transform the current brownfield site into an impressive 1.9 million sq. ft. mixed
19/09/2012
Plans for a £25m scheme that will transform Blackburn town centre have reached a major milestone. Maple Grove Developments, part of Preston-based Eric Wright Group, has lodged a joint planning application with Blackburn Cathedral for the ambitious Blackburn Cathedral Quarter scheme. A decision on t
19/09/2012
ISG has been awarded a £2 million contract by United Welsh via the Integrate framework to construct a mix of houses and apartments in a central Cardiff location. The 'Northlands' project builds on ISG’s increasingly strong presence in Wales, and follows the contractor’s recent high profile appointm
19/09/2012
Former MITIE Property Services director Paul Noble has been appointed by painting and maintenance specialist Seddon Property Services as a consultant. Paul brings extensive director-level experience from his 45-year career in construction, housing and property services in the public and private sec
19/09/2012
Bristol City Council is to launch a second local mortgage initiative aimed at helping more first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder in Bristol. It follows the success of a similar scheme, started in February with LloydsTSB, which has so far enabled a total of 23 households, who are able to af
19/09/2012
Miller hps has won four projects through the ProCure21+ framework. The projects at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore; Purley Memorial Hospital, Croydon; Teddington Memorial Hospital, Teddington and St George’s Hospital, Tooting will see Miller hps deliver a variety of services for sou
19/09/2012
Housing Regeneration and Heritage Minister Huw Lewis has visited Grŵp Gwalia's new affordable housing development in Llanelli as part of a series of visits by Cabinet members across the area. Buckley's Brewery, phase three development, is part of the Welsh Government’s investment in affordabl
19/09/2012
Aligning with its focus on using intelligent innovations to explore and shape the homes of the future, E.ON partnered with Milton Keynes Council and National Energy Foundation last year to install smart home technology in 75 homes in Milton Keynes and the first phase of the innovative trial has been
19/09/2012
A Merseyside firm has been sentenced after a worker received life-threatening injuries when he fell from scaffolding at a Croxteth sports centre. The 43-year-old man from West Derby, who has asked not to be named, suffered a brain haemorrhage, fractured skull and collapsed lung in the incident at C
19/09/2012
Following on the success of its existing Star® range of energy saving solutions, EMSc (UK) Ltd is proud to announce the launch of an innovative new system into the Powerstar collection. Powerstar HV MAX is a low-loss amorphous core HV transformer with the award winning Powerstar Voltage Optimisation
18/09/2012
BAM has been selected as the construction partner on the Manchester City Football Academy. Manchester City Football Club has announced work will soon commence on a ground-breaking new Football Academy, and BAM has been chosen to deliver it. BAM, a leader in sustainable construction and part of R
18/09/2012
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has beaten off fierce competition to be appointed Principal Supply Chain Partner (PSCP) on a ProCure21+ project for Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool. The £21.6 million 'Project Arizona' is a scheme to construct a
18/09/2012
AREVA, a global leader in nuclear energy and Atkins, have formed a joint venture to compete for projects in the UK nuclear fuel management and decommissioning sector. The AREVA-ATKINS Partnership UK is expected to bid for significant contracts at Tier 2 level in the UK nuclear engineering sector.
18/09/2012
Housing Minister Mark Prisk today laid down the gauntlet to social landlords across the country, to branch out and help meet the growing demand for rented homes. In his first speech as Housing Minister, Mr Prisk urged housing associations to turn their expertise in providing social homes to also bu
18/09/2012
Plans for the new £26 million Student Centre and extension to the Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex's Colchester Campus are set to move ahead after the scheme received planning permission. The University of Essex is going out to tender next month (October) to find a contractor to com
18/09/2012
The Electrical Industry Awards 2012 has announced its finalists for this year's awards for excellence in the electrical contracting industry. BEW Electrical Distributors are finalists in the category of Electrical Wholesaler of the Year 2012 for wholesalers with Turnover in excess of £20 million
18/09/2012
A Monmouth roof refurbishment company has been fined after an employee was injured in a six-metre fall from the roof of a house in Cirencester. Cheltenham Magistrates' Court heard that 26 year-old Lee Hanson, from South Shields, was using a roof ladder as he replaced tiles when the incident happene
18/09/2012
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College in Shropshire has recently unveiled a new £1 Million building which features a pioneering roofline system. Funding was delivered via the £57 Million Sixth Form College Building Condition Improvement Fund. A striking contemporary aesthetic was chosen for the building,
18/09/2012
A housing scheme insulated with STYROFOAM™-A has won a Green Apple Environment Award after competing against more than 500 other nominations. The scheme at Wimbish, Essex, has already won the residential category of the first ever UK Passivhaus Awards. Its developers - Hastoe Housing Association -
18/09/2012
Filoform UK (formally ISP) specialises in high-tech sealing solutions for the construction sector, which includes Power, Gas, Water, & telecoms and is now marketing its new re-enterable duct sealing system called Filoseal+. The firm's unique water and gas tight duct sealing system means that you ca
17/09/2012
Kier has completed the new £35m Bolton St Catherine's Academy and Firwood High School. The schools, which opened to students at Easter, provide learning facilities for an all-age academy of 1,160 students and a co-located special school which provides an inclusive 'single learning community' under
17/09/2012
Peterborough City Council and Peterborough United Football Club are now in a position to provide an update about the delivery of a new stand and educational facilities at London Road. "Following a number of successful meetings the city council and the football club have agreed to a set of terms an
17/09/2012
Construction union UCATT, have attacked proposals by Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, to reduce the maximum amount of compensation awarded in an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal as an "act of vengeance against workers". Steve Murphy, General Secretary of UCATT, said: "These proposals wi
17/09/2012
A Rochdale man has been sentenced after he put lives at risk by illegally carrying out gas work at three homes in the borough. Paul Gregory was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after he left a newly installed gas hob in a condition classified as 'immediately dangerous' at one hou
17/09/2012
New evidence showing that air pollution emissions have gone down again in Wales, has been welcomed by the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, John Griffiths. Key findings in the report show how air quality is now better than at any time since the industrial revolution. Overall emi
17/09/2012
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has revealed the 105 shortlisted schemes bidding for the second round of Get Britain Building investment, unlocking stalled sites across the country. The £570m fund, part of the Government’s housing strategy, aims to unlock up to 16,000 new homes by providing
17/09/2012
Bespoke Balustrades will have a full display stand at the The National Home Improvement Show, at Olympia, London, 28th – 30th Sept 2012. The show is the UK's leading exhibition for home improvers, brings together high quality suppliers, designers and experts in one place – perfect for anyone planni
17/09/2012
Three of the world's leading forest certification organisations will share a stand at Timber Expo to promote and educate visitors on a wide range of issues surrounding the supply of legal and sustainable timber into the UK market. Joining PEFC UK will be the North American based Sustainable Fores
17/09/2012
Arcova (UK), designers and manufacturers of specialist access covers and gratings, has launched a brand new website,
17/09/2012
Filoform UK Ltd are delighted to bring you news of an important branding development at ISP Industrial Support Products. From the 1st of September 2012, we have officially changed our business name and branding to Filoform UK Limited. This strategic move underpins our 4 year relationship with our
14/09/2012
Lovell has started work on a new mixed-tenure development for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council which will provide brand-new bungalows for low-cost and open market sale on an important site in the town's history. The development, Coventry Gardens in Merthyr Vale, will incorporate a permanent me
14/09/2012
A man has been hit with a hefty fine for ignoring planning laws, following an investigation by Hillingdon Council. Rajesh Kalra, of Ickenham Road, Ruislip, was found guilty of unlawfully extending his property at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on 13 August 2012. He was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay
14/09/2012
Centrica has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which represents 655 institutional investors with $78 trillion in assets, for its approach to the disclosure of climate change information. For the fourth consecutive year, Centrica is featured in CDP's Carbon Disclosure Leadership
14/09/2012
Countryside Properties and L&Q have achieved outline consent for the masterplan of Acton Gardens, the regeneration of Ealing’' largest housing estate, South Acton. Detailed planning consent has also been achieved for 106 new homes, the first within the masterplan. The vision for the £579m Acton Ga
14/09/2012
A funding package to help Plymouth’s Theatre Royal regeneration plans is helping to write a new scene in the life of the city’s economy. Plymouth's Cabinet has approved a £1,995,000 funding package that will not only help the theatre, but will set the stage for a revival of the West End of the city
14/09/2012
Manchester City Council has welcomed the government's confirmation of more than £25m to fund home improvements in Collyhurst and West Gorton. The announcement was made by Government ending a period of uncertainty. Manchester was provisionally awarded £29.245m of Decent Homes funding over four year
14/09/2012
Work to bring vacant land in Bristol city centre back to life through the production of organic produce grown by a community enterprise is due to begin this week. The Severn Project has begun preparations for setting up a temporary urban farm on the former Diesel Depot site, near Bristol Temple Mea
14/09/2012
Over the last year the Bristol City council has brought more privately-owned empty homes back into residential use than ever before. The council had a target of 400 empty homes to be brought back into use for the year 2011-2012, but in fact was able to exceed the target by 20 per cent. This meant
14/09/2012
Construction union UCATT have welcomed the announcement by Ed Balls the Shadow Chancellor that Labour will launch a review of bogus self-employment. In his speech to the TUC Congress in Brighton, Mr Balls, said: "On the issue of bogus self-employment in the construction sector and more widely, I am
14/09/2012
Manchester City has announced that work is to commence on the ground-breaking City Football Academy. City are to build a state of the art youth development and first team training facility on an 80 acre site adjacent to the Etihad Stadium. BAM will begin work on the plot, which forms part of the E
14/09/2012
The director of a Bromley firm has given a suspended jail sentence after removing asbestos without a licence and deceiving the householders by providing a doctored air test saying the room was safe to re-enter. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the circumstances of the incident and
14/09/2012
The main contractor Balfour Beatty Construction working on the Notre Dame High School under the Government financed scheme BSF (Building Schools for the Future) which involves the decentralisation of funds to Local Education partnerships in order to build and improve secondary school buildings appoi
13/09/2012
Galliford Try, the housebuilding and construction company, has announced that its Building Division has succeeded in winning two new contracts worth £41 million. Firstly, Galliford Try has been appointed by client Grainger plc to build a mixed-use project at Macaulay Road in London. The £23 million
13/09/2012
Salford and Eccles MP Hazel Blears has visited Carillion''s training centre in her constituency to see how local apprentices are gaining the skills and qualifications for a career in construction. Support services and construction company Carillion is the largest employer of young apprentices in th
13/09/2012
Work is well underway on a new £14.9m school for Tibshelf, Derbyshire. Last October Derbyshire County council approved funding to bring the 750-pupil school on to one site at Doe Hill Lane. Since then designs have been drawn up by Maber - which has offices in Derby and Nottingham - and planning pe
13/09/2012
Costain's Jon Spencer has been appointed Chairman of the UK Contractors Group's (UKCG) Training Committee where he will be responsible for steering the efforts of major contracting employers in their approach to vocational training and apprenticeships. The UKCG is the primary association for contra
13/09/2012
Sir Howard Bernstein addressed a gathering of business leaders organised by contractor Willmott Dixon to outline how Manchester is responding to the challenge of remaining one of the world's top 100 cities. The city is currently ranked 63rd in an index of leading world cities and Sir Howard used Wi
13/09/2012
The trade union movement has united to support a call by construction union UCATT for a huge increase in the building of social housing for rent. The TUC Congress in Brighton overwhelmingly supported a motion moved by UCATT which lambasted the Conservative-led Government's record on social housing
13/09/2012
Bankfield Park has been created on the former site of the Bankfield wing of West Derby School. The school moved to a new building in September 2010 on the former Millbank Playing Fields on West Derby Road. It was built under the Building Schools for the Future programme. A condition of the planni
13/09/2012
The new Kier-built Trowbridge Library has been unveiled as hundreds of people arrived to be the first to use the state-of-the art facilities. Wiltshire Council leader Jane Scott officially opened the venue with children from nearby Newtown Primary School. The library's new home has 40,000 books av
13/09/2012
A Staffordshire woman has been fined for failing to provide evidence that a gas safety check had been carried out at one of her tenanted properties. Liane Dewsbury was originally asked by Lichfield District Council to produce Landlord's gas safety certificates for boilers at two properties she owne
13/09/2012
Football legends Mike Summerbee and Tony Book will fix a sign in place on 13 September on a road, which is to be covered in blue tarmac as a tribute to Manchester City's former home in Moss Side. The road, which runs in front of the Maine Place housing development, has been built on the land where
13/09/2012
Ultra Floor's Prime IT AR, Level IT one HDB and Level IT SmoothFlow have been used to lay new flooring in Google’s Haifa office in Northern Israel. Internet search engine Google employs over 80 engineers in its office in Haifa, Israel’s technological centre. The Haifa office is just two thousand me
13/09/2012
The specialist flooring division of Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs Ltd were appointed by Whistlers Building Contractors and tasked with refurbishing 3200m2of a commercial Warehouse floor slab. Preparation work began by removing 20mm of the existing screed by use of road planers. Cempla
12/09/2012
Somerset councils and EDF Energy have signed a landmark agreement which will deliver nearly £100 million for local communities to mitigate the impact of the proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C. The breakthrough settlement, between EDF Energy, West Somerset, Sedgemoor District and
12/09/2012
Willmott Dixon's repairs and maintenance company has announced it is taking on 21 apprentices this year across nine different locations in the UK. Willmott Dixon Partnerships will train the new apprentices, who will learn trades such as carpentry, plumbing and building maintenance, as part of its c
12/09/2012
Environment Minister, John Griffiths, has officially opened Abergele’s new flood defence alleviation scheme. The £2 million project will protect 223 homes and businesses in the North Welsh town. The investment forms part of a larger Welsh Government programme of work, which is driving investment
12/09/2012
Peterborough City Council is launching its second Peterborough Design and Construction Awards which recognise and celebrate quality design and building excellence within the city. The first of these awards was held in 2010 and this year some new categories are being introduced. The design categor
12/09/2012
Pupils at a new free school in Enfield were able to start the new term in comfort thanks to Kier. Kier Construction handed over temporary accommodation to Enfield Heights Academy, marking the start of the 2012 academic year and the construction of a new free school. The Academy is one of the 55 ne
12/09/2012
A new housing association in Kings Somborne, Hampshire, has been given the A+ treatment with Cembrit’s Westerland slates. The blue/black slates were used on a new housing development, Lancaster Green, which features a mixture of 21 dwellings from one bed to four bed properties. The beautiful dev
12/09/2012
Thirty small businesses from Wolverhampton are lined up to benefit from a raft of housing projects across the Black Country following a Meet the Buyer event organised by Wates Living Space. Over 100 local contractors were invited to become part of Wates Living Space's supply chain and tender for op
12/09/2012
A Shropshire firm, which hires out equipment for working safely at height, has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he fell from a cherry picker. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted UK Platforms Ltd following the incident at the company's depot in Halesfield, Telfo
12/09/2012
The award-winning Concord Beacon Muse from Havells-Sylvania has helped create an energy-saving, high performance lighting display at the Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow. Used to showcase the various displays in the Modern Street area, eighty two Beacon Muse fittings were chosen for their lon
11/09/2012
The Leadbitter Group has completed the construction of new student accommodation at Oxford Brookes University’s Harcourt Hill campus. Leadbitter built 50 studio apartments, each with its own kitchen and bathroom, for twin occupancy, as well as 48 'cluster apartments' with between three and seven en
11/09/2012
The Barnstaple office of Morgan Sindall has secured a £1.5 million contract to deliver new offices, welfare facilities and an aircraft hangar at Exeter Airport for Devon and Cornwall Police. The new two-storey office building will house the Air Operations Unit for Devon and Cornwall Police and Devo
11/09/2012
Activity in the UK housing market held relatively firm during August despite the distraction of the Olympic fortnight, according to the latest Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK housing market survey. In the three months to August, chartered surveyors sold on average 7.5 percent of th
11/09/2012
The specialist leisure partnership, which is a joint venture between ISG and Trebor Developments, has scored a major success following its appointment by GLL to a £25 million framework to redevelop the leisure facilities for the London Borough of Waltham Forest. As part of the four-year framework a
11/09/2012
Costain and its partners have handed over four more secondary schools to the London Borough of Lewisham, as well as a significant new build phase of a fifth school on schedule. On the first day of the September term pupils were welcomed into their new or refurbished premises. Costain's involveme
11/09/2012
Liverpool City Council is supporting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's refurbishment plans. The mayoral cabinet meeting today agreed to endorse plans for the Grade II* listed Liverpool Philharmonic Hall by agreeing a capital contribution of £2 million. The city's contribution will help Liverpoo
11/09/2012
A Hertfordshire concrete pumping company has been fined after members of the public and a police car were sprayed with concrete when a delivery pipe ruptured. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted London Concrete Pumping Limited over poorly maintained equipment leading to the incident on
11/09/2012
Willmott Dixon has been appointed by Ealing Council for a £16.5 million contract to refurbish the historic Acton Town Hall and Baths to house a range of leisure, community and civic services. The Acton Town Hall regeneration will realise the Council's vision for 'A new heart for Acton' by improving
11/09/2012
Due to the continued success of the Callsafe Services Limited Design Risk Management course, we are presenting the next course on 10th & 11th October at Aston Conferences in Birmingham. This is the only Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) designers’ course that is accredited
11/09/2012
An indoor fluorescent lighting retrofit of 2600 deep-cell parabolic luminaires with 2x4-ft volumetric Relight kits throughout the Rose building's interior was able to reduce its estimated energy use for lighting by half. The corporate headquarters of Medical Mutual of Ohio located in the historic R
10/09/2012
Interserve has been selected by Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a £25 million ultra modern radiotherapy centre to be built at Colchester General Hospital as part of a ProCure21+ scheme. The new building will replace the current radiotherapy centre at Essex County Hosp
10/09/2012
Galliford Try, the leading housebuilding and construction group, has announced that it has secured contacts worth a total of £100 million in affordable housing. Firstly, the Partnerships business has finalised a contract on the Gallions Quarter development in East London, following its selection as
10/09/2012
Plans for a major expansion to The Sharp Project, which will see hundreds of new jobs created and a cutting-edge global technology company establish its European headquarters there, have been unveiled. The proposals build on the success of The Sharp project, the city's digital and production comple
10/09/2012
A nationwide survey of local councillors across England and Wales has highlighted the need for far greater private sector involvement to ensure the success of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), a key part of the Localism Act introduced in November 2011. Carried out by ComRes on behalf of Willmot
10/09/2012
Lovell has been chosen by Westward Housing Group for a five-year contract to provide responsive repairs and compliance works for its 4,400 homes in the South West of England. Worth £12 million in turnover, the contract starts in November 2012 and has the potential to be extended for a further perio
10/09/2012
A hit-squad is to be set up to help tackle the problem of empty and poorly managed properties in Liverpool. Liverpool City Council is putting together the specialist team to seek out and investigate problem landlords and take strong enforcement action where necessary. It forms part of new plans by
10/09/2012
The entire union movement has overwhelmingly backed a UCATT-led motion condemning the Government's continued attacks on safety laws. The motion condemned the massive cuts being forced on the Health and Safety Executive and also attacked the Government’s proposals to remove the self-employed from s
10/09/2012
Power On Connections has become the first Independent Connections Provider (ICP) in the UK to be accredited for 'Self-Connection' works in three Distribution Network Operator (DNO) regions: Electricity North West (ENW); Northern Power Grid (NEDL and YEDL) and UK Power Networks (UKPN). Following the
10/09/2012
A Preston steel firm has been sentenced after one of its employees suffered serious internal injuries when he became trapped in an industrial drilling machine. Joseph Spencer narrowly avoided being paralysed when a rotating drill passed through his overalls and jeans, and became lodged close to his
10/09/2012
Potentially dangerous power tools are being sold door to door in Bristol at present. Householders are being warned by Bristol City Council Trading Standards Service to be on their guard if approached by traders calling unannounced at homes trying to sell these. "Residents should be aware that these
07/09/2012
Interserve is to provide an extensive range of services to the three NHS Trusts of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (the Trusts) under a significant new contract, the first of its kind in the UK. The contract has a potential value of up to £300 million over seven years. Under this new approa
07/09/2012
The House Builders Association, a division of the National Federation of Builders, today called for a root and branch reform to the chaotic planning system and urgent action on funding, following the Government's announcement on housing and growth. Julia Evans, Chief Executive of the NFB, said: "Wh
07/09/2012
Environment Minister, John Griffiths, has announced funding of £494,016 to support 14 local authority-led projects that will improve local environment quality. This follows the Minister launching his Tranquil, Greener and Cleaner Places programme at the 'Environment Matters?' conference in May. P
07/09/2012
Construction union UCATT have warned that the Government’s package of measures announced to help kick start the construction industry will not tackle the key problems and will worsen the housing crisis. As part of the Government’s proposals, the rules on section 106 planning applications requiring
07/09/2012
Mansell's Stourbridge-based Western Region has appointed a full time skills co-ordinator after achieving National Skills Academy for Construction status for its building projects. Shazad Ahmed joins Mansell from Wolverhampton Homes, where he was a National Skills Academy for Construction project sk
07/09/2012
Development partners have been chosen to work with local residents on proposals to transform a former hospital in Bristol into a new community with homes, jobs and improved open space. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has chosen Linden Homes and Curo as partners to work with a newly formed Co
07/09/2012
A Bradford firm has been ordered to pay £140,000 in fines and costs after admitting safety failures that led to the death of a 61 year-old worker who was crushed beneath an unsecured racking system. Jim Murphy died from head injuries when the 'A' frame metal racking unit, weighing more than a quart
07/09/2012
Kier Stoke has announced a series of successful environmental improvements which have seen a 10% reduction in its carbon footprint, 9% fuel reduction usage per vehicle and almost total elimination of waste to landfill. Every business has a duty of care to play its part in improving and maintaining
07/09/2012
There is no denying the refurbished and extended Kings Cross Station looks spectacular, but the successful flow of people and goods around the station is making life easier for everyone too. Stannah won the contract for a total of 24 new and refurbished lifts in all three areas of Kings Cross Stati
07/09/2012
Long-standing Ultra Tile customer, Ebberns Tile Centre recently completed a testing tiling installation using the renowned ProFlex SP+ES and an uncoupling system. The project involved subfloor preparation to include levelling with Ultra Floor Level IT two. Level IT two combines excellent flow chara
06/09/2012
Townhouses, flats, and inspiring public spaces will be developed as part of a deal worth over £12 milion signed on Wednesday, 5th September, to continue the renaissance of Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley. The City Council and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have signed a framework agreement wit
06/09/2012
Balfour Beatty has been selected as one of two companies on a £288 million framework for the delivery of construction, infrastructure and maintenance projects across all 10 sites operated by Magnox on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The framework is expected to be worth up to £30 m
06/09/2012
BAM Construction is to deliver a £25 million expansion of a co-educational boarding school in Kent. The contractor will refurbish Grade II listed buildings at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School in Dover, as well as providing several new buildings. The school became an 'Academy with Military
06/09/2012
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on a new Sparkbrook Church which replaces one seriously damaged in the tornado of 2005. Bishop Andrew Watson, Bishop of Aston, conducted the ceremony marking the start of work on the church by Mansell. The original Christ Church in Sparkbrook, con
06/09/2012
Cembrit, the roof slate and cladding specialist, has strengthened its northern team with the appointment of Paul Melvyn Bentley to the position of Assistant Depot Manager at its Normanton depot. Multi-talented Paul joins the team with customer service and operations experience, which will hold him i
06/09/2012
Construction union UCATT are stepping up their campaign to stamp out blacklisting once and for all by taking a test case to the European Court of Human Rights. UCATT have lodged a case in the ECHR on behalf of one their members which argues that the failure of the Government to outlaw blacklisting
06/09/2012
Today the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, alongside the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, set out a major housing and planning package that will help deliver: •up to 70,000 new homes, including affordable housing and opportunities for first-time buyers to get onto the housing ladder •1
06/09/2012
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are missing out on crucial savings because owners and their staff are not taking responsibility for energy efficiency in the workplace, according to new research1 out today from energy company E.ON. In the study on workplace habits, just one in ten workers a
06/09/2012
With over 50 new contracts awarded in the last six months in the Midlands alone, Leicestershire-based Power On Connections Ltd has kick-started the next phase of the company's growth. Established in 2003, Power On Connections is the UK’s leading Independent Connections Provider (ICP) for new HV and
06/09/2012
After the great success of our Summer Highlights Catalogue, check out our latest Autumn Highlights edition. In A5 format, this handy pocket sized catalogue is a celebration of our Best Sellers, Latest Deals and Special Offers With this in hand, your favourite PPE, Workwear and Site Consumables supp
06/09/2012
A Darlington contractor has been fined after a worker was left severely brain damaged following a fall from a house roof. Mark Lambton, 50, from Darlington, was working for James Wilson, trading as J Wilson Home Improvements, when the incident happened on 2 July 2011. Mr Wilson had secured work to
06/09/2012
EDF Energy has announced that Tim McCoy is to lead the company's media relations team. His appointment follows a recruitment process to replace the outgoing Head of Media Relations, Kaa Holmes, who has been promoted to become the company’s Employee Relations and Engagement Director. Tim joins the
05/09/2012
Two Castles Housing Association is furthering its commitment to providing affordable homes for local people in Carlisle, after work started on a £1.65 million scheme at Newtown Meadows, Brookside. The development, which is being built in partnership with affordable housing developer Lovell and Carl
05/09/2012
Harworth Estates’ planning application to build 1200 new homes on the former site of Rossington Colliery has been approved by Doncaster Borough Council. The first development is anticipated to start after the link road between FARRRS and West End Lane opens in 2014, beginning with the commercial e
05/09/2012
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has bid farewell to outgoing Housing Minister Grant Shapps and welcomed the newly appointed Mark Prisk. Grainia Long, chief executive at CIH, said: "We are delighted to welcome Mark Prisk to housing. You have joined the industry at a time which could not be
05/09/2012
A proposed masterplan for a 'community campus' in East Manchester - creating sports and leisure facilities, educational opportunities and jobs – will be considered by senior councillors next week. The Beswick Project Masterplan, which goes to Manchester City Council's Executive on Wednesday 12 Sept
05/09/2012
The Mayor Boris Johnson has announced £30 million of investment is being ploughed into the London Sustainable Industries Park, including the capital's first organic waste recycling facility, supporting his aim to create over 1,200 jobs at the site. The Park in Dagenham is on land owned by the Mayor
05/09/2012
ISG has been awarded a £2.3 million project to refurbish 25 private patient rooms and create a replacement MRI facility at The New Victoria Hospital in Kingston upon Thames. The fast-track project involves a wide-ranging programme of strip out, refurbishment and construction activities in a busy, f
05/09/2012
BAM Construction is to deliver a £25 million expansion of a co-educational boarding school in Kent. The contractor will refurbish Grade II listed buildings at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School in Dover, as well as providing several new buildings. The school became an "Academy with Military
05/09/2012
A Skelmersdale firm which makes outdoor shelters has appeared in court after an employee lost parts of three fingers when his hand became trapped in a forklift truck. PRF Engineering, which manufactures shelters for bikes and supermarket trolleys, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (
05/09/2012
Following approval from the British Board of Agrément (BBA), NVELOPE Rainscreen Systems has announced that it is the only rainscreen cladding support systems manufacturer with a BBA certified range. The BBA is the UK's major authority offering approval and certification services to manufacturers a
05/09/2012
A house in High Wycombe wrapped with STYROFOAM™ insulation has won Gold in the Built Environment category of the Green Organisation’s Green Apple Awards. Designed in accordance with Greening-the-Box™ methods – simple but very effective building adaptation techniques that dramatically reduce CO2 emi
04/09/2012
Willmott Dixon's low carbon expertise and track record in sustainable projects has led to it being appointed by WWF-UK as main contractor for the charity's new headquarters building, The Living Planet Centre, in Woking. The project, worth £15 million, is being carried out by the company's Cobham of
04/09/2012
Local residents and businesses are being invited to have their say over the £18.5 million plans to transform housing in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool. Consultation is underway on phase two of the Williamson Place housing development, which is proposed to deliver nearly 150 new homes on land bound
04/09/2012
A feasibility study is to be carried out into proposals for a new sustainable urban village on a 100 hectare greenfield site owned by the Welsh Government at Felindre, Swansea. The proposed new village could provide a mix of affordable and private sector housing - with associated community facilit
04/09/2012
Thanet District Council has received a planning application for proposed amendments to parking and access arrangements on part of the development of 100 houses at land at Monkton Road in Minster. The development was originally granted permission by the council in 2007 and is now complete, however t
04/09/2012
The government's new 'Green Deal' scheme will open up huge business potential for the Fabrication and Installation Industries. An estimated 10,000 Installers will be required to fulfil the Green Deal and other ECO initiatives by 2015. Only an authorised Green Deal Installer can: •Identify themse
04/09/2012
Construction union UCATT have described the Government's plans to help kick-start the construction industry as doing "too little too late". Steve Murphy, General Secretary of UCATT, said: "The problems faced by the construction industry are of the Government’s own making. It was their spending cuts
04/09/2012
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has approved a new measure that will increase the number of homes in town centres and help increase footfall on high streets. New planning rights will allow more flats to be created above shops without the need for planning permission. Two flats will be allowed to
04/09/2012
Leach Lewis Plant has been made an authorised dealer for southeast England by Ammann Equipment. Operating out of depots in Waltham Cross, Oxford and Maidstone, Leach Lewis will sell Ammann compaction equipment across Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, East Sussex, Kent, London,
04/09/2012
Norfolk-based practice Parsons + Whittley Architects has won the residential category of the first ever UK Passivhaus Awards for a scheme which was insulated with STYROFOAM™ insulation. The UK Passivhaus Awards were launched by the Passivhaus Trust to celebrate the achievements of Passivhaus pionee
04/09/2012
As a result for the need for Icopal Systems, Owens (Roofing) Ltd have become IMA approved installers of Icopal Systems. As an Icopal approved roofing contractor Owens (Roofing) became part of a winning team who can demonstrate the highest standards of working practice and installation of Icopal's
04/09/2012
Construction sites in Yorkshire are being safety-checked this month as part of an inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health when working at height. The targeted inspections are in response to the continued loss of life and serious injury arising from falls from height. In
04/09/2012
Disraeli Court in Hereford, a sheltered housing development owned by Herefordshire Housing Ltd, was suffering from subsidence problems so severe that the facility had to be closed and the residents moved out. Several repair schemes were investigated and rejected and even demolition and rebuilding wa
03/09/2012
Morgan Sindall has won a contract to expand Cayley Primary School in London’s Tower Hamlets, as part of a £4.9 million scheme. The project will see the existing four storey Victorian school extended from a two form entry school to a three form entry school. The development will also include the con
03/09/2012
Liberal Democrats will outline plans to tackle the housing crisis, stimulate the economy and generate jobs at Autumn Conference next month. The proposals, outlined in housing policy paper Decent Homes for All, would see up to 300,000 homes being built annually and provide greater powers for tenants
03/09/2012
Landlords are providing their tenants with stable long-term tenancies as people shift away from home ownership toward more flexible forms of accommodation, according to research from the National Landlords Association (NLA). The findings – from the NLA's latest quarterly Landlord Panel* – show that
03/09/2012
An enforcement notice prohibiting the use of the Ian Greaves Stand at Mansfield Town Football Club’s One Call Stadium has been issued following the club's failure to demonstrate that current building works on the stand are not putting spectators' safety at risk. Nottinghamshire County Council has i
03/09/2012
The Environment Minister has congratulated Wales’ local authorities for collectively achieving their 2013 target to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill a year early. Friday 31 August 2012 The Landfill Allowances Scheme helps Wales to meet its obligations under the EU Landfill Directive. Th
03/09/2012
An Essex fireplace installation company has been fined after their inadequate work on domestic gas pipes put a family's life at risk in their own home. Fireplaces by Heals, of London Rd, Leigh-on-Sea, was commissioned to install a new fireplace at a home in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, on 28 February 2011.
03/09/2012
Lovell has launched its brand-new website, www.lovellnewhomes.co.uk, making it quicker and easier for househunters to find their perfect home. With research findings suggesting that four out of five people expect to start their search for a home online, Lovell has spent the last 12 months creating
03/09/2012
Liverpool's Central Library is celebrating a major milestone in its restoration. Construction of the top of the new build element of the scheme is now complete and includes a brand new 1,880sq ft glass dome which is 26 metres above ground level, and a beautiful roof terrace which overlooks the city
03/09/2012
Potholes are a nuisance for all! Not only are they dangerous, they pose problems for motorists and cyclists – luckily Drivewayfix has the answer! Pothole Repair Kit, the best selling line from Drivewayfix.co.uk, is the perfect product to repair potholes for good! It can be used for permanently repa
03/09/2012
Funding to help those facing the real and frightening prospect of homelessness will continue to the end of this Parliament, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced. Councils across the country are set to receive a share of £160 million over the next two years. The Minister also confirmed that
