Newham has become the first council to successfully prosecute a building owner for delays in removing dangerous cladding. City of London Magistrates Court ruled against building owner Chaplair Ltd this week after it failed to meet a deadline to remove flammable cladding from its Lumiere building in east London. Newham Council pursued legal action after
North London’s Barnet Council is looking for a partner to fast-track plans to redevelop the north east section of the vast Grahame Park estate in Collindale. Plans for phase one will involve demolition of existing buildings containing 290 homes and the construction of 505 homes. The first phase covers blocks Slatter, Sopwith, Spitfi re, Spooner,
Hull based modular contractor Module-AR (M-AR) has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The firm has a 100,000 sq ft factory and recently won places on the government’s £10bn Offsite Solutions Framework and LHC Procurement Group’s Modern Methods of Construction of New Homes (NH3) Framework. Latest accounts for M-AR show the company
The City of London Corporation has granted planning permission for a venture between Hobart Partners and PineBridge Benson Elliot to develop a new office block in the Square Mile. ‘The Mark’ will provide 215,000 sq ft of new office space alongside 14,000 sq ft of cultural, food & beverage and retail space on Mark Lane
National Highways is set to hold a bidders day ahead of a delivery partners shake-up for its major programme of concrete road replacement and repair work across the country. The works will be split between two frameworks, one covering major renewals works and the other minor works and repairs. National Highways has costed the five-year
London private rental flats developer Telford Homes booked a £193m loss for last year after taking stock of potential remedial building safety works. The losses are a significant setback for global real estate investor CBRE, which bought the London housing developer/builder four years ago for £267m. Before the take-over Telford Homes espoused the merits of
Thousands of engineering construction workers at energy sites across the country have voted to strike. The action could include up to 3,000 workers at Stanlow, Fawley, Valero, Grangemouth and Mossmorran Oil Refineries, as well as at Sellafield nuclear facility. Further strike votes are also expected at Drax and Hartlepool nuclear power station in the coming
GMI Construction has secured a contract with developer Olympian Homes for a £50m student accommodation scheme on the site of a former cinema and Bingo Hall in York. Located in the Fulford area to the south east of the city centre, the 80,000 sq ft site will feature a four-storey building comprising of 275 beds
Developer Belgravia has acquired two prime residential sites in Preston and is looking to start construction on the stalled schemes next year. Belgravia is now in charge of the 469-apartment Stoneygate Central Scheme and the 21-storey Lofthaus project which is set to become the city’s tallest residential tower. The two schemes have a combined development
Manchester City Council has awarded nine firms places on its latest Highways Construction Work framework to deliver transport infrastructure projects across the Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire roads network. The £100m framework will run for two years with an option for a further two-year extension. It has been split into lots covering small works up
