Six big infrastructure clients have pledged to switch to lowest carbon-sourced concrete and steel on their projects. Anglian Water, Heathrow, The Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways, Northumbrian Water and Sellafield have committed to scale-back use of the biggest contributors to CO₂ emissions – diesel, steel, and concrete. They are the first clients to sign up

The Government Property Agency has signed Kier to deliver its civil service office hub at the Darlington Economic Campus. Kier has signed a pre-construction deal in readiness to deliver the project, earmarked for Brunswick Street, after the planning application was lodged with Darlington Borough Council last month. The Hub building would be home to 1,450

Newcastle University and partner Genr8 Kajima Regeneration have secured planning consent for a £500m Health Innovation Neighbourhood masterplan. Construction will transform a former 29-acre general hospital site into a new neighbourhood combining housing alongside modern healthcare, education and community facilities. Specialist ageing research will develop advanced infrastructure to support housing solutions that promote longer, healthier

Local authority procurement specialist LHC has fired the starting gun on bidding for a new framework to support the retrofit and decarbonisation of the UK’s 6.1m social homes and public sector buildings. It is consultants consultants and specialists contractors in energy efficiency, heating and ventilation, renewables, electric vehicles and solar PV. Launching in Autumn 2024,

One of Britain’s biggest windows and doors suppliers Everest has crashed into administration putting around 350 jobs at risk Administrators from ReSolve were appointed on Friday to handle the Everest 2020 Ltd business and will try to find a buyer to salvage all or parts of the operation. The specialist double glazing company was acquired

Staff at Osborne have started looking for new jobs. Workers at the stricken contractor have taken to LinkedIn looking for new roles following events at the firm. Main business Geoffrey Osborne filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator last week with other group companies following suit shortly afterwards. Osborne said it is currently

Officials at the Competition and Markets Authority are warning that contractors could face price rises for ventilation products. The watchdog has completed an initial Phase 1 investigation after Lindab International AB’s purchase last October of HAS-Vent Holdings Limited raised competition concerns in relation to the supply of circular ducts and fittings. Lindab is a ventilation

Midlands and southern housing procurement group, Central Housing Investment Consortium, has named the consultant and contractors to have secured places on its £2bn retrofit and building safety works framework for social homes. The Healthy Homes Framework is intended to help deliver net zero and building safety targets for the sector. It will provide the social

Councillors in Birmingham have unanimously rejected plans to build a 42-storey skyscraper on top of a Grade-II listed former hospital. The proposal for the city centre site involved building 300 flats directly above the Grade II-listed former Royal Orthopaedic Hospital building in 80 Broad Street. At a planning committee meeting yesterday Conservative councillor Gareth Moore branded

Developer Salboy has lodged plans for a dominating residential skyscraper in central Manchester that would be the tallest outside of London. The next phase of its Viadux scheme off Great Bridgewater Street will now see construction of two residential towers of 76 and 23 storeys containing a total of 915 apartments. Architect simpsonhaugh supported by