Developer Commercial Estates Group has finally secured planning for a triple tower scheme of over 1,750 flats on the site of the vast curving Ringway Centre block in central Birmingham. Birmingham planning committee was forced to reconsider already approved plans after a campaign to save the Ringway Centre, deemed to be a brutalist icon of
Wates Group has announced the appointment of Rosie Toogood in the newly created role of Chief Supply Chain and Quality Officer. She will join the contractor later this week and sit on the Group’s Executive Committee, reporting to the Chief Executive, Eoghan O’Lionaird. Toogood was most recently CEO of Legal & General’s Modular Homes business
Surrey-based contractor Blenheim House Construction has suffered its first loss in 26 years of trading. The building and fit-out specialist, which operates in the high-end London and wider south east market, slipped to a £137,000 loss in the year to April after making more than a £1m profit in the prior year. While turnover for
Northumbria University has submitted plans to build the £50m North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST) in Newcastle. The proposals are for the construction of a 5 to 7 storey building, including partial re-use of Wynne Jones building in Ellison Place to create a new facility. NESST, which will be delivered in partnership with
Amey, Morrison Utility Services, ISG, and Costain rank as construction’s fastest-paying main contractors settling subcontractor and supplier invoices in less than 20 days. Latest returns from submissions to the Government’s Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance indicate a slight improvement on past years. The controversial self-reporting data, which is collated and published by trade body
Two bidders have been shortlisted by HS2 Ltd for a £270m deal to operate and maintain the new mass transit system at Interchange station in Solihull. The winning bidder will work with HS2 to deliver the Automated People Mover (APM) and maintain its cable system operation for a 25-year period. The bidders invited to tender
HS2 JV station contractor Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra has named its M&E partner to deliver Old Oak Common station in West London. A new joint venture between London-based VVW Engineering and French engineering giant Egis secured the multi-year contract for mechanical, electrical, public health, fire and communications systems at the super-hub station. The contract
The Government has given the all-clear to build a £300m new Category C super prison in Buckinghamshire. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has granted planning for the prison which will contain nearly 1,500 inmates at the site next to the existing HMP Springhill and HMP Grendon sites . The plan is part of the Government’s
Dominus Real Estate and Queen Mary University of London have jointly submitted plans for a 700-bed student room tower in Stratford, London. Architect Howells’ design also includes a new not-for-profit community pub and affordable workspace for SMEs, all overlooking a new public space beside the Channelsea River. John Iveson, director of Campus & Commercial Services
UK & Ireland dealer AGD Equipment have taken delivery of its first Comacchio piling rig. The CHF500 is a compact but powerful rig – with 15 ton metres of torque it can drill up to 900 mm diameter CFA piles to a maximum drilling depth of 27 m. But it it only weighs 45 tons
