Mace Interiors has been appointed to undertake the £40m refurbishment of 21 Bloomsbury Street in west London. The work for clients Capital 38 and Morgan Capital will see the 85,000 sq ft office revamped in three phases. Work will involve the extensive refurbishment of the existing building, including new mechanical, engineering and plumbing services, new
An estimated 700,000 pupils are still being taught in schools in England in dire need of major repairs or refurbishment. The growing backlog of schools in need of urgent repairs was highlighted in the findings of a damning parliamentary inquiry into the condition of the school estate. Spending watchdog MPs on the Public Accounts Committee
Corby based groundworks specialist NRI Civils Ltd has gone into administration. The firm had worked at a Barratt housing job in Cambridgeshire where 83 new homes are being demolished because of faulty foundations. Problems were found earlier this year with new homes under construction at the Darwin Green site where Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire
The owners of Hampshire based contractor Brymor Group Southern have suddenly made half their staff redundant. The Enquirer has seen the letter sent to around 30 staff last week telling them they no longer have jobs as the company restructures amid a work drought. Workers affected are understood to be at all levels from directors
London has seen the highest volume of new office starts on record – with 5.1m sq ft of construction starting across 43 projects. Of these projects, five major schemes over 300,000 sq ft represented 40% of the total new start volume. According to Deloitte’s Winter London Office Crane Survey refurbishment starts specifically have broken records
Five construction workers are reported to have been hurt when a temporary floor gave way during a concrete pour. The Manchester Evening News said the workers fell from the third to the second floor during the incident at the Manchester Royal Infirmary extension project on Wednesday. A site source told the MEN: “During the pour
HS2’s new boss has laid the blame for massive phase 1 budget overruns on the Government’s decision to let cost-plus contracts for main civil works. Incoming executive chairman Sir Jon Thompson said that 89% of the cost increase from 2020 till now was down to these contracts alone. He said the decision had tied his
The Public Accounts Committee has no confidence that Government will deliver the new hospitals it promised. In a highly critical report published today, the PAC voices extreme concern at the New Hospital Programme’s lack of progress. It warns the recently revised target to construct 32 new hospitals by 2030 rather than 40 as first planned
The Trade Remedies Authority has opened two new investigations into imports of excavators from China following complaints from domestic plant giant JCB. The TRA will investigate whether these imports are being dumped or subsidised, and are causing injury to JCB’s business and to UK industry. Oliver Griffiths, TRA Chief Executive, said: “Our investigations will examine
ISG has strengthens its partnership with Alliance Leisure after two projects worth over £27m in North East Derbyshire and Durham. A new £24m leisure facility to the south of Chesterfield will replace the original Sharley Park Leisure Centre in Clay Cross. ISG will build a new centre include a 100-station gym, four court sports hall,
