Costain trials project carbon trackerCostain is trialling a carbon tracker platform to improve emissions reporting across its projects.
The online tracker enables project teams to monitor construction related carbon emissions across the supply chain.
It is designed to improve the quality, accuracy and frequency of data reporting through enhanced analytics including collating emissions data in…
Tyne Coast College put firms on alert for £60m campus jobTyne Coast College is progressing with plans to invite bids for a £60m campus development in South Shields.
Plans to relocate South Tyneside College and South Shields Marine School from its current Westoe site into the heart of the town centre have already been approved.
The project will consist of a 14,000 sq ft main building with a…
Sisk starts £80m Manchester Ancoats resi blocksSisk has started main construction of two residential jobs opposite each other in the Ancoats area of Manchester.
The £80m Jersey Wharf and Eliza Yard developments are developer Manchester Life’s first residential schemes in the next stage of Ancoats’ regeneration.
Jersey Wharf will offer 190 rental flats transforming a previously vacant sit…
Rayner scraps London housing plan reviewDeputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has abandoned a review aimed at boosting house building in the Capital, handing a reprieve to London mayor, Sadiq Khan.
The Deputy Prime Minister said Khan would no longer have to submit a review of the London Plan, initiated by the last Government which said he was holding back delivery of new homes.
Rayner said ther…
£200m Wimbledon tennis courts expansion approvedAll England Lawn Tennis Club’s controversial plan to triple the size of Wimbledon with 39 new courts to be built on a nearby golf course have been approved by the London mayor’s office.
The ambitious project involves building a third covered show court with capacity for 8,000 spectators, alongside the new grass courts around a lake.
AELTC has…
L&G modular homes amassed loss hits £359mL&G is still counting the cost of its abortive foray into modular housing as it closes out the last remaining live projects.
Latest accounts for the year to December 2023 show the L&G Modular Homes business reported a further £44m pre-tax loss stemming from the decision to close its modular factory near Selby in June 2023 and build out three remaining…
Go-ahead for £150m Wolverhampton siteWavensmere Homes has received planning approval from City of Wolverhampton Council for its £150m residential-led Canalside South development.
The 17.5-acre former industrial site is located within the city centre with frontage onto the Wyrley & Essington Canal and the Wolverhampton Branch of the Birmingham Main Line Canal.
Construction will create over 530…
Profits soar at modular specialist Integra BuildingsModular construction specialist Integra Buildings has posted record results following a string of contract wins.
Yorkshire-based Integra saw turnover rise 18% to £50.4m in the year to December 31 2023 as pre-tax profits rose to £6.6m from £2.8m.
Succesful projects included the delivery of a £6m new facility for a sports organisation and work…
Emcor clinches £480m BBC FM dealFacilities management specialist Emcor has clinched a deal worth £480m over 10 years to deliver a full suite of FM work for the BBC.
The firm will replace Mitie which previously delivered integrated FM services for the broadcaster’s sites including its flagship sites in London, Cardiff, Glasgow, and MediaCityUK in Salford, employing around 780 staff.
The new FM…
£4.3bn electricity superhighway starts constructionConstruction work on the country’s biggest electricity infrastructure project has kicked off with contractors breaking ground in Scotland and England at either end of the £4.3bn Eastern Green Link2 project.
Project chiefs from National Grid and SSEN Transmission joined contractors at either end of the planned subsea link in Peterhead in…