Henry Boot lands £162m Duxford aviation campusHenry Boot has been appointed development partner for a £162m aviation technology campus at IWM Duxford, near Cambridge.
The 25-acre ‘Duxford AvTech’ scheme will deliver 435,000 sq ft of innovation space aimed at accelerating low and zero carbon aircraft technology.
Imperial War Museums and Gonville & Caius College have brought in Henry Boot’s…
Retaining wall collapse kills builder on school siteA leading South West contractor has been fined after an employee was crushed to death when a 1.8m high retaining wall collapsed onto him.
Gary Anstey, 57, from Bristol, was working for H. Mealing & Sons Limited at a construction site at a school in Bath when the incident happened on 19 March 2019.
An HSE investigation found that H. Mealing …
Bathroom pod specialist Taplanes goes underModular bathroom specialist Taplanes is set to go into liquidation.
The Harrogate based firm has been in business since 1979 and specialised in the manufacture and supply of bathroom and shower pods across all sectors.
Assets of the £3m turnover business including a forward order book of £2.5m are now being sold off.
One rival modular specialist said…
Former Highways England director banned over Covid loan abuseA former executive director of Highways England has been disqualified as a company director for Covid loan abuse.
Anna Daroy has also served as Director General of the Institute of Directors and a raft of senior roles across all industries.
She was Executive Director of Strategy and Planning at Highways England from 2015-17.
In 2020…
O’Rourke appoints new Director of Strategy and TransformationVictoria Pomarnevska has been appointed as the new Director of Strategy and Transformation for Laing O’Rourke’s Europe hub.
She joins the business from her role as Strategy and Planning Director at British Gas.
Pomarnevska will initially work alongside current strategy head Glenn Sheedy who is taking up a new role as Director,…
Quad bike hits striking Sellafield construction workersTwo men have been charged with dangerous driving after a quad bike hit a picket line of construction workers outside the Sellafield nuclear site on Wednesday.
A 55-year-old construction worker was taken to the West Cumberland Hospital with serious injuries before being transferred to the Cumberland Infirmary following the incident.
He remains…
ISG subbies to start class action over failed project bank accountsSubcontractors left nursing huge losses from the collapse of ISG are preparing class actions against the Government after the much-vaunted Project Bank Accounts system failed to protect their cash.
ISG’s collapse in September 2024 left more than £1.1bn of debts.
Subcontractors on MoJ prison projects were among those left unpaid…
Go-ahead for four towers at Elephant & Castle sitePlans to redevelop Skipton House at Elephant and Castle into one of South London’s largest mixed-use schemes have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Developer London & Regional Properties will demolish the vacant seven-storey 1990s office block above the old tube station to make way for four new towers.
Two taller blocks of 30 and 31…
Hartlepool secures £34m film studios expansionHartlepool has been given the green light for a £34m expansion of The Northern Studios, in a move support the town’s regeneration.
The plans will deliver bigger studios, alongside a new Screen Industries Production Village that will breathe life into nine disused town centre buildings – including the Grade II-listed Shades Hotel.
The project is…
Barhale launches Low Carbon Solutions armBarhale has launched a new Low Carbon Solutions unit targeting growing markets including heat recovery, heat transfer and heat networks.
Low Carbon Solutions will also provide Barhale’s existing operations with internal advice for infrastructure projects to improve their carbon and sustainability performance and identify opportunities to insta…