Shed specialist Marbank files administration noticePortal-framed building specialist Marbank Construction has filed a notice to appoint an administrator.
The Surrey based contractor has built more more than 300 industrial sheds with a combined value of over £1bn since the company was founded in 1994.
Projects range in size up to 350,000sq ft and over £20m in value and Marbank has worked on…
Birmingham council submits £1bn Druids Heath planBirmingham City Council has submitted plans to regenerate Druids Heath estate with 3,500 new energy-efficient homes.
The final planning application for the largely-neglected area of the city was submitted, ending years of consultation and false starts.
Several 1960s tower blocks will be demolished to be replaced by 3,500 ‘energy efficient’…
Cannabis farm gang posed as utilities contractorAn organised crime group posed as utility contractors to divert power to their cannabis farms across the country.
A company called Elev8 Civils & Utilities was set-up allowing the gang to work in liveried vans giving the appearance they were engaged in legitimate utilities work.
The men wore high visibility clothing and used signage to close roads…
Takeuchi sells its 50,000th excavator in UK and IrelandExcavator giant Takeuchi has hit the 50,000th sales milestone in the UK and Ireland.
The 50,000th Takeuchi, a TB217R mini excavator was sold by Takeuchi dealer in the south CBL to L-Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage as part of a recent order for over 100 machines, including the latest 3rd generation 3-Series excavators.
Lynch have been running…
Former Liverpool mayor charged in building contracts probeFormer Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson is among 12 people charged with bribery and misconduct following a long-running investigation into the award of building contracts in the city.
Those charged also include the directors of a Liverpool based building contractor.
Operation Aloft by Merseyside Policehas focused on contracts awarded by…
Bidding to start for £700m Irish sea interconnector workFirms have been put on alert for key work packages on the planned £700m sub-sea electricity interconnector between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Invitations to bid for work on the LirlC Interconnector project are due out shortly for key awards in November.
The project being developed by Transmission Investment will provide up to 700 MW of…
Muse to redevelop Durham County Hall HQ siteDurham County Council has picked Muse to steer the redevelopment of its County Hall site and the subsequent development of a £400m business park at Aykley Heads in Durham.
The first phase involves demolition of council buildings, including County Hall, at the 15-hectare site which already has outline planning consent for 440,000 sq ft of commercia…
Mace to transform Imperial College Great HallMace has been appointed to redevelop Imperial College London’s largest venue – The Great Hall in the Sherfield Building on its South Kensington campus.
Mace’s retrofit team will transform the 4,230 sq ft hall into a flexible, multipurpose space, that can be converted into three lecture theatres.
Designed by Burwell Architects, a key feature w…
£100m plan to regenerate former Digbeth ironworksDeveloper Hartwell has unveiled plans for a £100m mixed-use scheme at a former ironworks site in the heart of Digbeth, Birmingham.
The Phoenix Yard proposals will seek to transform an under-utilised 1ha brownfield site beside Coventry Street, Oxford Street and Digbeth High Street to deliver a new gateway to Digbeth.
Architects Allford Ha…
Legendre UK wins £21m London homes job for ClarionClarion Housing Group has signed a £21m contract with Legendre UK for main works construction of the Lemon Tree House redevelopment in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Lemon Tree House, a 7-storey building with 49 homes, is being redeveloped due to building and fire safety issues.
In its place, the UK arm of French contractor Legendre, w…