Rockwool plans new factory to ramp up outputStone wool insulation manufacturer Rockwool has bought 46 hectares of land near Birmingham for a new factory to ramp up production in the face of rising demand.
The planned manufacturing facility at the Pedimore site to the north east of the city will feature proprietary electric melting technology for its stone wool insulation products.
The Peddimor…
Wates hires Bouygues chief as MD for residential armWates has hired Bouygues UK managing director for London and the South East to head its growing residential business.
Phillippa Prongué will take up the position of executive managing director of the housing business in the New Year, replacing Helen Bunch who is retiring after 19 years at Wates.
Bunch leaves Wates having overseen a 150% growt…
Civils powers on but house building faltersConstruction growth slowed in October from a 29-month high in September with house building the only sector where overall workloads contracted.
Industry buyers quizzed in the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index recorded 54.3 in October, down from 57.2 in September.
The index was above the crucial 50.0 no-change threshold…
Vital Energy JV to build £1bn heat network for WestminsterPlans have been unveiled to build the UK’s largest heat network capturing heat from the River Thames, London Underground and sewer networks to warm around 1,000 buildings in central London, including the Houses of Parliament.
Drawn up by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and consultant Aecom, the £1bn scheme will be delivered…
Multiplex tops October contracts leagueA £300m order for a new teaching block at Glasgow University helped to catapult Multiplex to the top of the contract wins rankings in October.
The Keystone project will be the fifth major building to be constructed through the University of Glasgow’s £1.3bn campus development programme.
Lendlease ranked second in the month as its development arm advanced…
Key industry rebar supplier loses fight to stop factory closureDeveloper Peel Waters has cleared the final planning hurdle for its business park proposal at Chatham Docks in Kent.
The final planning clearance by Medway Council after the Secretary of State decided not to call in the scheme means steel producer ArcelorMittal will now have to shut its major rebar facility supplying 30% of UK…
United Living looking to continue expansionInfrastructure and housing contractor United Living Group is looking to expand further as it posted a record set of results.
The group bought social housing property services contractor Pilon last week and is looking to make further acquisitions.
Latest results for the eight-month period ended 31 March 2024 show turnover up to £627.2m from £534.2m last…
Plans in for Birmingham 300-bed student schemeBirmingham-based developer Sama Investment Group has submitted plans for 301-bed student project on a prominent brownfield site in the heart of the city’s vibrant China Quarter.
The new scheme would be delivered across a stepped brick building of 4 storeys, 10 storeys and 15 storeys on Pershore Street.
As part of the transformation, a variety of…
Paralysed builder stranded on floor for six hours after fallA builder was left paralysed from the chest down after falling through a ceiling at a housing job in Derbyshire.
Father-of-three Andrew Clifford remained lying face down on the floor for around six hours before he was found by a delivery driver. He judged the time by hearing hourly news bulletins from his radio.
Clifford had been working…
Network Rail scales back Liverpool Street station schemeNetwork Rail has gone back to the drawing board to rethink its ambitious Liverpool Street Station redevelopment plan.
The rail infrastructure firm has dropped its development partner Sellar and architect Herzog & de Meuron to recast the ambious project after coming under fire for the massing on large offices above the scheme.
The previous…