Warden wins contract for new Preston Porsche centre
Preston contractor Warden Construction has been appointed by the Bowker Motor Group to build a new 43,000 sq ft Porsche Centre in the city.
Demolition on the Watery Lane site is now complete and Warden will now start work on the new Porsche Centre which is due to open in Spring 2019.
Bowker Motor Group chief executive, Paul Bowker, said…
McAvoy targets offsite housing with 7-day build pledge
Offsite construction specialist McAvoy Group is aiming to make a mark in housing with a new seven-day foundations-to-finish modular system for all tenures.
In collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast, McAvoy has developed a steel-framed offsite housing solution for multi-storey apartments, detached, semi-detached and terraced…
Galliford Try wins £29m sports science centre contract race
Galliford Try has is starting work on a new £29.3m contract to build a teaching and research centre at Leeds Beckett University’s Headingley campus.
Work will see the creation of a new home for the Carnegie School of Sport.
It will include research laboratories, an indoor rooftop sprint track for performance training and…
Barratt launches safety drive after site accidents increase
Barratt Developments has launched a safety review after accident rates on its sites increased.
It said: “Increased activity levels across the industry in terms of site openings and production volumes combined with shortages of skilled workers has contributed to an increased risk of accidents on sites.
“We remain fully committed…
Inside the Acivico architectural story on the NEC ‘project facelift’ transformationAn Acivico architect has been at the heart of the NEC’s £4.5million transformation by supplying concept designs for the stunning and technically innovative pyramid formations which will completely change the look and feel of Birmingham’s iconic premier international conference and leisure venue.
Using t…
New Research Shows Uneven UK Solar Distribution and Highlights Potential OpportunitiesAs summer sees Britain breaking record after record for solar power generation, new research, compiled by Green Business Watch, ranks the UK’s solar performance on a county-by-county basis for the first time.
With the growing public demand for sustainable builds, the UK Solar Power County Rankings provide an…
Timber marketing summit to focus on health and wellbeingThe timber industry is invited to take on the health and wellbeing agenda this autumn at the Wood for Good Marketing Summit.
Aimed at timber marketing and communications professionals, the event ‘Marketing Timber for the Health and Wellbeing Agenda’ will take place on Thursday 20 September at Headspace in Farringdon, London.
Health and…
‘A Trio for Geo’ – Aarsleff Ground Engineering’s Plant InvestmentAarsleff is excited to announce the delivery of its new Klemm 909-3G Drilling Rig, along with a new Putzmeister P11 concrete pump, and a new CX 4/10 Colloidal Mixer. The addition of the equipment will further enhance Aarsleff’s ground engineering capability within the UK allowing it to seize opportunities and deliver a…
Dyson to build £120m electric car testing facility
British inventor James Dyson is planning to invest up to £120m in building a new test facility for electric cars in Wiltshire.
Plan for testing track and worker accommodation
Dyson has submitted plans to expand its Hullavington site on former Ministry of Defence land. This would include building 10-miles of off-road track, a…
Liverpool drylining firm collapses
Liverpool drylining contractor Cull & Griffiths has fallen into administration with the loss of 23 jobs.
Administrators from Begbies Traynor were called in at the historic family-owned specialist contractor which has worked on major property regeneration projects in Liverpool since 1971.
Past clients included Laing O’Rourke, Downing and Brama…