Recycled aggregate firms blast new waste crime levyRecycled aggregate producers have slammed the Environment Agency’s new levy on the industry to fund fighting waste crime by rogue operators.
Firms that recycle and reuse millions of tonnes of demolition and construction waste to produce vital recycled aggregate complain they are being used as ‘cash cows’ by the regulator to recover policing…
£110m Liverpool Metalworks resi scheme gets nodLiverpool-based Jarron Developments has gained planning for its £110m Metalworks residential scheme in the city’s Pumpfields district.
Designed by architect Falconer Chester Hall, the 16-storey scheme will transform a prominent site at the junction of Leeds Street and Vauxhall Road.
Metalworks will provide 401 homes, including 396 flats and fiv…
Building products firm fined £1m after double accidentA specialist company that manufactures wood-based products has been fined more than £1m after two workers were injured in separate incidents.
West Fraser (Europe) Ltd – formerly known as Norbord – pleaded guilty to several health and safety breaches related to two incidents that took place at its plant in Cowie within six months of eac…
Graham lands £42m Woking road upgradeContractor Graham has been awarded the contract by Surrey County Council to deliver improvements to the A320 north of Woking.
The key infrastructure project has been funded through a £41.8m grant from Homes England’s Housing Infrastructure Fund.
The scheme aims to increase capacity and improve traffic flow on the stretch of road between Chertsey and…
Dandara 300 homes High Wycombe project approvedDandara Living has secured planning permission to redevelop the Chilterns Shopping Centre to provide over 300 build-to-rent homes in the heart of High Wycombe town centre.
The proposals will see two new buildings rising to 10 storeys, separated by a new pedestrian street.
Designed by Aros Architects, the scheme is inherently sustainable and includes…
Three Keltbray managers took £600,000 in bribesThree former site managers at Keltbray have been convicted for taking over £600,000 in bribes from a specialist labour supply agency.
The Keltbray managers, Michael McCarthy, Simon Lacey, and John Burke, were convicted of receiving the bribes, which represented a ‘breach of trust’ in their obligations to Keltbray.
Southwark Crown Court also…
Bidding starts for £1bn YORcivil major works dealProcurement body YORhub has started tendering for its second-generation civil engineering major works framework covering Yorkshire, Humber and the East Midlands.
Eight firms will be awarded places on the YORcivil Major Works 2 contractor framework, which will be used to deliver projects valued over £10m.
Existing incumbents fighting to renew…
ECF clinches deal for Hull 850-home urban villageHull City Council has picked the ECF joint venture – Muse, Legal & General and Homes England as development partner for the planned 850-home East Bank Urban Village.
A 15-year development agreement will be established for planning and construction on the site east of the River Hull, opposite the old town.
The regeneration is backed by £9.9m of…
Passenger train derailed after hitting track left by Colas workersAccident investigators have asked Colas Rail to review its working practices after a redundant section of track left behind by a maintenance team caused a passenger train to derail.
The train struck a section of redundant rail that had been left on the tracks on the approach to Walton-on- Thames station last March.
It was…
Bryson signs £6m safety products deal with SkanskaBryson has landed a £6m contract to supply safety products to Skanska UK.
The deal will include PPE, site consumables, site set-up and safety equipment.
The agreement was established in line with Skanska UK’s Sustainable Procurement Strategy with Bryson chosen due to its “smarter, faster, greener” ordering process and mutual values of…