Green light for £150m West End office revampDevelopers Edge and Mitsubishi Estate London have secured the green light for their £150m plan to overhaul the 125 Shaftesbury Avenue building in Central London.
Camden Council’s planning committee unanimously approved the office-led scheme, which will see a 1980s block transformed into 250,000 sq ft of workspace with a new-look entrance on Charing…
Four jailed after Keltbray corruption trialThree former Keltbray managers and a demolition boss have been jailed for corruption.
Southwark Crown Court convicted Arben Hysa of Tony Demolition Workers for bribing three Keltbray managers over labour contracts worth £15m.
The bribes totalled more than £600,000 between 2012 and 2018.
The Keltbray managers, Michael McCarthy, Simon Lacey, and John…
Bowmer & Kirkland boosts margins as profits surge to £69mDerby-based building contractor and property business Bowmer & Kirkland has shrugged off market jitters to lift pre-tax profits by nearly 30% to £69m as turnover nudged up to £1.29bn.
The contractor also beefed up its operations paying £20m to buy Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, as well as opening new regional bases in…
Offshore construction starts on £4bn windfarmThe offshore construction programme for ScottishPower’s £4bn East Anglia Three offshore windfarm has started.
The first foundation for the firm’s biggest-ever renewables project has now been installed.
Standing at 83.89m tall, 10.6m in diameter and weighing 1,800 tonnes, the monopile also represents a new offshore wind industry record –…
AECOM buys civils consultant Allen GordonAECOM has acquired civils consultant Allen Gordon LLP which operates from 35 offices across Scotland.
Richard Whitehead, chief executive of AECOM’s Europe & India region said: “We are delighted to have the Allen Gordon team join AECOM at a critical moment when spending is expected to accelerate across the water and energy markets.
“Allen Gordon has…
Plans in for £1bn Northern Gateway site in ManchesterAn outline planning application has been submitted for the first phase of Northern Gateway, a major employment-led scheme in Greater Manchester.
The Northern Gateway Development Vehicle – a joint venture between Harworth Group and Russell LDP – is behind the 500-acre project, which will eventually support up to 20,000 jobs.
The initia…
RED wins £31m London Shoreditch student digs jobRED Construction has sealed a £31m deal to revamp a major student accommodation block in Shoreditch on the City of London fringe.
The London arm of the specialist contractor was signed up by Infrastructure Investments following the successful delivery of £1.8m of enabling works by RED’s Special Projects team.
The job will see RED London…
Deconstruct handed £12m Grenfell demolitionThe contractor charged with managing and maintaining the structural integrity of Grenfell tower has been handed the £12.25m job to carefully dismantle the building.
The Government awarded Deconstruct (UK) the deal without competition under a contract variation, citing technical reasons and the risk of delays and higher costs if a new contractor wer…
Comment: Gateway is acting like a barricadeBillions of pounds worth of desperately-needed new homes are being delayed by the Building Safety Regulator displaying a classic case of good intentions but bad execution.
The Grenfell tragedy rightly saw demands for better, safer buildings.
But the resulting new regime for high rise buildings has been drawn-up with no practical consideration for how…
Final phase of £1.5bn Elephant and Castle revamp hits planningBuild-to-rent giant Get Living has submitted revised plans for the final piece of its £1.5bn regeneration jigsaw at Elephant and Castle in London.
Dubbed the West Site, the third and final phase cluster of high rises will replace the old London College of Communication student buildings, which are making way for a new University of…