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Mitie begins Swansea University facilities management contract

Mitie has kicked off a new five-year contract to deliver facilities management services for Swansea University, worth £2.4m a year.

Godwin submits plans for new homes in Shepshed, Leicestershire

Godwin Developments today has submitted outline plans for new family homes on land south of Ashby Road Central, in the Leicestershire town of Shepshed.

EQUANS bags £97m FM and net zero contract with Cheshire East

ENGIE’s services-led arm, EQUANS has landed a £97m facilities management and net zero services contract with Cheshire East Council.

HS2 reveals ‘beating heart’ of HS2 at London logistics hub

HS2 has revealed the logistics operation that is taking place at HS2’s logistics hub near Willesden Junction.

Balfour Beatty builds world’s first T-pylon for Hinkley

The world’s first T-pylon, the first new design for an electricity pylon in Great Britain for nearly a century, has been erected in Somerset.

Aberla bags £20m Manchester Viadux MEP deal

Aberla M&E, part of the Aberla Group, has landed a £20m contract to deliver the MEP on the Viadux development in Central Manchester.

Why commonly accepted solutions to solve the housing crisis won’t cut it

Peter Bill, author of Broken Homes and a former housebuilder, explores why commonly accepted solutions to fix the housing crisis just won’t work, and offers up his own suggestions that defy conventional wisdom.

Go-ahead for Teesside turbine manufacturing plant

GE Renewable Energy has received planning approval for its Teesside offshore wind blade manufacturing plant, creating job opportunities for the community.

Search begins for Barbican Centre renewal design team

The City of London Corporation has launched its search for a design team to develop and deliver plans for a major renewal of the Barbican Centre.

Milton Keynes and Sheffield awarded £1.4m to deliver new homes

Milton Keynes and Sheffield have been awarded funding of £1.4m to develop proposals to unlock a significant number of homes and jobs through the New Development Corporation Competition (NDCC).

Record infrastructure pipeline investment to support future workforce

The government is set to inject £650bn of public and private investment into infrastructure over the next ten years, according to the updated Infrastructure Pipeline.

Plans unveiled for £500m Stockport hospital on former Debenhams site

Healthcare services in Stockport could be radically transformed after plans to build a new £500m hospital have been unveiled.

Cleveland Bridge: Redundancy warning as administrators fail to find buyer

Employees at engineering company Cleveland Bridge are being advised to prepare for redundancies as administrators fail to find a buyer.

JCT hosts online Covid-19 hub for contract users

JCT launches an online Covid-19 hub for construction professionals and contracting parties who are considering the impact of Covid-19 on their existing projects or are preparing contract documents for new projects.

Construction output falls below pre-Covid levels

Construction output has fallen below pre-covid levels for the first time in months, as the real long-term impact of Covid-19 starts to hit home.

Green light for second phase of Waltham Forest regeneration

Waltham Forest Council’s development partner, Countryside, has secured planning permission to move forward with the transformation of the Town Hall Campus to build a new hub in the heart of the borough and creating hundreds of new jobs.

Shortlist unveiled for HS2’s £275m Washwood Heath depot

HS2 Ltd has revealed the shortlist of bidders in the running to build its network control centre and rolling stock maintenance depot in Washwood Heath.

Dual plans approved for new London office block

The City of London Corporation’s planning and transportation committee has given the go-ahead on two schemes for a site on Fetter Lane.

Hill named housing partner on Woolwich Leisure Centre scheme

Woolwich Council has appointed The Hill Group as housing development partner on its Woolwich Leisure Centre Scheme.

Graphene resurfacing trials begin on A1 in Northumberland

National Highways will trial the use of graphene along three miles of the A1’s northbound carriageway between Newton on the Moor and West Cawledge, Northumberland.

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