Planning & Construction News

Leeds City Council has appointed Kier to deliver its new £7m Newmarket Approach depot in Leeds, the project includes three storey-office accommodation, fuel filling and vehicle wash facilities.

Weston Homes has received planning permission from the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham to regenerate the Town Quay Wharf site on Barking’s waterfront.

Porters Place Southend-on-Sea LLP has been given the go-ahead for the £500m Better Queensway regeneration project, following the approval of its ‘hybrid’ planning application.

Wates FM has been appointed to three new contracts in the legal, property management and global commercial real estate sectors.

The new research brings together scientists, industry and educators to revolutionise how waste from construction projects is managed.

Hill Group has been chosen as the development partner for the first phase of new homes at Oxford North as part of the new life sciences district for Oxford.

The new planning rules will help support the creation of homes while also giving high streets a new lease of life – removing eyesores, transforming unused buildings and making the most of brownfield land.

Stuart Clark, managing director at Russell & Russell Business Advisers, examines five key issues facing construction companies as restrictions ease and the economy starts to recover.

A scaffolder in Kenilworth has been banned for four years after recklessly spending £142,000 prior to bankruptcy to avoid paying creditors.

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, John Sisk & Son, VolkerFitzpatrick, Colas Ltd, Dyer & Butler and Tarmac have secured contracts worth £285m to upgrade the concrete surface of roads across the UK.

Cost increases and the introduction of new restrictions on professional indemnity (PI) insurance are preventing companies from taking on projects and could delay essential work on building safety, warns the Construction Leadership Council (CLC).

Following the publication of the Construction Playbook by the government in December, JCT has made available an article, JCT Contracts meeting the objectives of the Construction Playbook, which provides an analysis on how users wishing to comply with the Playbook’s objectives can do so within the current JCT suite of contracts.

While Covid-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on many industries, the construction industry has so far emerged relatively unscathed. But the impact of the shock to the wider economy, the withdrawal of government support and longstanding and unresolved industry issues will mean the sector is likely to face challenges over the longer term, warns BDO’s head of construction Paul Fenner.

Keltbray has landed a £17.5m deal to deliver enabling deconstruction and new structural works on the first phase of the new home for the Museum of London.

To build safer, stronger structures requires more than just top quality joist hangers; equally important is choosing the correct sized joist hanger.

Vistry Partnerships and Barratt Developments have joined forces to deliver 760 much-needed new homes in Bridport, Dorset.

Balfour Beatty, Costain, HS2, Mace, Multiplex and Skanska have all adopted the Common Assessment Standard to help save the sector up to £1bn a year.

Manchester has been allocated £7.82m in the second tranche of funding from an £81.1m funding pot for Greater Manchester.

Willmott Dixon has been appointed by Nottingham City Council to demolish the remaining Broadmarsh Centre site in the city centre for future development.

Renew Holdings plc has agreed to acquire the water focused engineering business, J Browne Group Holdings Limited for £29.5m.