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GEOAmey wins £632m prisoner escort and custody services contract

As part of its GEOAmey joint venture, Amey has been awarded a £632m contract to provide prisoner escort and custody services (PECS) for the North.

Levy dispute between Hudson Contract & CITB rumbles on

Hudson Contract Services Ltd has served CITB with a £10.5m grant claim, the biggest in the history of the levy, after the Court of Appeal ruled the company was within scope of CITB’s levy-raising powers.

McAdam Design awarded £80m project management contracts

McAdam Design has been appointed as project managers for a range of new housing development projects by Radius Housing across Northern Ireland.

ISG to deliver Sky’s new innovation centre

ISG has secured a contract with Sky to deliver a new innovation centre at its campus in Osterley, West London.

Demolition underway on Havering’s estate regeneration scheme

Demolition is complete of the first site in phase one of Havering Council’s 12 estates regeneration programme, Napier and New Plymouth House, with Wates Residential.

Balfour Beatty wins £63m contract to upgrade the A19

Balfour Beatty has secured a £63m contract on behalf of Highways England to develop, design and deliver critical dual carriageway upgrades on the A19 between Norton and Wynyard.

Grahame Park masterplan gets the green light

Planners have given the go-ahead to an ambitious new masterplan for Grahame Park in Colindale as part of the transformation of Barnet’s largest housing estate.

Parts of British Steel sold to Chinese steelmaker Jingye

Certain parts of the business and assets of British Steel Ltd (BSL) have been officially sold to Jingye Steel (UK) Ltd and Jingye Steel (UK) Holding Ltd (together Jingye).

Southern Grove to build affordable homes on halted eco-scheme

A site that was supposed to host the world’s most sustainable residential tower has been taken over by developer Southern Grove who will develop 170 affordable homes.

JRL Group takes top spot in February’s contractors league table

JRL Group clinched the top spot in February’s contractors league table, as Midland Metro Alliance comes in at second place.

ARB banishes Edinburgh architect from register

Robert Lukas of HLP Architects in Edinburgh has been erased from the Architects Register following a hearing of ARB’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) on 25-28 February 2020.

Green light for carbon-neutral NMIS building

Renfrewshire Council gave the green light for the new energy carbon-neutral building, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).

£250m wellbeing resort gets the green light in Manchester

Plans for the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort in Manchester at Peel L&P’s TraffordCity have been unanimously approved by Trafford Council’s planning committee.

1.5 acre underground bunker gets the go-ahead

Planning has been approved for the 58,000 sq ft underground bunker, Storybox, which will see the creation of workspace for industries in the heart of Nine Elms, Vauxhall.

Bermondsey student accommodation gains planning permission

Alumno Group has been granted planning permission for the construction of new student accommodation on Alscot Road in Bermondsey.

Midlands contractor wins place on £500m higher education framework

G F Tomlinson has been selected as a key contractor on the new £500m 10-year construction framework, focussing on improving higher education facilities in the West Midlands.

Female planners face sexism in the workplace, new study finds

The majority of women working in town planning face barriers climbing the professional ladder because of their gender, according to the Women and Planning study.

£2m funding to transform Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens

The £1.8m capital funding will supply a number of improvements to Piccadilly Gardens' appearance and people’s experience of it – including the demolition of the free-standing part of the concrete wall

CIBSE publishes new health and wellbeing guidance

CIBSE has updated its Technical Memorandum 40: Health and wellbeing in building services, the new version reflects significant changes in the environmental conditions

Advantage Insurance (AHCI) takes a look at Permitted Development Rights

Discussing Permitted Development Rights to convert office buildings to residential use and the benefits that they bring to resolve housing issues.

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