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BoKlok, modular site

BoKlok exchange contracts on fourth modular site

BoKlok UK Ltd, jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA, has announced the exchange of contracts on a six-acre site in North Somerset.
Concrete, Cementaid Everdure CALTITE System

Wastewater treatment and the Cementaid Everdure CALTITE System

Wastewater treatment plants are among the harshest environments for concrete, where there are many causes that degrade concrete and once this process starts, its effects are usually rapid.
modular housing,

Lincolnshire modular housing scheme complete

Work has been completed on an innovative modular housing scheme in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
TBM, tunnel machines, Hs2

HS2 awards first London tunnel boring machine contracts

Today (9 October) the contract for the first two giant tunnelling machines (TBM) for London’s HS2 tunnels has been signed with Skanska-Costain (STRABAG).
highways maintenance,

Tarmac and Kier win TfL highways contract

Tarmac and Kier has been awarded the Lot 2 contract of the Transport for London (TfL) highways maintenance and project framework to maintain and improve highways and related assets covering a 189km network in north London.
North Manchester General Hospital,

Sheppard Robson to transform North Manchester General Hospital

Architect Sheppard Robson has been appointed to transform the North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) estate, creating integrated health and social care facilities.
air quality plans,

HS2 unveils ambitious air quality plans

HS2 has revealed ambitious air quality plans, including ‘designing out’ emissions, introducing renewable energy on construction sites and zero-pollution machinery.
learning and employment service

Interserve sells learning and employment service

Enact has acquired the Interserve Learning & Employment (ILE) service, complete with the current management team.
improving accessibility, Pan-disability approach,

Pan-disability approach is the priority in improving accessibility

Ian Streets, managing director of About Access, calls for compromise to help make the built environment accessible to all.
neurological needs, building standard

New building standard addresses sensory and neurological needs

BSI has announced a new project to create the first set of guidance for the design of the built environment to include the needs of people who experience sensory and neurological difficulties.
modular track, hs2,

HS2 awards £260m modular track contract

HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK’s new high-speed railway.
Alconbury Weald, Morgan sindall

Morgan Sindall secures Alconbury education campus contract

Morgan Sindall has been appointed as preferred bidder for the first phase of a new education campus in Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire.
delivery performance, project management

Mott MacDonald alliance to improve performance of major projects

Mott MacDonald and ARES Software UK have formed a new alliance to help clients improve the delivery performance of major projects.

Crossrail to hand over Elizabeth line to TfL

After delays, Crossrail's Elizabeth line programme has now reached hand over to Transport for London (TfL) as the operator and maintainer of the railway.
Dyer & Butler, Valley Gardens

Dyer & Butler uses BIM technology to complete Brighton Valley Gardens

Dyer & Butler has completed a major highways and public realm improvement project within Brighton Valley Gardens on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC).
diversity issues in construction

Why the construction industry needs to step up to diversity issues

Diversity is not a new topic of conversation for the construction industry – it is well-documented that the sector is significantly behind other industries when it comes to the issue. Kay Jarvis, head of HR at blu-3 discusses why the better representation of all groups is essential, and it must happen soon.
Fox Brothers

Fox Brothers acquires Clive Hurt Plant Hire

Fox Brothers, the haulier of aggregates, recycled materials and earthworks contractor, has acquired Clive Hurt Plant Hire Limited.
Moseley train station

Moseley train station plans get the go-ahead

Plans for the new Moseley train station, on the Camp Hill line, has been approved by Birmingham City Council’s planning committee.
towns in England

£80m funding for towns in England to ‘build back better’

Over a hundred towns in England to share £80m to boost regeneration from the government to help them to ‘build back better’.
Lowesmoor Regeneration, waterside development

Plans in for £85m Worcester waterside development

Godwin Developments, working in partnership with Lowesmoor Regeneration has submitted plans for a brand new £85m waterside community in Worcester.
City walls, Chester

Vinci to use recovered roman stone in Chester city walls repair

Roman stone blocks found in excavations during the Chester Northgate’s construction are to be used to repair the city walls.
Island Quarter development,

Green light for first phase of Nottingham’s £650m Island Quarter

Nottingham City Council has approved plans for the first phase of the city’s ‘biggest regeneration scheme’, the £650m Island Quarter development.
heathrow rail link

Heathrow’s £900m rail link bid delayed due to Covid-19

Plans for the £900m Western Rail Link to Heathrow have been delayed due to the downturn in the aviation industry caused by Covid-19.
clean energy,

Manchester councils win funding for £17.2m clean energy project

Energy Systems Catapult and five local authorities in Greater Manchester have won funding for a revolutionary clean energy project, which will develop 10 renewable schemes across the city.
Ashroyd Business Park, G F Tomlinson

G F Tomlinson hands over units at South Yorkshire business park

G F Tomlinson has completed construction works on five new industrial units at Ashroyd Business Park, Barnsley, adjacent to the Dearne Valley Parkway.
housing design app

Updated housing design app could get London building after Covid-19

The Mayor of London and Bryden Wood have launched an updated version of housing design app, PRiSM 2.0, to help London’s homebuilding strategy.