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Taylor Woodrow/Bam Nuttall land £700m Victoria station redevelopment
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Transport for London has today announced its intention to award the contract for the £700m redevelopment of Victoria Underground station to a Taylor Woodrow/Bam Nuttall joint venture.
Camberley mosque plan rejected
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Plans to build a mosque in Camberley have been thrown out at a meeting of Surrey Heath Borough Council on Wednesday evening.
£2.6m for flood protection
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Environment Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies has announced that £2.6m will be allocated to 34 schemes in areas at high risk of flooding, enabling 532 households to benefit from practical flood protection solutions such as air bricks covers, storm porches, door guards and flood boards.
Salford City Reds stadium moves forward
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Salford City Council has approved plans for a joint venture company with Peel Holdings to deliver a new 15,000-seat stadium for Salford City Reds.
£4m for Bankside Urban Forest
Thursday, 11 March 2010
The London Development Agency is to provide £4m to the Bankside Urban Forest - a programme of works to improve public space in the Southwark Bankside area, stretching from the riverside to the Elephant and Castle.
Builder fined for poor scaffolding
Thursday, 11 March 2010
A building company has been fined for putting workers at risk by using unsafe scaffolding.
Features
H+H points to zero carbon housing at EcoBuild
H+H will showcase cost-saving solutions already proven to meet the zero-carbon level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes at Ecobuild. The Thin Joint bonding system, using the manufacturer’s new vertical elements, was used to meet level 6 of the code on a 3.65-acre housing project by Miller Homes in Basingstoke.
Securing the skills base
Housing associations can help avoid a future skills gap, says Nigel Donohue, ConstructionSkills’ apprenticeship programme manager.
A big job in Brum
The UK’s largest council has recently awarded the UK’s largest highway maintenance contract for its roads, lights and infrastructure
Shouting from the rooftops
It’s been just over a year now since Corus launched its new ‘Colorcoat Urban™’ product. The move has already generated new jobs, and now promises to grow year-on-year.
The National Brownfield Strategy for England
Dr Richard Boyle, Brownfield Technical Consultant, the Homes and Communities Agency, says unlocking brownfield land is the key to a sustainable future.
The AGS Data Standard - what is it and why?
The Association for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS), has committed itself to the standardisation of electronic data transfer through the AGS Data Transfer Format
Life after PPG 16
Kathryn Whittington, PR Coordinator, Institute for Archaeologists, on the major changes to the profession of the last 20 years
Train your way through the recession
Jimmy Phillips, from the Construction Study Centre outlines four ways training can make construction companies recession proof.
City News
| Carillion shines in Middle East |
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Carillion led joint ventures have secured contracts in the Middle East worth more than £200m.
In Dubai, Al Futtaim Carillion has won a £125m contract to build two residential towers alongside for Emaar Properties.
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