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Gateshead £80m schools programme planned
Friday, 12 March 2010
Gateshead Council is celebrating after news of a successful £80m bid to rebuild and refurbish secondary schools in the area.
£80m funding for Luton-Dunstable Busway
Friday, 12 March 2010
Luton Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council have welcomed confirmation from the Government of funding totalling £80.2m for the Luton-Dunstable Busway.
Building regs change to cut waste
Friday, 12 March 2010
Housing minister John Healey today announced changes to the country's building regulations to make buildings more energy efficient.
Agreement signed to transform land around MCFC stadium
Friday, 12 March 2010
Manchester City Council, New East Manchester (NEM) and Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) have today signed a formal agreement to collaborate to create a transformation plan for east Manchester.
£30m Edinburgh business park planned
Friday, 12 March 2010
Plans to build a £30m business park and hotel development on the outskirts of Edinburgh have been revealed.
Green light for Old Trafford redevelopment
Friday, 12 March 2010
A £32m scheme to redevelop Lancashire County Cricket Club's Old Trafford ground has secured planning permission.
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H+H points to zero carbon housing at EcoBuild
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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
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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
| Costain takes £400m waste contract |
| Thursday, 09 April 2009 | |
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Costain has won a £397m contract to design and build municipal waste treatment infrastructure in Greater Manchester.
The deal with Viridor Laing forms part of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority's (GMWDA's) PFI Waste and Recycling Contract, the largest municipal waste contract in Western Europe. "This is a major project win for Costain," said chief executive Andrew Wyllie. "We have deliberately targeted the waste sector where we can leverage our complementary process engineering skills and expertise from our water operations." "We intend to build a major presence in this rapidly expanding UK and European regulated marketplace, and look forward to building the waste services business into one of Costain's leading divisions." The £3bn project involves designing and constructing 44 different facilities spread across 26 locations, including 25 household waste recycling centres and five mechanical biological treatment plants |
