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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.
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
| Costain wins Highways Agency framework in Midlands |
| Monday, 09 November 2009 | |
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Costain has been appointed, in joint venture with Lafarge, to the Midlands Works Framework Contract 4 by the Highways Agency.
The framework has been established to undertake structural work, surfacing and roadworks in the Midlands Area up to a total framework value of £250m over two years. It enables the Highways Agency to implement the Treasury's fiscal stimulus initiative and is also available to several Local and Unitary Authorities including Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Peterborough and Staffordshire. |
