Wynne Construction has secured three contracts in North Wales worth a combined £12.5m. The Bodelwyddan-based contractor has been appointed to build two schools, Ysgol Gwenfro in Wrexham and Ysgol Glancegin in Bangor, as well as the new RNLI Llandudno lifeboat station. The new wins follow a recently awarded contract to build the £9m Ysgol Cybi …
Construction workers in Yorkshire could be set for a better deal from their employers when taking on local authority contracts, after Wakefield council became the first in the county to sign a ground-breaking employment minimum standards’ charter. The charter, signed by council leader Peter Box and the trade unions, Unite, UCATT and the GMB, pledges …
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A housing association has clinched a deal with international partners to launch a £2.5 billion UK joint venture to manufacture and build thousands of modular, low-carbon homes a year. Your Housing Group (YHG) announced the deal with WElink Group today, which also takes in partners Beijing-based China National Building Material Company (CNBM), its subsidiary China …
2013-09-25 17:10 Squatting of commercial property is on the up not just because of the law, but also because so many sites have lain vacant for so long during the recession, says Sarah Shemmings from Silver Shemmings. So what can you do? 2013-09-25 17:05 Air source heat pumps may have been slower to take off …
Willmott Dixon has signed a £25.5m contract to build the first of Oldham’s three new Academy schools.The company has agreed the deal with Oldham Council to deliver the new Oasis Academy Oldham, whichwill be built on the site of the former Brook Mill, with playing fields to be located on the old Oak Colliery site. …
Willmott Dixon will deliver nearly 200 extra care apartments in Derbyshire after being chosen by Chevin Housing Association. The £23m contract is in the final stages of being agreed with Chevin Housing Association, part of The Together Housing Group, which is Derbyshire County Council’s chosen partner to build and manage three schemes in Chesterfield, Alfreton …
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Willmott Dixon has secured the £60m residential element of a mixed-use regeneration scheme in Greenwich as part of a development agreement with the developers Cathedral Group and Development Securities. Willmott Dixon’s development division, called Regen, will deliver the residential quarter at The Movement, Greenwich. Progress has already started with the s106 being signed with the …
A Vinci/Ringway joint venture has been named preferred bidder by the London Borough of Hounslow for its £800m PFI highways maintenance contract. The 25-year deal will see Vinci Ringway upgrade the borough’s network of 259 miles of road and 458 miles of pavements. The first five years of the contract will see Vinci Ringway make …
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Willmott Dixon has selected REL Electrical to help deliver a £7.75 million town hall refurbishment in St Albans. The London-based company has won a £1.1 million contract to carry out mechanical and electrical (M&E) works as part of a project to transform the Grade II listed building into a museum and art gallery. Designed by …
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A Midlands hydraulics firm has designed, manufactured and handed over the first of four bespoke hydraulic operating systems to be installed into a hydro power plant on the River Trent, to generate enough electricity to power 700 homes. MGR Fluid Power in Leamington has manufactured the bespoke system, which will be used to actuate a …
