Gateshead-based contractor Tolent is preparing to start the first phase of works on the £50m Brett Wharf development. The prominent site on Gateshead’s quayside will create 269 one and two-bed apartments for rent, as well
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Plans in for 2m sq ft Ilkeston warehouse park
Developer Verdant Regeneration has submitted plans to redevelop the former Stanton Ironworks near Ilkeston in Derbyshire into a vast industrial and warehouse park. The firm plans to transform the 200-acre site located near J25 of
York Cocoa West 300-home scheme approved
The development arm of Clarion Housing Group has got the go-ahead for a £100m new homes scheme next to the former Rowntree factory in the centre of York. Developer Latimer now aims to start work
University to offer courses in concrete road repairs
A new qualification in Concrete Pavement and Construction Maintenance has been launched by National Highways and the University of Derby. The move is designed to plug the predicted skills gap in successfully delivering repairs and
5 Steps for Preventing Construction Site Theft
> From building materials to tools to heavy equipment, construction site theft is an industry-wide epidemic. In addition to the direct costs of replacing the stolen goods, there is also the indirect cost due to
Veteran pair leave Currie & Brown
Consultant Currie & Brown is undergoing major leadership change as group chairman David Broomer retires this month after 51 years at the business. Group chief executive officer Euan McEwan is also retiring at the end
Wates wins contract for underground houses
Wates Residential has been chosen as main contractor on a pioneering eco-housing development in East Sussex. Wates will start work early next year on the Blackfriars in Battle for Rother District Council’s housing company Alliance
26 firms win £7bn school building framework
Twenty six firms have chalked up places on the Department for Education’s £7bn school and further education building programme over the next four years. The firms are spread across 22 lots covering over three value
Galliard forms new partnership to build 850 homes
London developer Galliard Homes has teamed up with regional landowner-developer Apsley House Capital and Midlands-based property developer Wavensmere Homes to deliver a brace of schemes worth £300m. The two residential-led schemes, Belgrave Village in Birmingham
Massive Stewart Milne development goes into administration
A subsidiary of Stewart Milne Group overseeing the planned construction of 3,100 homes near Aberdeen has gone into administration. FRP Advisory is now running Countesswells Development Limited (CDL) which was overseeing work at the Countesswells