Day: September 27, 2022

Understanding heat pumpsWith the escalation in energy prices, there are concerns that homeowners looking for ways to cut their bills are ripe for exploitation. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a call for information looking at consumer experiences and business practices in the...

Baroness Rock Baroness Rock, 53, will take over as chair of the board of Costain from Paul Golby on 1st December 2022. As Kate Rock, she was a partner of PR firm College Hill from 1996 until 2008 and subsequently a vice-chairman of the Conservative...

Scape has selected Balfour Beatty, again, as sole supplier for its civil engineering framework, now worth £4bn. The third-generation frameworks, starting next year, double the capacity of public sector civil engineering works that can be procured through Scape. The previous deal was worth only £2bn....

The diggers are moving inKier is undertaking the £15m restoration of Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge for the Canal & River Trust. The project is expected to take around two years to complete, with the reservoir due to reopen in late 2024. It was Kier...

The pumphouse at Stanley Dock as it is today and (below) as it is planned to beStanley Dock Properties has been granted detailed planning consent to turn the Grade II* listed Victorian Hydraulic Pumphouse Station in Stanley Dock into a 4,400 sqft (410 sqm) restaurant. ...

Ibstock concrete productsIbstock has signed a supply deal with Australian company Wagners to use its reduced carbon Earth Friendly Concrete. Wagners makes EFC from ground granulated blast furnace slag, pulverised fly ash and a high-alkaline chemical instead of ordinary Portland cement (OPC). This geopolymer binder...

Artist’s impression of Holborn Place, an Aspire development under way in Newcastle- under-LymeStaffordshire-based housing association Aspire Housing has appointed construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) to provide fire consultancy services.  RLB has been given a three-year contract to advise on compliance with new regulations arising...

CGI of Sunderland College's Housing Innovation & Construction Skills Academy The Housing Innovation & Construction Skills Academy (HICSA) is being built to provide “next generation skills for next generation homes”, according to the tag line, and support Sunderland’s ambitions in advanced manufacturing, carbon reduction and...