Day: September 1, 2023

Ilke Homes' factory near KnaresboroughLatest statement of affairs for Ilke Homes, filed by the administrators from Alix Partners on 31st August, lists the dozens of companies left with unpaid debts. Ilke Homes was a private equity-owned start-up volumetric modular house-builder that closed in June after...

The three towers will range from 28 to 48 storeys in heightUrbanest Canary Wharf comprises three towers of between 28 and 48 storeys containing 1,672 bedsits and 80 residential apartments for students of University College London (UCL). Developer Urbanest has now closed and completed on...

“Turnover is vanity but profit is sanity” is an old stock market adage and at a glance the latest Top 100 shows an industry focused on the bottom line. Altogether, this year’s Top 100 construction companies turned over £74.5bn in their latest accounts – up...

CGI of the planned bridgeGuildford Borough Council appointed VolkerFitzpatrick in July as main contractor for a long-planned bridge over a railway line next to Ash station. Construction of the Ash Road Bridge will see the closure of the level crossing on the A323 Guildford Road....

TICA’s technical policy manager Chris RidgeManufacturers of insulated pipes and ducts, or some of them at least, stand accused of marketing products that do not stand up to their claims when it comes to withstanding fire. The Thermal Insulation Contractors Association (TICA) is urging a...

GravesendThe Gravesham Community Investment Partnership (GCIP) will identify locations and develop suitable sites for new council-owned homes in the north Kent borough, which currently has more than 1,000 households on its housing register. Cllr John Burden, leader of Gravesham Borough Council, said “We have long-held...

Work on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station helps to keep civil engineering contractors busyOf the 89 members of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) that responded, 46% said that their workload had increased over the past year, while only 15% said that things...

This RAAC roof failed at Singlewell Primary School in Gravesend, Kent. Luckily nobody was in at the time.A week before the new start of the new school year, 104 schools have been told by the DfE to get out of buildings made with reinforced autoclaved...