Day: October 27, 2023

TIS Cumbria's premises in WorkingtonTIS will operate within Shepley Engineers subsidiary West Cumberland Engineering (WCEL), expanding the group’s portfolio of nuclear specialist capabilities. Shepley Engineers is part of Renew Holdings. Workington-based TIS was founded as Top Inspection Services in September 1995 by managing director Tony...

Under England’s new Building Regulations, published in August 2023, every building project must now have a designated principal designer. This is an individual or organisation appointed by the client to take the lead on planning, managing, monitoring and coordinating health & safety and building regulations...

The development comprises a trio of staggered towersBowmer & Kirkland is building a £130m development for iQ Student Accommodation in Manchester. The scheme consists of interlinked towers rising to 27, 21 and 16-storeys, with the highest habitable floor at 121.6 metres above ground.  It will...

The teamSt Andrews is now the 15th location for MGM Timber, which styles itself as Scotland’s largest independent specialist timber merchant. MGM has given its St Andrews store a new layout, showing off the range on offer. This new in-store format will be rolled out...

Site of the new construction training centreThe 7,000 sqft Cheltenham Construction Centre will have capacity for 164 trainees per week across various skills. The centre will have 13 plumbing bays, 21 electrical bays, 21 bays for brickwork, groundworks and carpentry, and four classrooms. Beard begins...

There has been further modest easing in inflation in the prices of building materials and products, with builders’ merchants’ prices up 8.0% in August 2023 compared to August 2022. Last November merchant price inflation was at 17.3%; by February it was 14.9%, in May 10.8%...