Tag: Projects

The company, which employs around 160 staff, posted an announcement on social media saying: “This has been a difficult, but necessary step due to a number of cancelled and/or deferred projects which has meant that we are unable to maintain a positive cash-flow throughout the...

Construction of the Colne Valley viaduct, in outer London, is continuing for HS2 but trains to Euston are delayed by two yearsHS2 services to Euston at the southern end and to Manchester and Crew to the north are being deferred. Billions of pounds worth of...

Peter Kitson (left) and Ben CouldreyPeter Kitson has joined Beale & Co  as a partner. He was previously a partner with Russell Cooke and has specialised in transactional contracts and projects advisory law for 20 years, acting for contractors, consultants and developers. Ben Couldrey, who...

CGI of the new-look Penygawsi Primary School With funding approved, main contractor Morgan Sindall is now able to start work in the next few weeks on the construction of new facilities for Pontyclun Primary, Llanilltud Faerdref Primary, and Penygawsi Primary schools. The projects secured planning...

Manchester Town HallFactory International, Manchester’s new performing arts centre is nearing completion and is expected to open next June. However, the council is being asked to find an extra £25.2m for the project, taking the overall budget to £210.8m, nearly double the initial £110m estimate...

Peter MumfordPeter Mumford has joined Balfour Beatty from National Highways where he was executive director of major projects and capital portfolio management for the past five years. His previous career has been spent with construction consultants, starting with 10 years at Turner & Townsend before...

Chief executive John Morgan With the UK economy now in the grip of double digit inflation – and with the two candidates for prime minister having diametrically opposed views on how or whether to tackle it – the impact on construction workloads is starting to...

Sarah LeadbetterRecom Solutions, a construction project management consultant, has appointed Sarah Leadbetter as head of its healthcare projects team, a new role created to manage the company’s growing workload in the sector. Sarah Leadbetter first joined Recom in 2017, just two year after the firm...

Belfast's Titanic QuarterQueen’s University has appointed a design team for each of the three centres it will lead on in areas including advanced manufacturing, clinical research, and connected digital technologies. Arcadis, Faithful & Gould and Turner & Townsend have won the contracts to provide project...

Homes will be built at Leith Walk to close a gap site to be vacated by an Edinburgh Tram’s construction teamWill Rudd Davidson’s Edinburgh division will begin working on the design of new affordable homes at Leith Walk to close a gap site to be...

AA Projects managing director Ken Wood (centre) with Drees & Sommer partners Sascha Hempel (left) and Michel da Hann (right)Under the sale agreement, Drees & Sommer expects to complete the 100% purchase of AA Projects by the end of the 2023. The gradual approach is...