The University of Leeds is on the hunt for main contractors to deliver two major upgrade jobs worth up to £25m. The biggest job coming up for grabs is the £16m refurbishment of the University’s grade II listed Edward Boyle Library. The original library building was completed in 1975, and was Continue Reading
Construction tax fraudsters jailed for ten years
Two Essex businessmen who evaded £2.5m in Corporation Tax and VAT in a fraud linked to the supply of labour to the rail construction industry have been jailed for 10 years. For seven years Michael Woodward, from Grays, Essex, failed to pay business taxes for the companies he ran. He Continue Reading
Developer submits plans for 100 Vision 2031 homes on Moreton Hall
Taylor Wimpey has submitted a planning application for the first stage of a development that will see 500 new homes built on Moreton Hall, in Bury St Edmunds. The developer is seeking consent for the first of five build phases – for 100 homes north of Mount Road – with Continue Reading
Crane topples over at Canadian wind farm
A crawler crane rigged with around 120 metres of boom and a back mast went over on a wind farm south of Lucknow, Ontario in Canada, on Wednesday. The crane fell while moving between turbines and thankfully there were no serious injuries. The crane’s crawlers sank into the soft ground Continue Reading
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Go-ahead for phase three of Battersea Power Station
Wandsworth Council has granted planning for phase three of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment. The approval covers the south west corner of the site to create a new pedestrian high street running from Battersea Park Road to the power station building. It will be the main gateway to site from Continue Reading
CIOB launches construction photography competition
The Chartered Institute of Building is inviting entries for its annual photography competition. The Art of Building competition has a cash prize of £3,000 for the winning entry which showcases the built environment with the best picture. You can submit entries between now and November 23 of photos inspired by Continue Reading
£40m Old Admiralty Building refit up for grabs
The hunt is on to find a firm to refurbish the Grade II listed Old Admiralty Building in Westminster. The Department for Education is due to move into the building in the summer of 2017 and has signed up Mace as project manager for the 250,000 sq ft modernisation programme. Continue Reading
Salaries break £100,000 barrier for construction professionals
Soaring pay rates are concentrated in London and the South East for pre-construction professionals like planning and design managers. Estimators are also seeing wages rocket while the era of £100,000-a-year project managers is approaching. One recruitment specialist at a major contractor said: “It’s getting crazy out there – we are Continue Reading
Labourer stabbed on Hull housing site
The 36-year-old victim was taken by ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary for treatment after sustaining serious but not life threatening injuries during the attack on Tuesday afternoon. A 33-year-old man was arrested and charged by Humberside Police with grievous bodily harm with intent, assaulting a person thereby occasioning actual bodily Continue Reading