How council is setting the standard for innovative care homes of the future.
Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) is working on its first care home build project in nearly 50 years. The Hockliffe Road Care Home will sit in the centre of Leighton Buzzard, on the site of a recently demolished Magistrates Court and Police Centre. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is at the heart of the digital transformation across […]
Work begins to deliver 330 homes at Marham Park
Construction work has begun at two neighbouring developments in Bury St Edmunds which will deliver 330 new homes to the town. The two developments are being built by Bellway and its sister brand Ashberry Homes, and will form a major part of the wider 1,000-home Marham Park scheme taking shape north west of the town […]
Construction work progressing to extend Essex primary school
In an aim to double pupil capacity, construction work on extending Lawford Church of England Primary School is continuing apace. Commissioned by Essex County Council, Barnes Construction started work in January to build a new two-storey classroom block which will enable pupil capacity at the school to be increased by a further 210 places to […]
Tower crane changes Bury St Edmunds skyline
A milestone in the redevelopment of the former Post Office on Bury St Edmunds Cornhill has taken place this week with the installation of an 18-metre-high tower crane. St Andrews Street South between Woolhall Street and Brentgovel Street was shut for 48 hours to allow the tower crane to be delivered to the site in […]
Plant operator Adam Lopez reaches finals of national trade competition
As part of a recognition drive to help honour the hard work plant operators have played within the construction industry during the last 12 months, trade magazine UK Plant Operators launched its 2021 Operator of the Year Awards and local man Adam Lopez has reached the finals. Adam, a plant operator for Hopkins Homes, has worked in construction for […]
Builders find time capsule behind school mural
A time capsule has been found hidden behind a mosaic wall during the construction of a new SEND school in Bungay. Workers from SEH French Construction, the construction firm in charge of the conversion of Bungay Middle School into an 80-place SEND school, discovered the historic capsule while removing a corridor wall. The remnants included […]
Community businesses get £3,000 from Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme
Five community-run businesses in Suffolk have received grants totalling almost £3,000 through the Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme to help them adapt to Covid guidelines. The scheme – a partnership between East Anglian housebuilder Hopkins Homes and national charity the Plunkett Foundation – was set up to help businesses such as community-run shops and pubs adapt […]
Works starts on new Bungay SEND school
A 1930s middle school in Bungay is being transformed into an all-new school for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) by an Ipswich-based design and build collaboration. Suffolk County Council has commissioned designers and consultants, Concertus, to convert the existing school building in Hillside Road, Bungay, into a permanent 80-place […]
The Hopkins Group awarded top marks for customer satisfaction
Award-winning developer The Hopkins Group – which includes Hopkins Homes and Hopkins & Moore – has received the maximum five-star rating in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey. The survey, which recognises excellence in customer satisfaction, is one of the largest of its type in the country and is […]
Topping out at Creffield Villas heralds sale of new homes and apartments
A topping out event to mark the structural completion of new family houses and apartments in Colchester took place at Creffield Villas in Creffield Road, Lexden this week. Cllr Adam Fox, Colchester Borough Council’s Portfolio Holder for Housing and Cllr Theresa Higgins, Portfolio Holder for Commercial Services celebrated the occasion with a tour of the site. Colchester Amphora Homes […]
