The range pre-sale at Gateway 14, Stowmarket wins ‘Deal of the Year Award’ at the UK Property Forum’s Eastern Echo Awards
Jaynic and Gateway 14 Ltd has won the ‘Deal of The Year Award’ at The UK Property Forum’s Eastern Echo Awards. The award is for the pre-sale of a new 1.17m sq ft warehouse to garden and leisure products retailer The Range at the Gateway 14 new mixed-use development adjacent to Junction 50 of the […]
Success at SECBE Constructing Excellence Awards!
It was success all the way at the recent Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards at the London Royal Lancaster Hotel. With hundreds of entries, 75 finalists, 15 sponsors, 28 judges, hundreds of social media posts, more than 80,000 page views and over 12,500 votes on the People’s Choice Award, the whole programme and event were a […]
Work starts to expand disability support service in Ipswich
The start of works to expand an adult disability support service in Ipswich has been marked with a groundbreaking ceremony. Genesis Orwell Mencap is extending its Green Bike Project workshop on Wright Road, with works being carried out by SEH French, KLH Architects and Superstructures. The workshop provides valuable work experience to adults with learning […]
Students have settled into their million-pound school expansion
Edgar Sewter Primary School in Halesworth, received a £1.35 million expansion and remodelling works to the existing school which completed in Autumn 2022. Now that the children have had time to settle into their new teaching block, we reflect on the works that took place over the past 24 months. Suffolk County Council, working with […]
Bloor Homes’ Eastern region celebrates NHBC Pride in the Job Awards for two site managers
Bloor Homes’ Eastern region based in Bury-St-Edmunds is celebrating the recognition of site managers John Crewdson and Michael Spalding at this year’s National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Awards. The awards are described by NHBC as ‘being at the heart of its mission to raise standards in housebuilding’. Each year they […]
Mayor of Needham Market breaks ground at brand new development in the town
The Mayor of Needham Market, Councillor John Reardon, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Terry Lawrence, and housebuilder Allison Homes Eastern Counties have officially marked the start of construction work at a brand new development in the town, called Venus Fields. Venus Fields is the housebuilder’s first development in the county, and will consist of a stunning range […]
Essex-based female engineers urge more women to enter profession as region falls behind
With women representing fewer than one of five (16.5%) engineers and a wider shortage affecting the industry, two of just a handful of female broadband engineers across the East of England have outlined the opportunities for young people entering the profession. The announcement follows International Women In Engineering Day (23 June) which recognises the work […]
Essex Site Managers named as best in the country for quality
Rob Ruffy and Jordan Cannon have each won a Pride in the Job Quality Award from the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC), marking them as among the very best site managers in the country. Across the country, site managers working for David Wilson Homes’ parent company, Barratt Developments, have won 96 Pride in the Job Quality […]
Allison Homes Eastern Counties appoints new Head of Technical to deliver sites across Norfolk and Suffolk
Gavin Houghton, 37, is based at Allison Homes Eastern Counties’ regional office in Norwich and first joined the company in 2020. His career began at an engineering consultancy, where he worked up from a CAD Technician to Senior Engineer over 11 years. Gavin then worked for Hopkins Homes for five years and progressed to Head […]
Senior site manager at Barnes Construction wins national award
Photo credit Simply C photography Senior site manager, Mark Larter, has been presented with the ‘Best Non-residential Site Manager Award at the national LABC Building Excellence Awards held at Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London. Mark, who lives in Ipswich, has worked for Barnes Construction for the last five years, and was instrumental in the successful delivery […]
