Norwich primary school brings recycled materials to life
Pupils from Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School, Bowthorpe, have received a donation of recycled building materials to use for ‘loose parts play’ – a method of using with everyday objects to improve creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills. After donning hard hats and high-vis jackets, youngsters from the school helped representatives from construction company […]
Bennett Homes applauds staff, celebrates 75th anniversary
Award-winning family-run housebuilder Bennett Homes is marking 75 successful years of building traditional high-quality homes by recognising the significant contribution made by its staff. In its early years, the company, with headquarters at Nowton near Bury St Edmunds, specialised in building bungalows for the retirement market. More recently, it has diversified its range of homes […]
Land promoter and developer Jaynic has entered into a land promotion agreement on a 25-acre site off the A134 Bury St Edmunds to Thetford Road at Fornham St Martin, Suffolk.
The site on Fornham Road is adjacent to the Suffolk Waste Partnership’s recycling centre on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds and has potential for about 340,000 sq ft of employment development. The developer will be seeking to have the site allocated in the West Suffolk Local Plan Review, the first draft of which is […]
Fantastic Free Training Initiatives to Support Mental Health Awareness Week
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity are announcing some fantastic initiatives to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week and reminding everyone in construction about all of the freely available resources they offer. The charity is launching three fantastic new masterclasses to complement the huge variety of free wellbeing masterclasses already available to anyone in construction and […]
New policing facility brings specialist expertise under one roof
A brand-new specialist policing centre is one step closer to opening after contractors completed the roof section on the facility – set to serve the communities of Broadland and beyond. To mark the occasion a special ‘topping-out’ ceremony was held at the Broadland Business Park site witnessed by a number of officers and staff who will be […]
Stane Retail Park Colchester Completes
The Churchmanor Estates Company plc have now completed their new £70m Stane Retail Park in the Tollgate Retail Area of Stanway Colchester and is believed to be the only major new retail park speculatively funded and constructed entirely during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The scheme has also been shortlisted for an RICS Property Award UK […]
Construction work has now begun on the expansion of Breckland School in Brandon
Construction work has now begun on the expansion of Breckland School in Brandon. This will accommodate an additional 100 pupil places with a new two-story standalone block, some internal refurbishment along with external works. Suffolk County Council have worked closely with the school to ensure that the expansion programme provides modern, fit for purpose facilities […]
Infrastructure contractor appointed for 2.6M SQ FT mixed-use development at Gateway 14, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Gateway 14 Ltd, working with its development manager Jaynic, has awarded an infrastructure contract worth £6.4m to Jackson Civil Engineering Ltd. The infrastructure contract for the 2.36m sq ft mixed-use development project at Gateway 14 adjacent to Junction 50 of the A14 at Stowmarket, Suffolk, includes building of a new main estate road from the […]
Jaynic has appointed Parkway as contractor on its SP47 warehouse scheme at Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds
Jaynic has appointed Parkway Construction MK Ltd on its SP47 warehouse at Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds, which will break ground on the scheme in April with completion expected in December 2022. The development will comprise a 47,657 sq ft warehouse to be speculatively developed by Jaynic to cater for the strong occupier demand in […]
Leisure Park partners celebrate ground-breaking at Colchester Northern Gateway
Turnstone Estates celebrated the start of work at its £65 million Colchester Northern Gateway Leisure Park development with a special ground-breaking ceremony this week. On 16 March, representatives from main contractor HG Construction met on site with those from Colchester Amphora Trading, Colchester Borough Council, Turnstone Estates and Canada Life, to see work get underway. […]
