Essex and Herts Air Ambulance gets keys to new airbase
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Barnes Construction has handed over on time, a brand-new purpose-built airbase to Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT). Project managed by quantity surveyors Castons and designed by architects Hurley Porte and Duell and structural engineer specialists Superstructures, construction started on the new airbase at the North Weald Airfield in […]
GBS Builders and SEH French begin refurbishing former middle school
GBS Builders has commenced demolition works at Bungay Middle School, Suffolk with a new SEND C&I provision school standing in its place. Previously Bungay Middle School, the new school will be named Castle EAST School, part of the East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST). Upon completion, it will accommodate around 80 children with special educational needs […]
‘Amazing’ graduate is first Level 7 Architect Apprentice
An aspiring architect has become one of the first in the UK to gain a new degree apprenticeship after four years of toil and is calling on more young people in East Anglia to consider entering construction. Colchester property and construction consultancy Ingleton Wood has hailed the “amazing” achievement of Lily Green who has achieved […]
Construction starts on new council-owned family homes in Colchester
Colchester Borough Council’s ambition to provide more high-quality, council-owned, affordable homes has taken another major step forward as construction starts on the building of new family houses and apartments in Military Road, Colchester. The council’s project is one of several housing developments that are delivering a promised 350 additional homes across the borough by 2024. […]
Construction needs to take a military approach to female recruitment
Exactly three years ago the British Armed Forces finally opened all roles to women. Since then applications for the frontline have doubled and 20% of the 80,000 applicants the Army received last year were female. Here, Steve Hammond, a former warrant officer who is now training manager for leading construction company Anderson, explains how construction […]
Morgan Sindall Construction to harness modern methods for major hospital upgrade
James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, has appointed Morgan Sindall Construction as the primary contractor for two major extension and refurbishment schemes totalling £3.8 million. The projects, which are being delivered as part of wider plans to improve the hospital’s facilities, will provide an upgrade and extension to the accident […]
Housebuilder searching for new apprentices across Cambridgeshire
Barratt and David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire is continuing its positive work to support local employment, skills and training by creating a new apprenticeship role to develop talent across the areas in which it builds. The leading housebuilder aims to recruit a new commercial advanced apprentice, to work across at its head office in Peterborough. The […]
Essex homebuilder unveils news sites to support 3,700 jobs
Essex homebuilder Barratt and David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties has announced that its new sites launching in 2021 will underpin over 3,700 jobs for local people. The Chelmsford-based developer will bring a total of 1,883 new homes across its operational areas of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, which will underpin 3,766 local jobs throughout the development […]
Planning application for mixed-use park at Gateway 14
A planning application has been submitted for 2.45m sq ft of business, warehouse and industrial space at the Gateway 14 site in Stowmarket, Suffolk, adjacent to Junction 50 of the A14 that will bring hundreds of jobs to the town. This follows a public consultation exercise last Autumn and is a hybrid-application comprising details for […]
Barclays boosts support for construction community
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is one of 100 UK charities awarded a £100k donation from Barclays, which will help them support the UK and Ireland construction community. Charities were invited to apply for one of 100 donations of £100,000, and Barclays was inundated by hundreds of applications from charities across the UK who are […]
