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 […]
Essex school unveils £4.5 million teaching block
A multi-million project to build a new state-of-the-art teaching block at a school has completed – improving facilities for hundreds of youngsters in Southend. St Bernard’s High School in Westcliffe-on-Sea and Essex property and construction consultancy Ingleton Wood are celebrating the successful completion of the three-year project despite the challenges posed by Covid-19 and lockdowns. […]
Larkfleet Group welcomes ambitious carbon zero ready targets
The government has responded to a consultation on the Future Homes Standard, setting out plans to radically improve the energy performance of new builds, with all homes to be zero carbon ready by 2025. Karl Hick, Chairman of Larkfleet Group, a Lincolnshire-based developer, welcomes the clarity but voices some reservations over the timescale. “I’ve long […]
Youth centre gets £2,000 funding from Hopkins Homes’ charitable fund
The Loft Youth Centre in Southwold has received a vital boost towards its support for young people in the town, thanks to a generous £2,000 donation from Hopkins Homes. The centre will use the donation to support and broaden the horizons of local young people who rely on the centre to meet friends and access […]
