Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity offers free wellbeing workshops
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is 18-24 May and to support the campaign’s theme of ‘kindness’, the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is hosting a series of free online lunchtime mental health training workshops. From mindfulness and meditation, to resilience and controlling stress, anyone working in construction can take part in these bite-sized online sessions, […]
Jaynic gains detailed planning consent for second warehouse phase
Jaynic, the developer of Suffolk Park in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, has gained detailed planning consent from West Suffolk Council for the second phase of warehouse units totalling 367,000 sq ft. The consent is for four “Big Sheds” of 37,000 sq ft, 80,000 sq ft, 100,000 sq ft and 150,000 sq ft, respectively. The 114-acre […]
Property agents Avison Young and Rapleys to market Gateway 14
Gateway 14 Ltd, advised by its development manager Jaynic, has appointed property consultants Avison Young and Rapleys to market the 156-acre mixed-use and logistics scheme at Junction 50 of the A14 at Stowmarket, Suffolk. Jaynic was appointed as development manager earlier this month. Strategic real estate advisor Avison Young has been appointed to market the […]
Housebuilder donates hundreds of defibrillators to help COVID-19 fightback
Barratt Developments Plc is this week donating 400 defibrillators from its sites across the UK to help in the fight against coronavirus. The company is donating the defibrillators, usually used on its construction sites, to St John Ambulance. Amongst the contribution is 14 defibrillators from Chelmsford-based Barratt and David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties’ developments across the […]
COVID-19 is a superior force, but is it Force Majeure?
By Rebecca Palmer, Solicitor and Director at Constructive Law In these unprecedented times, it is, understandably, difficult to escape reading about anything other than the impact of COVID-19. For those at the coal face so far as the administration of commercial contracts is concerned, this means that questions such as: “Will the COVID-19 outbreak be […]
Jaynic appointed development manager of Gateway 14 in Suffolk
Gateway 14 Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mid Suffolk District Council, has appointed Jaynic as the development manager for a major new development, adjacent to junction 50 on the A14 at Stowmarket, Suffolk. The development will provide up to 2.3 million sq ft of business, logistics and commercial accommodation over the next 10-15 years, with […]
Legionella risk warning at unoccupied buildings due to coronavirus
Ingleton Wood, a leading property and construction consultancy in the East of England, has issued a warning over potentially fatal Legionella at offices and other buildings left vacant due to coronavirus. Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia where everyone is susceptible to infection and which can be fatal. With the current ‘lockdown’, many buildings […]
Birketts offers topical legal advice for the construction industry
The Construction and Engineering Team at Birketts LLP has produced a number of articles aimed at those in the construction industry. They provide useful updates concerning the coronavirus pandemic from a legal perspective. Topics covered already include adjudicating during the lockdown, potential amendments to JCT contracts, and how JCT and NEC construction contracts have been […]
Builders make giant message for NHS staff which can be seen from the sky
Construction workers at a 5,000-home development in Thetford came up with a unique way to thank the NHS during the pandemic, which can only be seen from the sky. Tom Beeston, site manager for Hopkins Homes, which is completing the first phase of the Kingsfleet development, used materials from the site to leave the message […]
Support available to construction businesses during the coronavirus pandemic
Jyoti Patel from Alternative Finance Provider Fleximize talks us through the financial and business support that construction companies can access during this time. The coronavirus pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the UK economy, causing disruption across every industry. The construction sector has been hit particularly hard, with businesses receiving mixed messages about if […]
