More companies join Essex Construction Framework
The new line-up of building companies on the Essex Construction Framework 2 is longer than before and will deliver a £400 million programme of projects. Essex County Council announced the new four-year framework comes into force this month, confirming there were now eight firms in each lot size compared to five. The increase is designed […]
East of England RICS Social Impact Awards shortlist unveiled
A shortlist of 28 projects has been revealed for the East of England RICS Social Impact Awards 2020. The projects consist of commercial, heritage, residential, leisure, educational and healthcare builds. One high-profile project to make the shortlist is the Winerack residential development on Ipswich’s flagship waterfront. Ingleton Wood, a leading multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy […]
LSI Architects named Sunday Times Best Small Company To Work For for the fifth time
Norwich and London-based architectural practice LSI Architects has been named in the 2020 Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For, the fifth successive year that the practice has made the prestigious list. LSI Architects placed 60th in the list and once again received Best Companies 3-star accreditation, awarded to companies that show ‘extraordinary’ levels […]
Hopkins Homes launches new development
Award-winning developer, Hopkins Homes, is inviting potential buyers to the launch of the much-anticipated Thurston Park (IP31 3SD) development on Saturday 29 February. The launch will give visitors the chance to view plans of the development, discover the buying schemes available and be amongst the very first to reserve one of the brand new, stylish […]
Site managers recognised as some of the best in the country
Site managers working for Barratt and David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties in Essex have won a top national award for the quality of the homes they are building. James Armstrong and Jamie Fox have been recognised by the National House-Building Council at its annual Pride in the Job Quality Awards. James Armstrong, who works at […]
Portable Space to supply containers for Felixstowe seafront retail scheme
Portable Space has secured a high-profile contract to supply converted shipping containers for a new seafront retail attraction in Felixstowe. The company, based at Bacton, Suffolk will supply 16 converted shipping containers for Beach Street Felixstowe, next to Mannings Amusement Park, which will have 1,000 square metres of outlets such as street food and boutiques. […]
Architects backing Cambridge Great Park plan
While Cambridge has enjoyed growth and prosperity from development, bringing housing and employment to the city, much of it technology-based, the downside has been the gradual erosion of green belt land. Now a retired architect, with the help of his former colleagues at BCR Infinity Architects, has drawn up a detailed plan of how a […]
Homebuilder brings 2020 jobs boost to East Anglia
Barratt and David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties has announced that its new sites launching in 2020 will underpin 1,280 jobs for local people. The Chelmsford-based developer will bring a total of 640 new homes to its operational areas of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which will underpin 1,280 local jobs throughout the development process. Barratt […]
Oxford Innovation to run the Epicentre innovation building at Haverhill
Jaynic, the developer of the Haverhill Research Park, has signed a 10-year management agreement with Oxford Innovation, the UK’s largest operator of successful innovation centres, to run its Epicentre building under construction at Haverhill Research Park. The Epicentre innovation centre, which will open this autumn, will have over 60 office suites from 17sqm (172 sqft) […]
Hopkins Homes to host viewing event at King’s Meadow development in Holt
Award-winning developer, Hopkins Homes, is inviting potential home buyers to an apartment viewing event at the King’s Meadow development in Holt (NR25 6EA) on Saturday 22nd February 2020. Held between the hours of 11am to 4pm, visitors can take a tour of The Coleman Apartment properties at the development, talk to the sales consultants about […]
