Construction news

• BAM appoints Createmaster on £192m Sky Studios site

  29-10-2021 14:32
  
  O&Ms and Structured Data specialist Createmaster has won the contract from BAM to provide all the handover information for the new £192m Sky Studios project in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
  Createmaster will be responsible for the accurate collation, management and delivery of the project’s asset information covering 11 geographically separate buildings as well as other regulatory required construction deliverables.
  Sky Studios Elstree is a new state-of-the art film and TV studio with
  
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• HS2 dig unearths “astounding” Roman statues

  29-10-2021 09:10
  
  Archaeologists working on HS2 project have uncovered a set of rare Roman statues whilst excavating a Norman Church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire.
  The work has been carried out by HS2’s Enabling Works Contractor Fusion JV (Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, BAM Nuttall and Ferrovial Agroman), and its archaeological contactor, L-P Archaeology.
  In the final stages of the excavation at the site of the old St Mary’s Norman church in Stoke Mandeville, archaeologists were excavating a ci
  
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• Crossrail told to wrap-up expensive tier-one contracts

  29-10-2021 09:00
  
  Public account committee MPs are warning that there is still no real certainty to cost and schedule just four months before the first central section trains are due to open to the public.
  Watchdog MPs have highlighted that Canary Wharf and Bond Street have had significant issues in the past and are yet to be completed.
  While Bond Street has been taken off the critical path for limited first opening, MPs are still concerned about the full opening of Canary Wharf and a signific
  
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• Crossrail told to wrap-up expensive Tier 1 contracts

  29-10-2021 09:00
  
  Public account committee MPs are warning that there is still no real certainty to the Elizabeth Line cost and opening schedule just four months before the first central section trains are due to operate services for the public.
  Watchdog MPs have highlighted that Canary Wharf and Bond Street have had significant issues in the past and are yet to be completed.
  While Bond Street has been taken off the critical path for limited first opening, MPs are still concerned about the full opening
  
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• Cambridge science park major expansion approved

  29-10-2021 08:14
  
  Cambridge council planners has given the go-ahead for for two new buildings, a transport hub and gym at St John’s Innovation Park.
  St John’s College and development manager Turnstone Estates are planning a two-phased development of two 85,000 sq ft office and R&D buildings and a new transport hub.
  The transport hub will provide a gym available for all Park occupiers to use, extensive cycle storage, showers and a cycle repair facility.Designed with ‘intelligent bui
  
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