Construction news

• £200m Westbury incinerator plan set for green light

  14-03-2022 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Revised plans to build a £200m waste incinerator at a site in Westbury, Wilshire are set to clear a major hurdle with the Environment Agency  ‘minded to’ issue an operators permit for the project.
  Developer Northacre Renewable Energy is now waiting for a decision this month from Wiltshire Council for revised plans for the energy-from-waste facility after first gaining approval last year.
  Revised planning was needed after NREL decided to drop use of a gasification technolog
  
  Read more

• Plan for £250m Wembley tower resi-led scheme

  14-03-2022 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been lodged for a new residential-led scheme in Wembley featuring a 32-storey main town with stepped buildings clustered around.
  Landowner Canada Israel and development manager Avanton plan to develop the Wembley Point site on Harrow Road with 515 new homes of mixed tenure, 1,200 sq ft of commercial space, new boxing gym.
  The £250m Stonebridge Place development will be built around the already completed WEM Tower London, with its 439 new homes and will feature landscaped gardens
  
  Read more

• Administrators look for buyer for Caledonian Modular

  14-03-2022 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators in charge of Caledonian Modular are still hoping to find a buyer for the offsite giant.
  Administrators at Alvarez & Marsal were appointed last week at the £43.5m turnover business.
  Alvarez & Marsal said: “The administrators are continuing to trade the business while exploring all possible options for its future, including finding a new buyer.“Regrettably, 28 employees – around 10% of the total workforce – have been made redundant as part of th
  
  Read more

• Scottish civils specialist placed in employee ownership

  14-03-2022 01:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scottish civil engineering specialist Kilmac has joined the swelling ranks of contractors making the move into employee ownership.
  Founders Athole McDonald and Richard Kilcullen said the sale of the £20m revenue business to an Employee Ownership Trust would help to guarantee the future of 130 jobs.
  McDonald and Kilcullen, both aged 53, started the Tayside-based business in 2004 after meeting earlier at Dundee Institute of Technology. They plan to remain in place for at least the next three
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• £160m deal sees Equans expand Birmingham housing upkeep

  14-03-2022 01:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Birmingham City Council has appointed Equans to repair and maintain more than 40,000 council-owned properties in the city in a deal worth £160m.
  For the last five years, Equans has been responsible for maintaining 9,000 homes across the North of the city, and this contract has been extended by a further two years.
  In addition, Equans has now also been awarded the contract for an extra 31,000 homes across Birmingham’s East and West territories.The new two-year contract is set to go li
  
  Read more

Follow @new_constructio on Twitter!