• Supply chain award for Rye Demolition

    Supply chain award for Rye Demolition
    Rye Demolition Ltd has been awarded the Best Green Initiative Award at the inaugural Hill Supply Chain Awards.
    The event was organised by leading housing developers, The Hill Group, to recognise the outstanding achievements and resilience of their suppliers over recent years, as well as pay tribute to the innovation and progression in key areas of the industry.
    Rye Demolition was presented with the Best Green Initiative award in recognition of its outstanding commitment to improving its environm
  • Quartet win £500m Kent Council building framework

    Quartet win £500m Kent Council building framework
    Kent Council has named its four building partners for a £500m building framework deal, which will cover mainly school building work in the South East.
    Baxall Construction, Kier, Morgan Sindall and WW Martin secured spots on the panel, which will be used by 12 district councils and 305 parish/town councils to procure work.
    Its scope covers procurement and delivery of significant public new builds, extensions, refurbishments and alterations mainly for schools but also building work to any pr
  • Vinci wins £70m Sheffield steel forge expansion

    Vinci wins £70m Sheffield steel forge expansion
    Vinci Building has bagged the early works contract and pre-construction services agreement for a major expansion at the historic steelwork plant of Sheffield Forgemasters.
    Worth more than £70m, Vinci will construct a new service road, undertake demolition works and services diversions at Sheffield Forgemasters’ Brightside Lane site to accommodate a new forging line.
    The project marks the first phase of a £400m spend over 10 years including construction of the UK’s la
  • Tilbury Douglas Infrastructure MD exits

    Tilbury Douglas Infrastructure MD exits
    Tilbury Douglas Infrastructure managing director Chris Tyerman is stepping down after a restructure to reduce the size of the main board.
    All construction operations will now report to the previous head of UK building Craig Tatton.
    Paul Gandy, chief executive officer at Tilbury Douglas, said: “As a result of this restructure, after a short handover period, Chris Tyerman will be leaving the business with our thanks and best wishes.“Tilbury Douglas is committed to the infrastructure se
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  • Plans in for major London city office green retrofit

    Plans in for major London city office green retrofit
    Pan-European real estate group Atenor submitted plans for a deep retrofit of 1950s-built Fleet House in the City of London.
    Atenor acquired Fleet House in April to deliver its first project in London.
    The seven storey building is located on New Bridge Street near Blackfriars Station and within the Fleet Street Conservation Area.Architect HOK has designed the building overhaul, which retains 80% of the existing structure and features a planted façade.
    As part of the revamp an extra floor w

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