Construction news

• Buyers report construction “stuck in the mud”

  06-01-2023 11:29
  Construction buyers reported a fall in business activity during December as new orders also dropped at the fastest rate for over two-and-a-half-years.
  The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index was 48.8 in December, down from 50.4 in November and below the crucial 50 no change mark for the first time since last August.
  Commercial construction was the only rising sector at 50.3 on the index while civil engineering and house building contracted at 46.8 and
  
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• Revised plans in for Sheffield 960 co-living flats scheme

  06-01-2023 09:27
  Student accommodation specialist Code Living has submitted revised plans for a major co-living development in Sheffield City Centre.
  Designed by Staniforth Architects, the latest application for the site at the junction of Wellington Street and Rockingham Street has been down-sized because of rising construction costs from a previously approved 1,380 flats scheme that would have risen to 38 storeys.
  The scaled-down 960-flats scheme will include a cinema and gym split across three connected block
  
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• Canbury Construction went down owing suppliers £3.5m

  06-01-2023 08:16
  Sussex based contractor Canbury Construction went into administration owing subcontractors and suppliers more than £3.5m.
  An update filed at Companies House by administrators from MHA MacIntyre Hudson reveals that 185 non-preferential creditors have been left holding worthless invoices.
  Canbury collapsed last November following a cash flow squeeze as three major projects were due for completion at the same time as materials and labour costs continued to rise.The firm’s commercial tea
  
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• Iconic London store OK’d for £120m retrofit

  06-01-2023 08:15
  A planned retrofit of London’s landmark Barkers of Kensington department store has gained planning.
  Relsa Properties has engaged architect Emrys to revive the Grade II listed Art Deco building as a prime office location.Contractors BAM, Sir Robert McAlpine, ISG and Willmott Dixon Interiors are understood to be in the hunt for the £120m Barkers fit-out job.
  The plan for the 570,000 sq ft building involves a large redevelopment of the interior spaces, introducing new walkways and four
  
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• Chigwell Construction 62-homes scheme approved

  06-01-2023 00:32
  Chigwell Construction has secured planning for the Romford builder’s largest housing development to date.
  Epping Forest District Council has just nodded through plans for 62 new homes with 24 affordable units at the Thornwood site in Essex.
  The site is the first major approval of development since the Epping Forest area was designated as Special Area of Conservation hampering the council’s ability to approve housing schemes.Existing buildings on a field roughly the size of four footb
  
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• Tilbury Douglas starts DfE pilot biophilic school

  06-01-2023 00:31
  Tilbury Douglas has started construction of the UK’s first purpose-built biophilic primary school in a pilot scheme for the Department for Education.
  Derby’s new St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy will replace the original school which was destroyed by fire in October 2020.
  Architect Hawkins Brown’s biophilic design focuses on connecting those inside the building with nature and increasing biodiversity, while delivering a building that is net zero carbon in operation.Th
  
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• Three enforcement notices after Hinkley C death

  06-01-2023 00:30
  The Office for Nuclear Regulation has revealed it served three enforcement notices at the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset five days after a Bylor supervisor was crushed to death at the nuclear power station site.
  Inspectors issued three prohibition notices relating to specific activities on the site involving vehicles and plant machinery.
  They were issued to EDF client body NNB GenCo HPC and contractors Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke Construction, the joint venture partners in BYLOR JV.The n
  
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