Construction news

• Gove pledges 30-month grace period on second staircase rule

  25-10-2023 16:25
  
  The Government has set out plans to introduce a 30-month period of grace to allow the industry to prepare for the second staircase rule on 18m-plus buildings.
  Under the transition plan developers will get the two-and-half-year transition period starting from when the details of the new rules are published in Approved Document B.
  For already approved applications, developers will be given 18 months to start pouring concrete to prevent stockpiling of pre-approved schemes.If they fail plans will ha
  
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• Kier seals £225m Somerset roads deal

  25-10-2023 15:17
  
  Somerset County Council has picked Kier to takeover core highways maintenance works when Milestone Infrastructure completes its term at the end of March.
  Under an eight-year deal worth around £225m, Kier will deliver key maintenance works across a 4,172-mile road network.
  In a change to the way it delivers services, the council has divided up the existing contract into four separate contracts covering different areas of service delivery.The aim is to increase efficiency, cost-effectiveness
  
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• 2,100 homes plan for UK’s largest cluster of Victorian gasholders

  25-10-2023 08:49
  
  Developer Berkeley Group’s St William division has submitted plans to restore the UK’s largest surviving cluster of Victorian gas holders to create 2,100 new homes within the heritage site.
  The Bromley by Bow Gasworks site in east London comprises seven disused Grade II listed gasholders.
  Seven gasholder frames will contain 10-storey blocks with six extra 15-20 storeys cylindrical buildings surrounding
  Under plans drawn up by architect RSHP, these will be restored to incorporate many
  
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• Stanton Precast sells drainage business

  25-10-2023 08:21
  Stanton Precast has sold its drainage business to Northern Ireland based Tracey Concrete Ltd.
  Tracey will take over part of the Stanton factory in Derbyshire as part of a push into England.
  Stanton will continue to manufacture precast products for its remaining divisions at the site as part of the deal.Customers were told: “Tracey Concrete will be committed to the Stanton site for the long term and are well positioned for continuous investment.
  “Stanton will continue to operate from
  
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• Falling slate tile from hotel site fractures toddler’s skull

  25-10-2023 08:21
  
  Three companies have been fined a total of £420,000 after a falling slate tile fractured the skull of a three-year-old child.
  The slate came off a roof at a construction site at the Moonfleet Manor hotel in Weymouth, Dorset, and struck the young girl on 13 June 2019.
  She had been leaving the hotel with her father and older brother after attending a swimming lesson.The pre-schooler received first aid and was later taken to hospital where she was put into an induced coma to stabilise her. Sh
  
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• Hunt starts for subcontractors for £1.3bn A66 road job

  25-10-2023 08:09
  
  Balfour Beatty has started the hunt for subcontractor partners to deliver key packages on the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade project.
  The contractor is heading the procurement for the delivery joint venture, which includes Kier and Keltbray which will deliver different sections of the route.
  The firms are to work under an enterprise-wide collaborative working agreement to dual the remaining 18-mile single carriageway sections of the road and key junctions between M6 Junction 40
  
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