Kawneer helps the Halo reach dizzy heights – Two types of Kawneer’s curtain walling feature on an Olympic Village tower block. Posted via Industry Today. Are you into it? Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday http://ow.ly/2GOGu8Continue Reading
News Update Three new schools to be built in Liverpool – Morgan Sindall and Willmott Dixon are set to land contracts worth £28m to build three new schools in Liverpool. A report to the council’s cabinet today is recommending that new homes for Northway Primary School in Childwall and New Park Primary School in Kensington are built by Morgan Sindall at a cost of £5.5m per [] http://ow.ly/2GMFCvContinue Reading
Jandamp;P Building Systems win at British Precast Awards – J&P Building Systems is awarded a 2014 MPA British Precast Award. Posted via Industry Today. Are you into it? Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday http://ow.ly/2GJjX0Continue Reading
News Update Cost rises bite as construction starts to motor – Contractors are starting to suffer heavy cost pressure as the industry clocked up its fourth consecutive quarter of growth for the first time in six years. According to the latest all-industry trade survey construction firms of all sizes across the industry are now reporting strong new-build activity and high expectations for the year ahead. The [] http://ow.ly/2GHf17Continue Reading
News Update Fresh blow for 30-day payment charter – The Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter has been hit with a new blow just weeks after it was launched with a whimper. Only nine firms were listed as signing-up to the charter last month during a low-key launch by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. But the Enquirer understands that Kier was wrongly listed as one [] http://ow.ly/2GEkKCContinue Reading
Aluminium sheet used at Tiger Tiger Bar and Restaurant – Gooding Aluminium’s Vertex pattern surface protection aluminium sheets. Posted via Industry Today. Are you into it? Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday http://ow.ly/2GxhfeContinue Reading
News Update Google to re-tender King’s Cross HQ contract – Google is planning to re-tender its King’s Cross HQ contract due to radical design changes. Google British HQ Telegraph The move will be a blow for BAM Construct who were named preferred bidder on the £300m contract last March after beating-off competition from Skanska and Carillion. The value of the contract could more than [] http://ow.ly/2Gv7k3Continue Reading
News Update Flood of public land to ease housing crisis – THE number of state bodies planning to release publicly owned land for development is set to rise by more than a fifth in the next 12 months. The inaugural Lend Lease/ComRes Land and Regeneration Index interviewed 200 public sector officials with direct responsibility for land holdings. Three quarters of officers (76%) expect to release publicly [] http://ow.ly/2GsFjyContinue Reading
