Projects update

On Tuesday (16 April) London Fire Brigade firefighters rescued a man trapped at a construction site in Charlton, South East London. A trench of approximately 12m long and 4m deep had collapsed and trapped the worker up to his waist in sand and clay. Five Fire Rescue Units formed part of the Brigade’s response, deploying…

Just five local authorities in England have landowner section 106 agreement (s106) templates for biodiversity net gain (BNG) sites. The data was obtained by law firm BDB Pitmans after freedom of information (FOI) requests to all 317 local and 10 national park authorities in England. Of the 315 local and national park authorities that responded…

“We are supportive of the introduction of a Building Safety Levy for Scotland and believe responsibility for its creation and ongoing operation should be devolved to Scottish government, which must undertake meaningful engagement with the construction sector,” said Jocelyne Fleming, policy and public affairs officer for CIOB in Scotland. Source link

British Land has appointed McLaren Construction to build a new-generation multi-storey logistics hub in Bermondsey, South East London. The project centres around construction of a four-storey 13,000 sq m building on a 0.78ha former car pound site. The design of the stacking logistics space over multiple floors will allow the building to be subdivided, multi-tenanted…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has won a legal challenge in the High Court relating to home search warrants as part of a cartel investigation. Last October, the CMA applied for warrants to search business and domestic premises as part of its investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct regarding the supply of chemical admixtures for…

Esh Construction is to start £350,000 of repair and restoration works on the 300-year-old Stamford Bridge in mid-May. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council appointed the northern contractor to repair the single-lane, 18th-century bridge on the A166 near York after years of vehicle collisions damaged its parapets. Old and damaged stone will be replaced to…

Construction project management consultancy CPC announced this week that it has transferred ownership to its employees. The move was executed through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) – a government initiative that promotes employee ownership by allowing business owners to sell their shares to an employee-owned trust free from capital gains tax. Over the past 12-18…

Keepmoat is working with Birmingham City University to measure how residents of a Future Homes Standard-ready development in Nottinghamshire use energy and sustainable technologies. The study aims to understand the impact of these technologies and how people will live in their homes in the future. Gedling Green is a net-zero-ready development with 33 houses built…

British Land and AustralianSuper have appointed Wates to build a mixed-use development on the former site of a post-industrial South London superclub. The Printworks was a nightclub in Rotherhithe described as “London’s most ambitious and visually impressive new venue for electronic music”. The scheme is designed by Hawkins Brown, and Wates will retain the original…

Ian Brant steps up to a key role on the Construction Industry Council, knowing that a year of political change lies ahead. He speaks to Will Mann. The CIC, like its constituent member bodies, is working on its election manifesto, Brant says. Key issues will share common ground with CIOB’s top priorities, including quality, building…