22 March, 2013 | A £290m funding pot have been opened to bids from NHS Trusts, who can from today apply for funding to assist them sell surplus land not used for clinical services. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News …
DCMS welcomes Olympic marketing licence reviews
22 March, 2013 | Exclusive: The dep. of Culture, Media and Sport has told CN they’re “pleased” that the British Olympic Association is reviewing declined licence marketing applications, after CN revealed that virtually a fifth of applicants have been rejected. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to …
Balfour Beatty profits stressed
The average value of Balfour Beatty’s UK construction new contract awards in 2012 was just £10m. By contracts, Laing O’Rourke’s average value was £150m and for Sir Robert McAlpine it was £114m. However, Balfour Beatty won greater than 100 contracts in 2012, when compared with only a couple of dozen for Laing O’Rourke and McAlpine. …
Various smoke damage repairing activities
It is very common for all of us to feel upset over the smoke damage either in our home or working place. The smoke damage not only gives ugly look to the place but deteriorates the worth of the place to a greater extent. There are lots of ways for smoke damages in our place. …
£3bn schools framework to hit market in weeks
22 March, 2013 | A £3 billion framework to design and build free schools, academies and other education facilities will exit to tender after easter. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for fast and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News magazine for as low as £12 a month! Need …
Is that this Britain’s first construction project
What is assumed to be Britain’s oldest construction project was discovered in a Berkshire quarry. Four early Neolithic houses dating back to 3700 BC was unearthed by archaeologists at Cemex’s Kingsmead Quarry in Berkshire. They are regarded as even older than Stonehenge, that’s dated to around 3000 BC. The discovery is unprecedented on a …
Hanson takes full control of Midland Quarry Products
20 March, 2013 | The Budget has revealed the govt will invest an additional £3bn per year in infrastructure from 2015-16, but has given little indication on the way it will start projects within the short term. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the …
Mayor plots to shed 525 hectares of London land by 2016
21 March, 2013 | Deputy mayor Richard Blakeway has told CN the Greater London Authority “needs to do more” on housing, and plans to exit each of the 525 hectares of web sites transferred to it under devolution by the top of Boris’ term in 2016. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today …
New Portakabin CEO eyes international expansion
Mr Carter joined Portakabin last year as managing director and now takes excessive job from Stephen Price, who retires after 17 years on the helm. Mr Price remains a non-executive director of the Shepherd Group. The new CEO was previously chief executive of Fairline, the boatbuilder, and before that headed up Lewmar, a supplier of …
Interserve to pass 3% of profits to local communities
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