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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Banks still failing construction
That is in response to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), which has found that one in four of its members has missed out on contracts because they can’t secure funding. The latest figures for the ‘funding for lending’ scheme show that lending fell significantly within the last three months of 2012. More than 40% …
Sweett group board in bid to fend off chairman coup
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Budget: Housing sees boost of over £1bn
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Specialist contractors welcome EU fair payment legislation
The National Specialist Contractors’ Council (NSCC) has welcomed the introduction of a brand new EU directive which may see the foundations of fair payment set out within the NSCC Fair Payment Campaign extended throughout Europe. The government has recently responded to a consultation it undertook last year on implementing legislation to tackle late payment by …