Balfour Beatty ran reference checks with the now-defunct Consulting Association on approximately 15,000 construction workers between 2004 and 2008. Mr Peasland told the Scottish Affairs select committee, that’s investigating the level of blacklisting inside the construction industry, that Balfour Beatty checked the credentials of employees because they feared “harassment and bullying” by some workers, coercing …
Keepmoat wins 1,500-home ‘Dominium’ scheme
3 April, 2013 | The Homes and Community Agency has appointed Keepmoat for a £22.6m housing scheme at Carr Lodge in Doncaster, which was approved as portion of an accelerated land delivery programme. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News magazine …
Potholes getting out of hand despite 29% increase in numbers repaired
Local authorities in England and Wales spent £113m on filling 2.2 million potholes, but with the complete heavy rain the entire state of the network still got worse and the spending shortfall continued to rise. The 18th Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey was completed by 75% of councils across England and Wales. The …
Mace lands £45m Regent Street deal
3 April, 2013 | Exclusive: Mace was chosen to develop a second phase of the £1bn regeneration of London’s famous Regent Street, under a freelance understood to be worth around £45m. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for fast and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News magazine for as …
Posh boroughs get more planning applications
These two local authorities are revealed as having the top proportion of domestic planning applications in Great Britain. Other areas where homeowners proved keen to enhance are South Bucks, Uttlesford and St Albans. All saw planning applications in 2012 for greater than 5% of the whole selection of homes within the area. In Gateshead and …
Alun Griffiths wins £80m Newton Bypass
2 April, 2013 | Quintain is to sell 50 per cent of the interest within the 361-bedroom Hilton London Wembley Hotel to OCM Wembley Holdings, owned by fund manager Oaktree Capital. Not yet a subscriber Sign up today for instant and complete access to cnplus.co.uk and the weekly Construction News magazine for as …
Interserve wins £80m nuclear FM contract
2 April, 2013 | Alun Griffiths has won a miles-anticipated contract to construct an £80m bypass to east congestion in Powys, Wales. 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 help Call 0844 …
Lend Lease wins Guildford town redevelopment job
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MoD sells RAF Bicester to construct commercial park
28 March, 2013 | Balfour Beatty, Costain, Hochtief and VolkerFitzpatrick was invited to bid for a significant contract to upgrade quite a few stations on Crossrail’s North Eastern end. 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 …
Deal done for Shinfield bypass
The investment secured by Wokingham Borough Council and the University of Reading supports proposals to construct 2,400 new homes in addition to the University’s proposed 18,580sqm Science & Innovation Park south of the M4. The council considers the planned road to be crucial for development around Shinfield, Spencers Wood and 3 Mile Cross – and …