Sigma launches new £2.5m retail assets framework
Scaffolders are on alert after Sigma launched an exciting new regional retail assets framework potentially worth up to £2.5m. The framework is now open for tender and Sigma is inviting sub-contractors in the South East, London and South-West regions, including ground workers, roofing contractors, general fit-out contractors, steelworkers, tile fitters and roofing contractors (London and South only) to express their...
Balfour Beatty awarded £32m NHS job
Balfour Beatty has announced that it has been awarded a £32 million contract to build a new, world-class Ophthalmology and Orthopaedic health facility in Inverness on behalf of NHS Highland. This latest contract award will see Balfour Beatty construct the 8,305 square-metre National Treatment Centre, including 24 inpatient rooms, five operating theatres, clinics and outpatient departments. In addition, the company will...
Sheffield’s £500m plans to improve buildings & council housing
Sheffield City Council has laid out plans to spend £500m on building and improving council housing over the next five years. The spending plan has been laid out in the council's housing revenue account (HRA) business plan for 2020/2021, according to The Construction Index. In 2019 Sheffield City Council committed to providing 1,600 new council homes by 2023/24 and this year...
Willmott Dixon lands £19m academy school in Birmingham
Willmott Dixon has added to its extensive track-record of education projects in Birmingham by being awarded the £19m contract to deliver a new three-story secondary academy school in Yardley Wood. Christ Church, Church of England, Secondary Academy – which is due to open in 2021 – is being built by the Department for Education (DfE) to create a further 1,150...
Major Edinburgh Development Approved by Local Council
Plans for the future supply of homes in Edinburgh have been given the go-ahead by Councillors at a hearing. The 655-home development at Cammo Estate is a consortium project by CALA Homes and David Wilson Homes and includes 164 much-needed affordable homes. The development will provide a unique mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, terraced homes, colonies as well...
Brogan Group bags Westminster hoist package
Access firm Brogan Group have secured the hoist package for 9 Mill Bank, London. The company will be providing a number of passenger/goods hoists to one of the most exciting residential projects located on the banks of the River Thames in Westminster. This flagship development showcases the height of British luxury and style, surrounded by some of the world's most iconic landmarks. 9...
