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Rhondda to get Passivhaus standard primary school
Willmott Dixon has signed a contract with Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to deliver a Passivhaus Standard primary school in Glyn-coch, South Wales. …
Green light for Droitwich Spa Leisure Centre rebuild
Wychavon District Council has been granted planning consent for the redevelopment of Droitwich Spa Leisure Centre. The scheme will include modernising and …
Plans revealed for Birmingham Soho Hill mixed-use scheme
Developer Pickstock Group has unveiled proposals to transform the Bill House site on Soho Hill in Birmingham into a mixed-use community development. In a bid …
Mace appointed for 30-storey City of London tower
Hertshten Properties has appointed Mace to deliver its 85 Gracechurch Street office development in London’s Square Mile. Designed by architect Woods Bagot, …
Steelwork installed for £350 million cable factory
British Steel has supplied over 2,000t of structural steelwork for the construction of Sumitomo Electric’s high voltage cable factory at the Port of Nigg, …
Work underway on transformational Ardrossan development
Main contractor Morgan Sindall has started preliminary work on Ardrossan Community Campus, the first phase of a wider redevelopment masterplan. Being built on …
New music venue for Sheffield city centre
Willmott Dixon has been selected by Sheffield City Council to deliver the £14.4 million Event Central, a landmark project that will repurpose a former retail …
LSE signs up McLaren for major Passivhaus scheme
The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) has appointed McLaren Construction for the £100M retrofit and extension of 35 Lincoln’s Inn …
HS2 construction team get ready for mega steel bridge installation
Weighing 1,631t and measuring 112m in length, an assembled steel bridge will be manoeuvred into place during a series of nighttime operations starting on …
Tewkesbury steel-framed designer outlet opens its doors
The Cotswolds Designer Outlet near Tewkesbury has been officially opened after main contractor Bouygues UK handed over the project to regional developer and …
