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Contractor named for low carbon City office retrofit
Mace Construct has been appointed to deliver the low-carbon retrofit of 60 Queen Victoria Street, a 16,700m2 office building in the heart of London’s …
Northumberland business park to create 2,000 jobs
Arlington Real Estate has received unanimous approval from Northumberland County Council for its 126-acre West Hartford Park development, which could create up …
Speculative warehouses planned for Aylesbury
Main contractor Glencar has been appointed by Newlands Developments to deliver five Grade A speculative industrial warehouses in Aylesbury totalling …
Landmark building for Wembley college campus
Willmott Dixon has been appointed to build a landmark £92 million campus building for the College of North West London, part of the United Colleges Group, at …
Welcome Hub set for Isle of Wight College
Main contractor Wates Group has started work on a Welcome Hub at the Isle of Wight College in Newport under the Department for Education’s £7 billion …
Planning secured for major Surrey data centre
Real estate investor Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers have secured planning permission for a new 15MW data centre in Redhill, Surrey. Situated on the …
Spades in the ground for Excellent Birmingham warehouseA
Caddick Construction and property developer Barberry have started work on a £17 million warehouse development at Quinton Business Park in Birmingham. The …
Work starts on Stratford-upon-Avon primary school
Construction work has kicked off on the new Shottery St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School in Stratford-upon-Avon. The £11.3 million scheme will …
President’s Column – At the risk of repeating myself.
One of the difficulties of writing a column on a regular basis is varying the subject matter and trying to avoid just repeating previous comments. …
Strong quality offices demand belies predictions of the death of the office
We are living in interesting times, and we are also certainly living in times that are as challenging as most can remember. Threats to the global economy have …