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Birmingham’s Arden Cross launches £3bn masterplan
Said to be one of the country’s best-connected strategic locations and home to the HS2 Interchange Station, Arden Cross in Birmingham has launched an …
New stadium plans for Sky Blues
Coventry City Football Club (Sky Blues) and the University of Warwick have announced that they have commenced planning for a partnership, which would see the …
President’s Column – September 2020
John Blackwell, Rowecord Engineering’s long-standing charismatic former MD, used to say “steelwork contracting is all about managing risk”. John’s …
News in Brief September 2020
Willmott Dixon has been appointed by the LTE Group for a £54M contract to build the first phase of The Manchester College’s ambitious estates strategy, to …
Updated NSSS includes new intumescent paint section
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BSCA) has published the 7th edition of the National Structural Steelwork Specification for buildings (NSSS). …
Outstanding office tower planned for City’s Broadgate development
British Land has revealed new plans for 2 Finsbury Avenue at Broadgate in the City of London, said to be the largest pedestrianised neighbourhood in the centre …
Steel completes for Newton Heath rail depot
Working on behalf of Stobart Rail & Civils, Border Steelwork Structures has competed the erection of 390t of structural steelwork for Northern Railway’s …
Contractor named for Manchester campus scheme
Yorkshire-based Caddick Construction has been awarded the contract to build a £25M teaching facility on the Openshaw Campus of The Manchester College. The …
SEC Group mourns loss of its President
After a long battle against cancer, Lord Martin O’Neill, long-term President of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group has died aged 75. Lord …
Pandemic raises collaboration hopes
Contractors can just about always say they live in interesting times, but with the world still mired in a pandemic and waiting for a feared second wave amid …