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Steelwork contractor Caunton
Engineering has completed work on its
second miniature version of London’s
Swiss Re (Gherkin) building for the
Constructionarium.
The Constructionarium is a notfor
profit organisation providing an
innovative and ‘hands-on’ construction
experience for students and professionals
in the built environment sector.
Since 2003 over 12,000 delegates have
attended Constructionarium to work in
teams over six days to build one of their
carefully designed projects. Each project
is a scaled down replica of an iconic
structure which mirrors the challenges
of life on site and enables students to
apply the knowledge they have gained in
a practical and safe environment.
Caunton Engineering initially
supplied a 12m-high mini-Gherkin
in 2007 for the Constructionarium
at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. A
second similar structure has now been
delivered to a new site in Southall,
London.
According to Caunton Engineering,
the aim for the new mini-Gherkin was
to reduce the fabrication time and
increase repetition, and also make it
safer and quicker for
site operatives to erect.
The steel frame for
this new structure
has been designed
without a positive
fixing to the ground
slab. Instead, it is
erected off a ground
beam, which allows
the structure to be
more easily moved
between different
locations.
Because of the ongoing coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic, the international
Eurosteel conference, due to be held
in Sheffield this September has been
postponed until 1-3 September 2021.
The organisers said its local Organising
Committee, in consultation with the
International Steering Committee for
Eurosteel 2020, has decided to postpone
the conference and all submitted papers
under review will be considered for
inclusion at the rearranged event.
Delegates who have already registered
for the September 2020 conference will be
eligible for a full refund if they so wish.
The Eurosteel conference series
started in 1996 and has run eight times
in various European cities at three-year
intervals.
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A turf cutting ceremony has
marked construction work
officially kicking-off for a new
speculative office and laboratory
space at the Exeter Science
Park. The building will aim to be
net zero carbon for operational
energy as a result of innovative
design features, including a
44kw roof-mounted solar PV
panel system.
Billington Holdings
has announced a record
performance for the year ended
31 December 2019. Revenue
increased by 35.7% to £104.9M
and profit before tax increased
by 20.4% to £5.9M. Billington
Chief Executive Officer Mark
Smith said: “I am very pleased
that we have delivered a record
performance in 2019, although
these results will inevitably be
overshadowed by the current
global COVID-19 pandemic.”
Developer Cole Waterhouse
has submitted plans for a
new mixed-use scheme that
will create a new cultural,
commercial and residential
neighbourhood in the
Digbeth area of Birmingham.
The proposed development
comprises almost 6,000m2 of
mixed creative, retail, leisure and
workspace, and over 900 new
homes with a mix of private sale
and build to rent apartments
that will help to meet the local
housing need.
Architects Hawkins\Brown has
secured planning consent for a
250-bed hotel in Glasgow city
centre on behalf of Artisan Real
Estate. The hotel will be located
on the corner of St Vincent
Street and Pitt Street and will
help convert the previously
commercial district into a
thriving mixed-use quarter.
Legal & General has agreed to
invest £150M in the first phase
of Sheffield’s West Bar Square
development. The scheme is
being developed by Urbo (West
Bar), a joint venture between
Urbo Regeneration and Peveril
Securities, the development
arm of the Bowmer and
Kirkland Group. The first phase
of development will comprise
18,500m2 of Grade A office
space, 350 ‘Build to Rent’ homes,
a multi-storey car park and
high quality landscaped public
spaces.
Eurosteel conference
postponed until 2021
Fabrication completed for second mini-Gherkin
Work starts on Leeds M1 distribution park
Construction work has begun on two
distribution units, totalling 5,200m2
at Logic Leeds, Muse Developments’
flagship industrial and distribution hub
next to Junction 45 of the M1.
National regeneration specialist Muse
has already sold the two units to Phoenix
Investment Management and Pegasus
World respectively.
Phoenix Investment Management
has purchased a 2,300m2 unit, as part of
its growing investment portfolio, while
wholesale supplier of luxury hospitality
textiles, Pegasus World, has taken an
adjacent unit of 2,900m2.
James Scott, Development Director at
Muse, said: “We’re delighted that work
has now started on these two quality
units, adding a further chapter to the
success story of Logic Leeds.
“We’re proud to be delivering quality
buildings for both Phoenix and Pegasus
at Logic. These new buildings represent
our shared vision with Leeds City Region
Enterprise Partnership to deliver a
first-class destination for industrial and
logistics organisations that benefits the
whole city region. They are a further
endorsement of the success of Logic
Leeds.
Ivan Zhou, owner of Pegasus World,
commented: “Pegasus is excited to be
part of Logic Leeds. We’re creating a
state-of-the-art warehouse to be the
super-hub of our fast-growing business,
supplying high-quality textile products
to hotels, restaurants and caterers across
the UK."
Matt Brown, Director at Phoenix
Investment Management, said: “We
are delighted to have added a unit
at Logic Leeds to our expanding
investment portfolio. We’ve watched
the development progress from afar
and have been very impressed by the
quality of the buildings delivered and the
standard of the tenants that have chosen
Logic to call home.’
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