{"id":40069,"date":"2024-04-09T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=40069"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:57:27","slug":"news-in-brief-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/news-in-brief-april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"News in Brief: April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Non-league <strong>Sheffield FC<\/strong>, widely regarded as the world\u2019s oldest football club, and <strong>Sheffield Eagles<\/strong>, the city\u2019s professional rugby league club, have unveiled detailed plans for an innovative new 5,000-seater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Leisure_buildings#Stadia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stadium<\/a>. Located at the former Sheffield Transport Sports Club site at Meadowhead, it will also include a cricket pavilion, football museum and an indoor community sports hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tungsten Properties has awarded <strong>McLaren Construction<\/strong> the \u00a341M contract for Centurion Park, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Single_storey_industrial_buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">industrial<\/a> and logistics development in Colchester, Essex. Designed for light industrial, general industrial, storage and distribution uses. It will provide 11 units within 10 buildings, with a total floor area of 33,212m<sup>2<\/sup>. On completion, the project will target <a href=\"https:\/\/steelconstruction.info\/Single_storey_industrial_buildings#BREEAM_for_industrial_buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BREEAM \u2018Excellent\u2019<\/a> and EPC A+ ratings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morgan Sindall Construction<\/strong>\u2019s North West team has been appointed on behalf of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to design and build a new \u00a312M 450-space multi-storey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Car_parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">car park<\/a>. Forming part of a much wider regeneration scheme, the steel-framed structure will have five levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GMI Construction <\/strong>is set to build the luxury 118- room boutique Dakota <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Residential_and_mixed-use_buildings#Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hotel<\/a>, which will transform the vacant St Anne\u2019s Wharf building in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Scheduled for completion in Spring 2025, the development will generate 150 new jobs as well as creating an estimated \u00a31.5M boost to the local economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction work to deliver a new flexible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Education_buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teaching<\/a> space has begun at the <strong>University of Worcester<\/strong>. Located at the Severn Campus, the new three-storey building has been designed by Glancey Nicholls Architects. Locally-based contractor Speller Metcalfe is due to complete the scheme in February 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-league Sheffield FC, widely regarded as the world\u2019s oldest football club, and Sheffield Eagles, the city\u2019s professional rugby league club, have unveiled detailed plans for an innovative new 5,000-seater stadium. 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