Government action can ensure UK benefits from world-class infrastructure Feb 22, 2019 Ministers have a real and exciting chance to set the course for the UK to have world-leading infrastructure, Sir John Armitt said today. The chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission pointed to the action taken to date to enact the Commission’s recommendations – and the central role that infrastructure plays in the Government’s Industrial Strategy […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Caledonian Modular successful in two educational builds Feb 20, 2019 Caledonian have announced that they’ve successfully bid for two new school projects in England – as they continue to drive forward their modular offering to educational institutions across the UK. The projects, valued at £38m, have been named as the Haygrove School in Somerset and The Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Essex. Caledonian, who’ll be […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Champions of infrastructure design sought for pioneering new group Feb 20, 2019 The National Infrastructure Commission is today launching the recruitment of members for its new Design Group, inviting champions of infrastructure design to play an important role in ensuring this issue is placed at the heart of major projects. Commissioner, Professor Sadie Morgan, who will chair the Group, said those involved in this exciting initiative will […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
CERT Property acquires land for significant Manchester development Feb 20, 2019 A joint venture partnership has completed the purchase of land at 86 Talbot Road, Old Trafford for residential development. CERT Property, who’ll be speaking about their future development plans at our Manchester Development Plans Conference, and Salboy have teamed up to acquire the land which has planning permission for the development of 90 apartments over […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Capital & Centric get the green light for Eyewitness Works city centre apartments Feb 20, 2019 Plans by Capital & Centric to create a new community at a former cutlery works on Milton Street have been approved by Sheffield City Council. Councillors voted unanimously to approve the plans welcoming the regeneration of this part of the city. The £21m plans, which were discussed at our Sheffield event last month, include the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£200m Port of Tilbury project given go-ahead Feb 20, 2019 A huge scheme has today been given the green light which could see 12,000 jobs created within the next 10-15 years. The multimillion pound port terminal development, known as Tilbury2, was given the thumbs up by the Secretary of State for Transport after Forth Ports submitted their plans. Forth Ports – owner of The Port […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Plans submitted for 8-storey Sheffield office development Feb 20, 2019 Scarborough Group International have today submitted plans for an exciting new office development in the heart of Sheffield. The project, situated in the Sheffield Digital Campus quarter, will reach 8-storeys in height and deliver around 60,000sq ft of office space. Scarborough Group, who’ll be speaking at our Leeds & Yorkshire Development Plans Conference next month, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Route unveiled for major new road and junction at Black Cat Feb 19, 2019 The preferred route for a new 10 mile dual carriageway road set to form part of the Oxford-Cambridge Corridor Expressway has been announced – which will help ease growing congestion and hold-ups on the A1, A428 and A421 – stretching from the Black Cat junction to the Caxton Gibbet roundabout. The announcement comes ahead of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
RICS; top tips for commercial mediators Feb 18, 2019 Martin Burns – RICS, Head of ADR Research and Development In my experience, lawyers and other professionals who become commercial mediators are driven by three things. They want to add a new product to their service offering, they yearn for the challenge of doing something new and intellectually challenging, and they want to get […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Warning over automation jobs policy gap Feb 18, 2019 Innovative thinking is required to help society cope with the estimated 2.5m jobs that will be lost during the next decade as a result of automation, the Smart Cities conference’s universities session heard. Dave Carter, Smart City Project Lead at the Manchester Urban Institute, said that an estimated 2.5m jobs are due to disappear in […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
