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Leadbitter Group completes sheltered housing development for Housing 21 Housing Association
Leadbitter Group has completed a new sheltered housing development in Moredon, Swindon, on behalf of Housing 21 Housing Association. The new extra care project, comprising 49 flats for over 55s, will also include a day centre. This completed development is the latest in a series of collaborations with Housing 21 across the Group’s various divisions. Housing 21 has since asked Leadbitter to start work immediately on another project, Cambrian Dr... [more]
Pick Everard designs purpose-built sixth form centre for Isle of Wight College
Planning permission for a new purpose-built sixth form centre at Isle of Wight College is anticipated this month, with construction due to start on the 16-acre Newport site during the first week of January. The preferred contractor is Miller Construction. The proposed centre of excellence will enable Isle of Wight College to offer an A level curriculum, giving students on the island much more choice for their post-16 studies. With student numb... [more]
Johnson Construction completes installation of Tesco supermarket modular structure in 13 days
Because the community in Seaton and Northside areas of the town faced a long journey to the main Tesco store in Workington, the company appointed Johnson Construction to construct a new 13,300 sq ft purpose-built interim supermarket and associated car parks on a brown field site on the north side of the River Derwent. Thanks to Johnson Construction of Delph, near Oldham, residents of Workington who were cut off by the recent floods can now avo... [more]
ISG wins refurbishment project for North West Wales college
Developed as an agricultural college in 1954, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, a further education college with sites across North West Wales, houses one of the UK’s leading land studies departments. ISG has secured a £1.6 million project with Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor to refurbish and upgrade an existing mixed use grade II listed building, creating modern, purpose-built student accommodation. The project sees the conversion of the existing two-storey Glanr... [more]
ReardonSmith integrates Hersham Golf Club hotel, spa and golf facilities into a single composition below and above ground
ReardonSmith has revealed their design for a sustainable and innovative luxury hotel and spa. The proposed development, at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey, is within London’s Green Belt and the architects’ response to the area’s strict planning guidelines has been to place all 200 plus guestrooms underground around landscaped courtyards, leaving just one level of public areas at grade. The proposal is topped by a living green roof that mimics the... [more]
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National General Contractor, Retail Construction Services, Inc., Expands it's LEED Building Operations
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Retail Construction Services , a leading and award winning national general contractor, has been expanding its LEED building capacity this year. Founded in 1984, RCS has built over 8,200 major projects, and over 23,000 store refreshes, retrofits other Facilities Management work in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Pipeline construction nears for Johnstown to Ligonier connection
Construction of a 14-mile pipeline that would pump water from Johnstown to the drought-prone Ligonier area could begin next spring as funding for the $9.8 million project has been finalized.
Report: Construction spending hits 10-year low
WASHINGTON — Total construction spending declined to a 10-year low of $805 billion in July as investments in construction projects dropped 1 percent from a downwardly revised June total, the Associated General Contractors of America said in an analysis of new Census Bureau data.
Construction continues on 9-story Piedmont Newnan Hospital
Construction on the tallest building in southwest metro Atlanta is well underway. And sometime in early 2012 the doors will open for the nine-story, 362,000 square-foot Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Poplar Road near I-85. read more
OSHA: Contractor had 19 violations
The general contractor on the University of Iowa construction project where a man died following a fall Monday has received 19 Occupational Safety & Health Administration violations and been fined $15,293 since September 2005.
UK Construction Activity Dampens In August
(RTTNews) - UK construction sector growth weakened for the third successive month in August from the recent high recorded in May, depressed by a slow growth in housing construction, the latest survey by Markit Economics showed Thursday.
Construction industry continues to trim payroll
WASHINGTON — Construction employment declined in 276 out of 337 metropolitan areas between July 2009 and July 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Construction work continues on Lenoir Co. veterans’ nursing home
Despite threats of rain and wind from Hurricane Earl, workers tasked with building a state veterans nursing home for Lenoir County remained on-site Thursday preparing the foundations for the buildings. After three years of delays — because of the...
Construction starts on surgery center at HMC
The undeveloped, 12,000-square-foot space near the ground floor lobby of Henry Medical Center’s North Tower will find its purpose within the next few months.
Balfour Beatty Construction Awarded Gate Replacement Project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
DALLAS----Balfour Beatty Construction, in partnership with James A. Cummings, Inc., was awarded a contract to manage construction for the Terminal 4 Gate Replacement at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
