General Construction news articles 
James and Taylor create high-tech facade for Glasgow maternity unit
Cladding specialists James & Taylor have created a shimmering, high-tech façade for Glasgow’s new £17 million maternity unit - reflecting its world-class status in a project involving the biggest ever single investment in Scottish health services. The stunning finish to the new unit at the city’s Southern General Hospital was created using five different acid-etched processes on Senses aluminium tiles with an anodized finish. James & Taylor w... [more]
Swan Housing Group receives Kick Start Round 2 funding
Two east London housing schemes under development by Swan Housing Group have received a £7.7 million funding boost from the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Kick Start Round 2. The construction of new homes will be given a boost by the new funding at the Bow Cross Estate, Tower Hamlets where work a £100 million programme of estate refurbishment and new construction is well underway. Bow Cross received £3.5 million in Kick Star... [more]
AIMC4 consortium to construct energy efficient homes that achieve Level 4 through using fabric and primary building services alone
The AIMC4 consortium has been created to build innovative homes that will achieve energy level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes without relying on renewable technologies. The consortium delivering the project worth £6.4m, £3.2m of which has been invested by the Technology Strategy Board, comprises six members: developers, Stewart Milne Group, Crest Nicholson Plc and Barratt Developments Plc; plus H+H UK Ltd; BRE and Oxford Brookes University... [more]
ISG Jackson builds affordable homes for Swan Housing Group
ISG Jackson has completed a £4 million project to build affordable houses and apartments in Southend-on-Sea, Essex for Swan Housing Group. The project is part of a £400 million, four year framework deal that the affordable homes provider has initiated to increase its property portfolio across Essex and East London. This latest project has seen ISG Jackson re-develop several sites across the town, which were formally occupied by garage blocks. ... [more]
Leadbitter Group awarded contracts to design and build two more sports centres in the education sector
The Leadbitter Group has been awarded contracts to design and build two more sports centres in the education sector. The contract wins are a result of Leadbitter's growing reputation for expertise in developing facilities within schools and further education environments as well as professional-level swimming pools and leisure facilities for urban and rural communities across the whole of central and southern England and south Wales. The two ... [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.
