CIOB wants demolition tax | June output down 1.4% | Starship moves factory
Latest official statistics show construction output in decline, driven partly by a decline in private sector house-building and commercial building work – and partly by too many days off.
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) wants a demolition levy introduced in Scotland to ‘level it up’ with the VAT payable on renovation work.
Wigan Council has given Keepmoat Homes planning permission to build 169 new homes in Worsley Mesnes.
Flat-pack modular house-builder Starship Group has moved its manufacturing operations from Deeside to Wirral Waters.
Cornwall Council has appointed Kier Construction to resume stalled work on the Penzance Creative Cluster after the collapse of the previous contractor, Midas, earlier this year.
Vital Energi has been awarded a ￡3.1m contract to design and build the energy centre for phase 3 of Berkeley Homes’ Woodberry Down development in north London.
City planners have approved proposals for another ‘net zero’ housing development, as part of the City of Edinburgh Council’s ￡1.3bn Granton Waterfront regeneration project
The regional district of North Okanagan in the Canadian province of British Columbia has awarded Aecom the contract to provide engineering services for the construction of a new filtration facility at its Mission Hill water treatment plant.
US crane manufacturer Manitowoc has upgraded its MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane so that it can erect the latest generation of wind turbines.