Today's trending news from the construction industry -03/08
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#1. Boost in workload for builders, says FMB
There has been a continued upward trend in the repair, maintenance, and improvement (RMI) building work in Q2 of this year, but house building lags behind.
#2. Ilke Homes modular factory machinery up for sale
Machinery and equipment from the factory of collapsed modular house builder ilke Homes is being auctioned off this month.
#3. HTA Design unveils long-awaited Croydon tower scheme
HTA Design has submitted plans for a 35 and 47-storey development on a site in Croydon formerly earmarked for a 68-storey tower by CZWG Architects.
#4. Keepmoat to deliver 420 homes on former MoD Beaconside site
Keepmoat has exchanged contracts with Homes England to purchase the former MoD Beaconside site in Stafford and deliver around 120 affordable homes.
#5. Budgetary constraints and higher interest rates continue to hamper Scottish construction workloads
Scottish construction market activity has fallen for the third consecutive quarter with all subsectors now seeing either flat or falling workloads, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.
#6. Master development partner unveiled for ￡500m Weavers Cross scheme
Translink has named its master development partner for the major Weavers Cross regeneration scheme in Belfast.
#7. HS2: First 1.6km of twin bored tunnel completed in London despite ground issues
The Skanska, Costain and Strabag joint venture has made progress on High Speed 2’s Northolt tunnel, with the first mile completed, after encountering challenging ground conditions.
#8. Heathrow Airport partners with Ecocem and Cemex to support the airport’s net-zero ambitions
Ecocem, Europe’s leading independent provider of low carbon cement technology solutions for the cement and construction industries, has partnered with the UK’s largest and busiest airport to trial the applicability of novel lower carbon concretes at the airport, aiming to reduce embodied carbon compared to conventional mixes.
#9. LDA Design to rethink Manchester Piccadilly Gardens
LDA Design has won Manchester City Council’s international design contest for a ￡25 million revamp of Piccadilly Gardens.
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