16 September 2016 | Jamie Harris NIC Services Group has been awarded a £50 million contract with retailer Morrisons. Under the terms of the deal, which marks the first time Morrisons has outsourced its services, NIC will be responsible for cleaning services across 500 stores in the UK. NIC was
Higher land sales and increased property development activity more than compensated for a dip in construction at contractor/developer Henry Boot in the first half of 2016. Above: Chairman Jamie Boot Henry Boot has reported interim revenue for the six-months to 30th June 2016 up 35% to £107.3m (2015 H1: £79.2m).
Morgan Sindall has started work on a £13.7m leisure extension to White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds. Above: The extension will house a Cineworld Imax cinema The contractor will build a 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft) extension for an 11-screen, Cineworld Imax cinema complex and six chain restaurants. Completion is
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 – 2:29 pm 1 September marks the deadline by which theatre owners should have had their suspended plaster ceilings inspected by a specialist to ensure that they are safe. New guidance about this which was co-written with HSE following the collapse of the Apollo Theatre
Insulation specialist Actis has promoted East Midlands area sales manager Jemma Harris to northern regional sales director. Above: Jemma Harris The former Royal Navy weapons technician is now in charge of sales for Actis across the north of England, Scotland, North Wales and the East Midlands. Mark Cooper continues to
17 June 2016 | Martin Read Arthur McKay is to provide National Records of Scotland (NRS) with facilities management services including mechanical and electrical maintenance, building fabric, cleaning, cleaning supplies, waste management and grounds maintenance. NRS is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government that performs many functions including registration,
9 April 2016 – by Louise Clarence-Smith Ask Real Estate has secured its first new project since being backed by construction giant Carillion. The developer, in which Carillion acquired a majority stake in January, has bought a 1.7-acre site for a £300m, 750,000 sq ft scheme next to the Manchester
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire has revealed that they will be working to refurbish the legacy RAF buildings on the site with the intention of creating new facilities. This refurbishment has been planned following the £7.4 million funding that has been granted by Santander Corporate & Commercial. It
Kent Safety Solutions is a company that has been working since 2014 to deliver more safety management, training, environment and quality services. The company offers a range of management systems which include health and safety, IS09001 and ISO14001 as well as providing guidance and advice on the latest regulations in
Servest Group is a company that employs more than 20,000 people over 7,000 sites in order to leading facilities management services. The company works all around the UK and focuses on offering a transparent, innovative and partnership focused approach to the services that they provide. The company offers bespoke and
16 September 2016 | Jamie Harris NIC Services Group has been awarded a £50 million contract with retailer Morrisons. Under the terms of the deal, which marks the first time Morrisons has outsourced its services, NIC will be responsible for cleaning services across 500 stores in the UK. NIC was awarded the deal after a successful pilot scheme, where it said it showcased its knowledge of the retail sector. The contractor has also worked with Tesco for more than 30 years. John Spencer, group chairman at NIC, said: “This award is particularly significant, given that Morrisons have never outsourced their services before. I am sure our extensive experience in this sector will ensure the highest standards of service delivery for Morrisons and their customers and colleagues.” Source link
Higher land sales and increased property development activity more than compensated for a dip in construction at contractor/developer Henry Boot in the first half of 2016. Above: Chairman Jamie Boot Henry Boot has reported interim revenue for the six-months to 30th June 2016 up 35% to £107.3m (2015 H1: £79.2m). Profit before tax was up 49% to £20.8m (2015 H1: £14.0m). Most of the increase was due to the sale of land at Marston Moretaine near Bedford. “Whilst construction turnover has been slower than anticipated in the first half of the year we expect this to be recovered through the second half,” said chairman Jamie Boot. However, the construction order book has grown and Henry Boot has secured its budgeted turnover for 2016 and 50% of 2017’s budgeted turnover – “which, at this time of the year, is slightly ahead of our expectations,” said the chairman. “We recently completed the £34m Fox Valley retail development for the Stocksbridge Regeneration Company Ltd, which opened in June 2016. We also secured the first phase of the £35m Better Barnsley Town Centre Redevelopment for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, and have commenced the pre-construction works. We are also delivering the Snowhill Retail Park, Wakefield, for Kier. “Looking to the future, we secured a place on the new YORbuild2 framework. We previously delivered a good number of schemes under the existing YORbuild framework, including two schemes in progress for Leeds City Council; structural repairs to a number of tower blocks and the £7.7m, 45 unit extra care housing development in Yeadon. “The higher education sector continues to provide good opportunities and we are currently delivering schemes for the University of Sheffield, University of Derby, University of Huddersfield and University of Lancaster. Furthermore, work on the new spa facility at the prestigious Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate is progressing well.” He added that “Banner Plant continued to trade well through the first half of the year with turnover and profit slightly ahead of 2015”. Temporary site accommodation and access equipment were strong performers and the new Ossett Power Tool unit that opened a year ago and is already delivering results in line with established tool hire units. So far, Jamie Boot said, there had been no Brexit fall-out. “Two months after the EU referendum, it is probably a little early to judge how the UK property market will react over the longer term,” he said. “However, our experience is that the trading activity and any deals we had in progress are proceeding as envisaged and the future pipeline is coming to fruition as we would have expected.” This article was published on 25 Aug 2016 (last updated on 25 Aug 2016). Source link
Morgan Sindall has started work on a £13.7m leisure extension to White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds. Above: The extension will house a Cineworld Imax cinema The contractor will build a 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft) extension for an 11-screen, Cineworld Imax cinema complex and six chain restaurants. Completion is expected in summer 2017. The contract also provides for a 15-month maintenance period. Shopping centre owner is Land Securities, whose portfolio director Rob Jewell said: “The decision to appoint Morgan Sindall to deliver this latest improvement to White Rose Centre was an obvious one given its exemplary previous work on the project.” Morgan Sindall refurbished the shopping centre’s food and beverage court in 2014. This article was published on 15 Jul 2016 (last updated on 15 Jul 2016). Source link
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 – 2:29 pm 1 September marks the deadline by which theatre owners should have had their suspended plaster ceilings inspected by a specialist to ensure that they are safe. New guidance about this which was co-written with HSE following the collapse of the Apollo Theatre ceiling in 2013, can be found on the ABTT website at http://www.abtt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ABTT-Guidance-Note-20-19May2015.pdf If you have not managed to get your ceiling inspected within this period you are advised to contact your licensing authority (normally the appropriate Local Authority) to discuss how you can demonstrate that the ceiling is safe for an audience to sit beneath. The hazards from suspended plaster ceilings are not limited to theatres or places of entertainment but will be present in any building with this type of construction. Those responsible for premises with suspended plaster ceilings are strongly advised to read the ABTT guidance referred to above. Category: Construction, Construction bulletin, Entertainment and leisure bulletin, Film, theatre and broadcasting, Local Authorities, Local authorities bulletin Source link
Insulation specialist Actis has promoted East Midlands area sales manager Jemma Harris to northern regional sales director. Above: Jemma Harris The former Royal Navy weapons technician is now in charge of sales for Actis across the north of England, Scotland, North Wales and the East Midlands. Mark Cooper continues to cover the southern region. Actis reports an upturn in sales for its Hybrid range of insulation and insulating membranes, attributing it to a 60% increase in the timber frame market and the imminent arrival of new EN markings governing the thermal efficiency of off-site constructed buildings. This article was published on 13 Apr 2016 (last updated on 13 Apr 2016). Source link
17 June 2016 | Martin Read Arthur McKay is to provide National Records of Scotland (NRS) with facilities management services including mechanical and electrical maintenance, building fabric, cleaning, cleaning supplies, waste management and grounds maintenance. NRS is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government that performs many functions including registration, statistical and archival services. The contract, won through a competitive tender, covers six buildings and will run for four years, with an option to extend for a period of up to two further years. Arthur McKay has provided FM services to NRS for the past six years, but the new deal extends the range of services provided. Last month, the service provider landed a contract with the London Borough of Croydon, where it is to provide hard FM services over five years. Source link
9 April 2016 – by Louise Clarence-Smith Ask Real Estate has secured its first new project since being backed by construction giant Carillion. The developer, in which Carillion acquired a majority stake in January, has bought a 1.7-acre site for a £300m, 750,000 sq ft scheme next to the Manchester Hilton in Deansgate, where residential values are consistently the highest in the city. The company is led by managing director John Hughes after the departure of Ken Knott in 2013. The project marks the start of a dramatic turnaround for a company which struggled with its debt during the downturn. It is now debt free and reported a pretax profit of £1.1m in the 12 months to March 2015. The site was bought from the family owners of the former Bauer Millett luxury car dealership in Albion Street, which sold Ferraris, Rolls-Royces and Maseratis to Manchester’s rich and famous. Ask now plans to develop a £300m scheme on the site, with early plans including 350,000 sq ft of offices, 400 prime flats, a 150-bedroom four-star hotel and around 30,000 sq ft of leisure space adjacent to the Deansgate-Castlefield metrolink station, with a new passenger connection to Great Bridgewater Street. All the content from this weekís magazine, including this article, is available in the new app. Talks have already begun with global hotel companies for the project, but no occupiers have yet been secured. Local food and beverage operators are in talks over pop-up opportunities in the former car showroom space. Hughes said Ask’s new relationship with Carillion had given it the “platform to move quickly” to acquire the site. The development will be delivered in a partnership between Ask, Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester Central, the conference and events venue adjacent to the site. Ask is considering a number of funding options, which could include forward-selling, bringing in an equity partner, or taking it forward itself using debt. SimpsonHaugh & Partners will design the scheme and a planning application is expected to be submitted in October. Ask hopes to start building in October 2017 with a target completion date of December 2019. Source link
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire has revealed that they will be working to refurbish the legacy RAF buildings on the site with the intention of creating new facilities. This refurbishment has been planned following the £7.4 million funding that has been granted by Santander Corporate & Commercial. It is thought that this project will see a number of new businesses relocating to the new facility as well as the possible extension of those already at the site and the creation. This refurbishment project could also see the creation of thousands of new jobs. In the 1940s the site at Harwell was a World War 2 RAF air base. Nowadays it is dedicated to science and technology and offers a mixture of world class facilities, supercomputer resources and open source national laboratories. The research and testing that takes place on the campus covers five sectors off work. These sectors include space and satellite applications, life sciences and healthtec, big data and supercomputing, energy and the environment, and advanced engineering and materials. It is thought that more than 5,000 people work at the campus stretched across over 200 organisations. There will be a focus on the physical expansion of the compass over the course of the next few years and it is thought that around one million square feet of new buildings have been planned and will be constructed over the next five years. These planned developments will include a variety of buildings for industrial, office and laboratory purposes. Santander Corporate & Commercial has worked with the campus in order to offer a number of different funding options over the years that has allowed Harwell to build more facilities including office space and laboratories. This latest funding package focuses on refurbishing the dated RAF buildings on the campus in order to create a new headquarters as well as more office space that will be let out.
Kent Safety Solutions is a company that has been working since 2014 to deliver more safety management, training, environment and quality services. The company offers a range of management systems which include health and safety, IS09001 and ISO14001 as well as providing guidance and advice on the latest regulations in this area which include CDM 2015. The leader in safety management and training have suggested that most employers do not recognise the importance of mental health as part of their health and safety policies. Employers have been warned by Kent Safety Solutions to take in to consideration the impact of mental health in their health and safety procedures. It is thought that mental health is not covered in the same way, despite a significant number of working days being lost because of stress or other mental health related problems. Statistics that have come from the Health and Safety Executive suggests that there were approximately 12 million working days lost because of stress, depression and anxiety over the course of 2015/16. It is a legal requirement that organisations have health and safety procedures in place, although it is thought that employers mainly focus on the safety aspect of implementing these policies and while carrying out risk assessments. Although safety controls are quite straightforward to implement, mental health is more difficult to take in to consideration while carrying out risk assessment because of the possible difficulties of pre-existing health conditions as well as less evident risks and the potential for longer term consequences. In particular, stress is left out of the health and safety process. This is concerning with situations in many different industries where there are a number of credit-crunch roles not being filled and one person taking on an increase workload for a long period of time. This happens to be the case in the construction industry, and improving the health and safety to include mental health more thoroughly, the number of cases of work-related stress leading to absence could be reduced.
Servest Group is a company that employs more than 20,000 people over 7,000 sites in order to leading facilities management services. The company works all around the UK and focuses on offering a transparent, innovative and partnership focused approach to the services that they provide. The company offers bespoke and specialist services that are value for money to customers in the retail, leisure, public, commercial, construction, transport and logistics industries. Servest is based in London, Leeds, Manchester, Solihull and Edinburgh but have a corporate office in Bury St Edmunds. The company is a member of the British Institute of Facilities Management as well as The Building Futures Group and the British Institute of Cleaning Science to name a few. These institutions allow Servest to take an active role in the facilities management community. It has been announced that Servest has had their contract with the popular high street retail brand Primark extended. The facilities management provider has been working with Primark for the past 13 years and it is a credit to Servest’s good work that the contract has been extended. Servest works to provide the cleaning services for Primark stores all across the UK. After a successful tender by the company, they have been able to keep hold of this lucrative contract. Servest had to put in a competitive tender to the contract which will see them working with Primark for another three years. The role of Servest in the Primark stores will be to supply daily cleaning for the 165 stores located all around the UK. It is also thought that all of the janitorial functions, washroom consumables and window cleaning duties will be provided by the company across all sites. It is positive that the company has been able to keep the contract, and Primark will be assured of the standard of work provided by the company that has worked with them for more than a decade.