A joint venture between Graham Construction and BAM has been selected to deliver Ulster Hospital’s new £95m acute services block. The acute services block is part of the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust’s wider redevelopment plan for the Belfast hospital, replacing the outdated existing main ward block and
BEAMA calls for sustained UK commitment to aligned EU energy policy Published: 20 September, 2016 BEAMA has warned the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee that a divergence of framework policies between the EU and the UK can have serious implications affecting investor confidence, energy bills, carbon emissions and a
7 May 2016 – by Alexander Peace Eighteen months after the plan for starter homes was announced at the Conservative Party conference, the details surrounding them are still being hammered out. Estates Gazette, with the help of Savills and a recent British Property Federation and Herbert Smith Freehills round table,
Southern Water has been fined £24,000 after an Environment Agency (EA) investigation found it had failed to meet the conditions set out in its environmental permit for Tunbridge Wells North wastewater treatment works. The water company agreed to pay costs of £33,218. The company has an environmental
A joint venture between Graham Construction and BAM has been selected to deliver Ulster Hospital’s new £95m acute services block. The acute services block is part of the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust’s wider redevelopment plan for the Belfast hospital, replacing the outdated existing main ward block and other specialist acute services. It will be built next to the £86m seven-storey ward facility that is already being constructed by the Graham-BAM Healthcare Partnership on the same complex, scheduled to complete in autumn 2016. The new eight-storey, 31,000 m2 acute services block thus represents Phase B of a four-year £185m construction framework that began in 2013. The scheme has been designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent status and will use flat slab construction to integrate the structure with its services and the clinical spaces. The building’s high thermal mass is expected to reduce operational running costs and the delivery of the structural and acoustic solutions will further support the healthcare services. Further Images This article was published on 19 Apr 2016 (last updated on 19 Apr 2016). Source link
BEAMA calls for sustained UK commitment to aligned EU energy policy Published: 20 September, 2016 BEAMA has warned the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee that a divergence of framework policies between the EU and the UK can have serious implications affecting investor confidence, energy bills, carbon emissions and a single market approach to placing products on the EU market. Responding to the Select Committee’s Post Brexit inquiry, BEAMA has referenced a number of framework directives including Energy Performance of Buildings, Renewable Energy and Energy Related Products as ‘game changers’ that have significant long term investment and product development implications that should not be diluted within the terms of Brexit. BEAMA chief executive Dr Howard Porter, said: “Aside from the obvious market signals that building and energy targets can provide to investors, we must not forget that pan-EU product standardisation, intellectual property registration and rules for placing equipment on the market actually make manufacturing processes more efficient within the single market framework.” Dr Porter also supports the principle of freedom of movement of people, stating that there is a very real engineering education gap that will eventually be addressed through the apprenticeship levy but in the meantime we need the freedom of movement of expertise to help the UK meet its energy priorities. Source link
7 May 2016 – by Alexander Peace Eighteen months after the plan for starter homes was announced at the Conservative Party conference, the details surrounding them are still being hammered out. Estates Gazette, with the help of Savills and a recent British Property Federation and Herbert Smith Freehills round table, has identified the key unanswered questions. The basic principles of the starter homes plan are in the Housing and Planning Bill, which just passed through the House of Lords. Next, the secretary of state will set out the rules and regulations. All the content from this weekís magazine, including this article, is available in the new app. A second consultation on how it will work closes on 18 May. Assuming a month to process responses, along with Westminster’s summer hiatus, there is likely to be no clarity until the autumn, leaving just three and a half years to meet the government’s target of 200,000 homes by 2020. The government wants a fifth of new homes to be offered as starter homes to first-time buyers not eligible for affordable housing. Click here to read more Source link
Southern Water has been fined £24,000 after an Environment Agency (EA) investigation found it had failed to meet the conditions set out in its environmental permit for Tunbridge Wells North wastewater treatment works. The water company agreed to pay costs of £33,218. The company has an environmental permit to discharge treated effluent from the Tunbridge Wells North works to the Somerhill Stream. The conditions of the environmental permit are set by the EA to support a healthy river for wildlife and recreation. The EA investigation found that the permit conditions were exceeded between July 2013 and July 2014. Southern Water pleaded guilty to the charges under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. In mitigation, Southern Water stated that it had already spent £360,000 on improvement to the treatment works and a further £6 million was planned for the future. EA environment manager David Willis said: “We take these incidents very seriously and do everything within our powers to safeguard the environment and people that may be affected. “We expect companies to take all necessary actions to comply with the conditions set out in environmental permits and welcome Southern Water’s commitment to spend a further £6 million on planned improvement works.” This article first appeared on wwtonline Source link
