11 May 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal OCS has been awarded a six-year contract to provide catering, vending and hospitality services for North West Regional College in Belfast. The contract commenced on 1 April and includes service provision across all three campuses in Derry-Londonderry, Limavady, and Strabane. The college
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (29 July) announced the winners of the RIBA Research Trust Awards and the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship. The RIBA Research Trust Awards are offered annually to support independent architectural research. The RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship supports architecture students or recent graduates
The exciting plans are going ahead for the improvement of traffic movement and speed up the journey prediction times along the M60 and M62 motorways in the vicinity of the city of Manchester. Workers under contractual deals with the company Highways England have just completed the crucial task to transfer
The city of Romford, in the East End of London, will be investing in a new leisure center for its citizens valued at a grand total of 25 million pounds, which REL Electrical will now be able to contribute towards. The family-run electrical installation business has just signed a contract
Sika Limited are forever dedicated towards providing new and ever innovative solutions and radical alternatives to the current chemical materials that are on offer to the building and construction industries. Their product, Sikafloor-262AS, has been used by independent contractor firm Zircon Flooring in order to enable the floor surfaces of
Business Stream and Castle Water are both “committed to competition” and will keep each other under pressure in the English water retail market. Castle Water chief executive John Reynolds told Utility Week: “I am fascinated that we are both on the overlapping and neighbouring patch with Business
Legal & General is teaming up with Newcastle City Council and Newcastle University for the £350m Newcastle Science Central development. Above: Newcastle Science Central is in the city’s Accelerated Development Zone, next to the St James’s Park football stadium Newcastle Science Central is one of the biggest urban regeneration projects
Wates Construction has been selected to deliver the £40m redevelopment of the Metropolitan Police’s Hammersmith police station. Above: Hammersmith police station, as it is now The project, designed by RSP Architects, will see the 1930s Grade II listed building on Shepherd’s Bush Road get a full refurbishment over six storeys.
Visit Self Build Zone on Stand A7 at the third Build It Live show for 2016. One of the leading providers of Self-build and Custom Build insurance, Self-Build Zone, will be exhibiting at Build It Live in Bicester from the 11th till the 12th of June. Visit Self Build Zone on
Cement firm Hope Construction Materials has revealed plans for three new distribution depots as part of a wider investment in rail freight. Despite being in the throes of an agreed takeover by Breedon, the first quarter of 2016 will see Hope open new rail facilities in Essex, London and Southampton.
11 May 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal OCS has been awarded a six-year contract to provide catering, vending and hospitality services for North West Regional College in Belfast. The contract commenced on 1 April and includes service provision across all three campuses in Derry-Londonderry, Limavady, and Strabane. The college provides further and higher education, and skills training to a student population of more than 20,000 across its three campuses and seven academic departments. Patrick McKeown, director of finance and economic engagement at North West Regional College, said: “We are very happy to welcome OCS as our new catering supplier across our three main college locations. Our students and staff want quick access to high-quality, value-for-money foods with excellent service.” The contract covers six catering locations and comprises OCS’s Just Dine, Just Deli and Just Café packages. The offering allows the delivery of restaurant, sandwich bar and café services across the college campuses. Source link
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (29 July) announced the winners of the RIBA Research Trust Awards and the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship. The RIBA Research Trust Awards are offered annually to support independent architectural research. The RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship supports architecture students or recent graduates by providing an opportunity to undergo a period of imaginative and original research and travel. The 2015 recipients of the RIBA Research Trust Awards are: RIBA Research Trust Awards • Mhairi McVicar & Neil Turnbull, ‘Practicing Engagement: the value of the architect in a Community Asset Transfer’ – £10,000• Jorge Rodríguez Alvarez, ‘A Case Study Handbook on Sustainable Housing Design. Feedback from London Residential Schemes’ – £10,000 • Urmi Sengupta, ‘Language of disaster: exploring the altered architectural fabric of Durbar Square, Kathmandu’ – £10,000 The 2015 recipients of the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship will receive £5,000 and is: RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship • Matthew Eberhard (Part 2 Architectural Assistant at Rick Mather Architects), Lucy Paton (Part II Architectural Assistant at Witherford Watson Mann Architects), Benedetta Rogers (Part 2 Architectural Assistant at Featherstone Young Architect), and Anthony Staples (Associate Architect at Jan Kattein Architects), ‘Learning from Accra and the Global South’ The applications were assessed by the RIBA Research Grants sub-committee which comprises: • Professor Robert Brown, Plymouth University (RIBA Council member)• Dolan Conway, past RIBA Council member • Professor Murray Fraser, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (Chair) • Robert Mitchell, Mitchell Taylor Workshop • Alan Jones, Queen’s University • Dr Alexandra Stara, Kingston University• Victoria Thornton, Open City • Meryl Townley, van Heyningen and Haward Architects (RIBA Council member) RIBA President, Stephen Hodder said: “It is always a pleasure to support innovative projects through the RIBA Research Trust Awards. This year, there’s a real potential to deliver considerable benefit and impact to the profession and wider society more generally. Furthermore, the fresh approach demonstrated by the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholars in bringing together architecture, sociology and anthropology will no doubt produce equally interesting results.” RIBA Research Grants sub-committee Chair, Professor Murray Fraser said: “The quality of applications this year to the RIBA Research Trust Awards and the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship was again at a very high standard, resulting in some very difficult decisions for the judging panel. As my last year as chair of this judging panel, I am delighted that we have been able to grant four very different awards, all of which I am confident will lead to useful contributions to their distinctive subject areas. It has been a privilege to be able to facilitate the direction of research funds towards such worthy projects over the years, and I have no doubt that the RIBA Trust Awards panel will continue to do so in future.” – Ends – Notes to editors 1. For more information members of the press should contact: Gagandeep Bedi, Press Officer, RIBA: gagandeep.bedi@riba.org 020 7307 3814. 2. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) champions better buildings, communities and the environment through architecture and our members www.architecture.com 3. Follow us on Twitter for regular RIBA updates @RIBA Posted on Wednesday 29th July 2015 Source link
The exciting plans are going ahead for the improvement of traffic movement and speed up the journey prediction times along the M60 and M62 motorways in the vicinity of the city of Manchester. Workers under contractual deals with the company Highways England have just completed the crucial task to transfer the area along the M62 by Rochdale from a hard shoulder zone into a regular traveling line for motorists. Following this development, these hardworking contractors will then begin to implement their work on the central networks of the motorway. This will entail the use of a large amount of concrete (over 7,000 tons’ worth in fact!) that will be set in order to put a barrier in place. It is widely hoped that this initiative will help to reduce the amount of accidents and frequent bottlenecks along the motorway. Furthermore, the fact that it will be made using a hardy material such as concrete means that very little repair or maintenance work will be needed for it to remain in its initial state. This equally will once again help to reduce any possible added congestion and traffic along that route. It is hoped that the implementation of these measures will result in the motorway being able to hold 33 per cent more vehicles, and will mean that there is more space for vehicles to navigate. It is clear that through all of these initiatives vehicles will be enabled to travel more safely, quickly and easily than ever before. The success of this project will be a huge step forward for Highways England and Mister Stephen Hill, one of the project managers at senior level, is very confident that the scheme will be a success. Drivers travelling along the M62 however will have to bear in mind that there will be closures during the night in order to permit for these renovations to take place
The city of Romford, in the East End of London, will be investing in a new leisure center for its citizens valued at a grand total of 25 million pounds, which REL Electrical will now be able to contribute towards. The family-run electrical installation business has just signed a contract to organize the installation and construction of the networks at Romford Leisure Center, which will be overseen by property management business Willmott Dixon, themselves under the watchful eye of Havering Council. The electricals will be designed to eventually enable for the installation of the brand new facilities, among the many which will include such features as a pool for swimmers containing no less than 8 lanes. This will enable those wishing to swim to be able to go at their own comfortable pace, whilst those perhaps wanting to burn more calories will be able to launch themselves bravely and boldly into the faster lanes without knocking into the slowcoaches. In addition to these state-of-the-art pool facilities will be a new fitness suite, a specially built-in rink for ice skaters, as well as an assortment of other sporting activity appliances that the people of Romford will be able to benefit from. At a cost of 2 million pounds worth, REL Electric will plan, install and supervise the entire installation of the electronic side of affairs for the leisure center: this is estimated to take up to as long as an entire year. REL’s MD Mister Toby Buckley has expressed his happiness in being affiliated with the new center, which it is hoped will revitalize and invigorate life into Romford’s infrastructure. Mister Buckley is adamant that the technical conundrums of the installation process will be challenging, but with an already impressive portfolio in developing leisure center space, it seems clear to all involved that REL Electrical are well suited to fulfilling the potential of the new Romford center. If anyone can do it, it’s REL.
Sika Limited are forever dedicated towards providing new and ever innovative solutions and radical alternatives to the current chemical materials that are on offer to the building and construction industries. Their product, Sikafloor-262AS, has been used by independent contractor firm Zircon Flooring in order to enable the floor surfaces of a car factory to be completely secure and slip-free for workers there to carry on the important work that they are doing to make one of the most luxurious products known to man: the Rolls Royce. The Sikafloor product was used in order to renovate an expanse of the manufacturing plant floor, a space that covered a grand total of 14, 000 meters square. This was clearly an ambitious task for the combined efforts of the Sikafloor product and the workers of Zircon Flooring, since not only did this particular customer require the work to be installed without having a significant impact on the production rates of the Rolls Royce firm, they also insisted on an early date for the flooring project to complete. This would mean that Zircon Flooring would only have 18 days (less than three weeks) to complete the task that they had been set to provide a smooth and textured floor finish for the manufacturer: they were therefore wise to use the products of a company like Sika Group Limited, who indeed specialize in providing products that are relatively simple to apply to the foundations of the material and that are also relatively easy for contracted workers to use and get the hang of. Fortunately, the Sikafloor-262AS was successfully applied to the surfaces ensuring the smooth and quality aesthetic finish that the client had demanded and what is more was so simple to apply that Zircon Flooring managed to complete the task even quicker than the swift deadline of 18 days. Yet again, Sirka Limited products have proved themselves effective and easy to use to the building and construction industry.
Business Stream and Castle Water are both “committed to competition” and will keep each other under pressure in the English water retail market. Castle Water chief executive John Reynolds told Utility Week: “I am fascinated that we are both on the overlapping and neighbouring patch with Business Stream.” He said having two companies that are used to competing and are “committed to a competitive market” both being active and keeping each other under pressure is “a healthy situation to be in”. “It is very interesting to take competition from Scotland where they are incumbent and we’re clearly new entrant to England where we’re larger than they are, and seeing how that develops,” he added. “It is very constructive that we’ve got this combination of companies in southern England that are both committed to the market.” Castle Water bought the business customer base of Portsmouth Water when the incumbent water-only company announced its intention to exit the market in January this year. The Scottish new entrant then bought the business customers of Thames Water when the UK’s largest water company announced its exit from the market in July. Meanwhile, Scottish incumbent retailer Business Stream bought the business customers of Southern Water when it announced its exit at the end of June. Source link
Legal & General is teaming up with Newcastle City Council and Newcastle University for the £350m Newcastle Science Central development. Above: Newcastle Science Central is in the city’s Accelerated Development Zone, next to the St James’s Park football stadium Newcastle Science Central is one of the biggest urban regeneration projects of its kind in the UK. The 10 hectare science and technology hub is being built on the site of the old Newcastle Brown Ale brewery in Newcastle’s city centre. It is projected to create more than 4,000 jobs, 500,000 sq ft of office space, and 450 new homes. Legal & General’s initial £65m investment will deliver more than 200,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, it said. Gordon Aitchison, director, investment & development at LGIM Real Assets, said: “This partnership with Newcastle City Council and Newcastle University proves the importance of the private and public sector partnerships model in driving forward UK urban regeneration projects. We have been able to provide the necessary capital and skills to bring forward Newcastle Science Central and local government have provided the access and support to create this opportunity. We look forward to working with our new partners on this exciting scheme and attracting further investment into the area.” Legal & General has plans to invest £15bn in UK infrastructure, direct investments and urban regeneration projects. It has already invested more than £7bn. The Newcastle deal represents the fourth project to be delivered since the start of Legal & General’s partnership with the Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) in January 2015. This article was published on 17 Jun 2016 (last updated on 17 Jun 2016). Source link
Wates Construction has been selected to deliver the £40m redevelopment of the Metropolitan Police’s Hammersmith police station. Above: Hammersmith police station, as it is now The project, designed by RSP Architects, will see the 1930s Grade II listed building on Shepherd’s Bush Road get a full refurbishment over six storeys. Work will also include the construction of an adjoining new-build custody facility with 30 cells and flexible office space. There will also be basement car parking and stables for Mounted Branch with providing 18 loose boxes. Subject to planning, building work is expected to start in November 2016 and complete before the end of 2018. Wates was appointed to the project via the Southern Construction Framework. The new development will be operated by the Metropolitan Police Service and will neighbour Development Securities’ Hammersmith Grove office buildings in the centre of Hammersmith, which were also built by Wates. The redevelopment of Hammersmith police station is part of a wider reorganisation of policing in west London that includes closure of Fulham police station. The reorganisation is expected to reduce police running costs by £400,000 a year. Met Police estates director Roger Harding said: “Hammersmith Police Station is an important site for the MPS, but its current configuration fails to provide a modern policing facility and is in need of significant investment. “Working with Wates, who have a track record on refurbishing and expanding our police stations and custody centres, we will significantly enhance Hammersmith Police Station by making it a more modern, secure facility with an efficient use of space to allow for flexible working, whilst reduce the running costs of the estate so that, money can be re-directed into front-line policing.” This article was published on 31 May 2016 (last updated on 31 May 2016). Source link
Visit Self Build Zone on Stand A7 at the third Build It Live show for 2016. One of the leading providers of Self-build and Custom Build insurance, Self-Build Zone, will be exhibiting at Build It Live in Bicester from the 11th till the 12th of June. Visit Self Build Zone on Stand A7 If you are planning a self-build, renovating a property or looking to add more space to your current home, Build It Live Bicester will be packed full of inspiration, information, a vast array of self-build products and a wide selection of leading suppliers to help you along your self-build journey. The third Build It Live show for 2016 will take place in Bicester, on the borders of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire and is being run in association with Graven Hill – the UK’s first large-scale self-build project with over 1900 custom build, self-build and social housing plots. Whether your project is a self-build on Graven Hill, a stand-alone plot or whether you are renovating, converting or extending, you can’t afford to miss this show.For more information about what’s on at the show click here. Representatives from Self-Build Zone will be on hand throughout the show to talk through all issues on Site Insurance and Structural Warranties. Paul Kempton, Managing Director of Self Build Zone and Sennocke said: “The Self-Build Zone team are thrilled to exhibit at the Build It Live Show this weekend. These exhibitions give us a fantastic platform to showcase our services and most importantly, meet with new and existing customers. Our team will be on stand A7 and are all willing to arrange an informal chat for those wanting to find out more about the services we can provide for all your self-build projects.” Sennocke are hosting a seminar at 13:40pm on Saturday the 11th of June, the seminar will concentrate on claims and how to avoid them. Site Insurance is essential for anyone planning an Extension, Renovation, Conversion or New Build project. Self-Build Zone have several different site insurance options to protect your project during the build process and on completion, including flexible short term policies as well as the traditional 12, 18 or 24 month policy. Self-Build Zone products include: Site InsuranceBuildings InsuranceStructural WarrantyBuilding Control ServicesRenovation InsuranceCode for Sustainable HomesSAP Energy RatingsAir Pressure TestingSound Testing To arrange an informal chat with the Self Build Zone team, please visit stand number A7.Click here to book tickets for the show. ENDS. About Self-Build Zone and Build-Zone: Self-Build Zone and Build-Zone are trading style of Sennocke International Insurance Services Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Self-Build Zone & Build-Zone provide site insurance and structural warranty packages for new builds, renovations, extensions and conversion projects from DIY home improvements and new build, to major renovations incorporating large scale alteration, employment of tradesmen and extension work. Site Insurance is essential for anyone planning an extension, renovation, conversion or new build project. Self-Build Zone have several different site insurance options to protect your project during the build process, including flexible short term extendable policies as well as the traditional 2 year policy. Go online at www.selfbuildzone.com or www.build-zone.com or call the team on 0345 230 8974For interviews or comments, please contact our PR agency: SMPR (Simply Marcomms Limited) 02476 546150 Email: info@simplymarcomms.co.uk Source link
Cement firm Hope Construction Materials has revealed plans for three new distribution depots as part of a wider investment in rail freight. Despite being in the throes of an agreed takeover by Breedon, the first quarter of 2016 will see Hope open new rail facilities in Essex, London and Southampton. In Dagenham, Essex, a new rail-linked cement distribution depot and packing facility is being developed. This will see the introduction of cement supplied in Hope’s own branded bags. In Southampton a new ready-mix concrete plant and rail-linked aggregates depot will receive concreting aggregate for Hope’s Hampshire operations. Alongside the Olympic Park in Stratford, a new rail-fed aggregates depot will enable Hope to bring crushed rock into east London. This is the result of a partnership with rail freight operator DB Schenker. More than two thirds of Hope’s cement is distributed by rail from its twin-kiln plant in Derbyshire. Hope also transports much of its aggregate by rail, notably from Dowlow limestone quarry near Buxton. Hope also opened a new rail-linked cement, aggregates and concrete depot at Walsall in 2015. There is also investment going on at two other southeast depots. At Theale in Berkshire, where Hope has a rail-linked cement depot, a rail-fed aggregates facility has been added, along with a ready-mix concrete plant. And Hope’s Woodham depot is now able to supply ready-mix concrete across North Bucks. Hope Construction Materials chief executive Chris Plant said: “Hope has been growing steadily since launch three years ago and these latest depots are the culmination of our strategy to develop our plant network and improve the service we are able to give our customers. Together these developments represent a major investment in the business and their southeast locations mean that they are sure to add value in the future.” The Breedon Aggregates acquisition, announced in November, remains subject to regulatory approval but is expected to complete sometime during 2016. Until then, Hope says it will continue to operate as an independent company. This article was published on 7 Jan 2016 (last updated on 7 Jan 2016). Source link