Browser does not support script. Contact us RIBA President Stephen Hodder said: “The Construction 2025 agenda has played a major part in helping the UK Construction sector rise to the challenge of getting Britain building. If we are to tackle the housing crisis and deliver the infrastructure needed it is
Ofgem has announced its fifth, and biggest, tender round for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) will kick off on 10 October. The round will allow companies bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore windfarms, which have an estimated value of £2 billion in total and
30 March 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal Facilities company Shetland FM has won a three-year catering contract with major oil company BP. The company will provide meals at its Sella Ness site for BP staff and contractors. Shetland FM has experience providing hotel services,
Servelec, the Sheffield-based technology and software group, has won a contract by a UK gas supplier to provide a remote operations solution for a gas platform in the North Sea. The group will achieve this by deploying a specially developed Servelec Controls system. Work has now started on the project
Civil engineering business Moulding Contracts Limited is set to cut the jobs of 90 workers after being placed into administration by the High Court. A process to secure a buyer and additional funding for the £18m-turnover firm were unsuccessful. Diane Hill and Mark Getliffe of business advisory firm CLB Coopers
18 June 2016 – by Amber Rolt Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has branded the BHS CVA a “wasted opportunity”, claiming Dominic Chappell missed £100m of potential property sales. During his six-hour parliamentary hearing on 15 June, Green said former owner Chappell was too slow to arrange a CVA, undermining
Manchester was among the best cities for jobs growth over Summer and Autumn 2016, according to new data. Research from job site CV-Library revealed that Manchester’s job market continued to strengthen in the six months following the EU Referendum’s surprise Brexit vote. Between June 23 and November 30, job vacancies,
A housing developer is helping ensure children get to school safely while a footpath is temporarily closed near Taunton. Redrow Homes has paid for a new temporary road crossing and lollipop person at the The Heathfields site in Monkton Heathfield. Construction at the site has led to the temporary closure
CROSSRAIL contractors are facing criminal prosecution over the death of a construction worker. The Health and Safety Executive said BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) and Kier Infrastructure and Overseas, joint contractors for the £15bn project, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in January. Two of the charges relate to the
A two-year development programme set to revitalise the St James Church site in Portobello is set to start early next year after phase one of the Edinburgh project was given the go-ahead. The work will see three family townhouses replace the 1970s’ church hall and car parking area behind the
Browser does not support script. Contact us RIBA President Stephen Hodder said: “The Construction 2025 agenda has played a major part in helping the UK Construction sector rise to the challenge of getting Britain building. If we are to tackle the housing crisis and deliver the infrastructure needed it is vital that government works with the whole sector, including architects and other professional services, who coordinate, enable and drive this work.” “The loss of the Chief Construction Adviser role at this crucial time will leave a significant gap in terms of drawing together the skills of the sector. The industry needs to look at how the workstreams announced will be coordinated to avoid silos developing in the new approach. It’s therefore vital that the work of the new Construction Leadership Council is informed by the whole of the industry and the professional services sector has strong representation.” -ends- NOTES TO EDITORS 1. For further press information please contact Melanie Mayfield in the RIBA Press Office melanie.mayfield@riba.org 020 7307 3662 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 www.twitter.com/RIBA Posted on Friday 17th July 2015 Source link
Ofgem has announced its fifth, and biggest, tender round for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) will kick off on 10 October. The round will allow companies bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore windfarms, which have an estimated value of £2 billion in total and a generation capacity of 2.3GW. Ofgem senior partner, networks, Jonathan Brearley, said: “Since the launch of the OFTO regime, the first three tendering rounds have delivered £700 million in savings and have attracted over £3 billion in investment value. “By providing the opportunity for investors to now participate in the tendering of over £2 billion of assets in the next round, it should ensure the delivery of further value for consumers and contribute to reducing the overall cost of offshore wind.” The five offshore windfarms for which transmission links are being tendered are Dudgeon, off Cromer in Norfolk; Galloper, off the East Coast of England; Race Bank in the northern reaches of The Wash off the Norfolk coast; Rampion near Sussex and the Walney Extension in the Irish Sea. Ofgem released the shortlist of five bidders competing to own and run the £230 million transmission link to the Burbo Bank Extension windfarm this month. The Burbo Bank Extension is being tendered through the fourth round of the OFTO regime, and the preferred bidder will be announced in April 2017. The regime was launched by Ofgem in 2009 and uses competitive tendering for licensing offshore electricity systems. The first three tender rounds brought several new players into the UK transmission market. The OFTO regime also offers a range of organisations including UK life insurers and pension funds opportunities to invest in long-term infrastructure. Source link
30 March 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal Facilities company Shetland FM has won a three-year catering contract with major oil company BP. The company will provide meals at its Sella Ness site for BP staff and contractors. Shetland FM has experience providing hotel services, recreation and welfare, security and logistics. It took control of the operation and management of Sella Ness in February 2015. Since Shetland FM began running the Sella Ness site, it has expanded its operations in the islands and is developing business in other areas of the world. In addition to Sella Ness, now refurbished and home to Petrofac and Total engineers working on final commissioning of the Shetland Gas Plant, Shetland FM leases the former Viewforth care home from Shetland Islands Council. Shetland FM also recently signed a partnership agreement with Shetland Islands Council Active Schools to allow its recreation and welfare staff to help sports and community groups. Source link
Servelec, the Sheffield-based technology and software group, has won a contract by a UK gas supplier to provide a remote operations solution for a gas platform in the North Sea. The group will achieve this by deploying a specially developed Servelec Controls system. Work has now started on the project and is expected to contribute towards revenues in the current financial year. Following installation on the first platform by May 2017, there are options to extend the system to cover additional platforms. Alan Stubbs, chief executive officer of Servelec Group, said: “As a business focused on helping our customers to reduce their Opex whilst extending the life of ageing assets, we are proud to be working with our customer on this game-changing project. “The remote operations and monitoring system provided by Servelec will extend the operational life and viability of the platform for years to come. “This project marks a significant achievement for Servelec and further strengthens the Group’s position with regards to winning additional contracts on this customer’s other assets as well as with other OEMs; many of whom we are already in discussion with about future opportunities.” Article taken from https://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/21-12-2016/sheffield-tech-group-servelec-wins-contract-with-major-uk-gas-supplier/
Civil engineering business Moulding Contracts Limited is set to cut the jobs of 90 workers after being placed into administration by the High Court. A process to secure a buyer and additional funding for the £18m-turnover firm were unsuccessful. Diane Hill and Mark Getliffe of business advisory firm CLB Coopers in Manchester have been appointed as joint administrators for Moulding Contracts, which operated from from bases in Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire and County Durham. Mark said: “Moulding Contracts will complete some specific contracts but there is no prospect of it continuing to trade as a going concern. “The workforce was already in a redundancy consultation.“ Speaking further, he said there is “every prospect of creditors being paid a distribution”, adding: “The expectation is that we will be able to distribute funds back to creditors in 2017. “A plan has been agreed to effect this and creditors will be consulted early in the New Year.“ Founded in 1950 as a family-run plant hire company in the North West, Moulding Contracts went on to become a major service provider for both the quarrying and brick making industries across the North and Midlands. In 1996, after a string of successful joint venture projects, Moulding Contracts merged with a North East-based regional landfill engineering business. Employees affected include site agents, site engineers, plant operators and groundworkers. CLB Coopers’ Mark Getliffe continued: “It’s unwelcome to see people lose their jobs at any time of year but there is a chronic shortage of these skills across civil engineering and construction, so it’s our hope and belief that the workforce will be able to find alternative employment.“ Article taken from https://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/21-12-2016/90-jobs-lost-as-civil-engineering-firm-moulding-contracts-enters-administration/
18 June 2016 – by Amber Rolt Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has branded the BHS CVA a “wasted opportunity”, claiming Dominic Chappell missed £100m of potential property sales. During his six-hour parliamentary hearing on 15 June, Green said former owner Chappell was too slow to arrange a CVA, undermining the chances of turning BHS around. There were further revelations on convoluted property deals, including the sale of Marylebone House and North West House, NW1, to Chappell. Chappell was quizzed by MPs on the deals when he faced the committee last week. It was initially intended that BHS’s HQ, Marylebone House, owned by a Lady Tina Green-controlled offshore company, Wilton Equity, was to be sold to Chappell for £35m – under market value so a profit could be made from flipping the property. Chappell intended to take a £35m loan from the Dellal family in order to pay for the asset and then sell it to a Dellal-controlled company for £43m. But Green changed his mind and it was sold to his own company, Arcadia, for £53m. Green said all cash made from BHS sale and leasebacks during his tenure was invested back into the business. When BHS completed the sale and leaseback deal for its estate 14 years ago, £152m was generated, he said. However, Green added that Chappell took money from BHS property sales, breaching a covenant he agreed with Arcadia. Chappell took £7m from the sale of North West House and £6m from the sale of a BHS warehouse after claiming he had put it into a Bank of China account. Read more about the demise of BHS here. All the content from this weekís magazine, including this article, is available in the new app. Green’s resolute defence Sir Philip Green defended his ownership of BHS and his decision to sell to an ex-bankrupt with no retail experience for £1 at this week’s parliamentary hearing. He said that after spending 15 years at BHS, he had “a strong emotional tie” to it, and apologised to BHS employees. The Arcadia boss dismissed concerns over Dominic Chappell’s history, instead blaming advisers involved in the sale, which included Goldman Sachs, Olswang and Grant Thornton. He pledged to “resolve” the £571m pension deficit, but did not answer any questions on how the deficit came about. Green speaks out On the sale to Chappell: “Would I do that deal again? No. Am I sorry we did that deal? Yes.” On Goldman Sachs:“One million percent we would not have done business with [Chappell] if they would have said, ‘Don’t deal with this guy.’ That would have been the end of it. That was not the advice we got.” On the pension deficit: “Somebody, whether it was the trustees or wherever, somebody was asleep at the wheel… You can’t tell me I’m accountable.” On the press: “I could be a murderer, the way they write about me.” Source link
Manchester was among the best cities for jobs growth over Summer and Autumn 2016, according to new data. Research from job site CV-Library revealed that Manchester’s job market continued to strengthen in the six months following the EU Referendum’s surprise Brexit vote. Between June 23 and November 30, job vacancies, applications and salaries all rose in comparison to the same period in 2015 and 2014. According to CV-Library, vacancies in the city leapt by 12% against 2015’s figures and 39% compared to 2014. The data places Manchester among the UK’s top five cities for year-on-year jobs growth during H2 2016, behind only Portsmouth (at 13%), Edinburgh (14%), Glasgow (14%) and Southampton (19%). Job applications across Manchester, meanwhile, were up by 3% against 2015 over the last six months, which is higher than the national average. Similarly, average salaries increased year on year by 2%. CV-Library’s founder and managing director, Lee Biggins, said: “It’s extremely positive to see that the job market in Manchester has stood strong in the face of ongoing uncertainty. “The summer months tend to be a quieter time in the recruitment sector but this year, July, August and September all saw particularly strong growth, with November being one of the top months for job growth in Manchester.“ He added: “This is a nice indication that local businesses are confident about growing their workforce and it is hoped that this will continue well into 2017.“ Article taken from https://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/20-12-2016/manchester-among-top-five-uk-cities-for-jobs-growth-says-data/
A housing developer is helping ensure children get to school safely while a footpath is temporarily closed near Taunton. Redrow Homes has paid for a new temporary road crossing and lollipop person at the The Heathfields site in Monkton Heathfield. Construction at the site has led to the temporary closure of a footpath which is used by many children and parents to reach West Monkton Primary School. Charlotte Munday, area sales manager for Redrow South West, said: “We take our position as a responsible developer very seriously and this includes ensuring our building work has minimal impact on the surrounding community. “As soon as we were aware of the need for a footpath closure near our site and the site of the new school we took action to ensure a safer environment for those accessing the school.” The build of the new homes meant that Weston Monton School was given provision to grow in the development plans, including the relocation to the new site. Mr Robinson, head teacher of West Monkton Primary School, said: “Our school is a thriving and growing community, in every sense of the word. “On the edge of a new housing development, West Monkton has grown from a seven-class school into an 14-class school with the capacity for 420 pupils and a 52 place nursery, whichopens in January. “Operating at the heart of an on-going area of development we are faced with many challenges. We have been working closely with the Highways team at Somerset County Council, the local community and local councillors to ensure that the journey to school is a safe one. “One of our recent concerns was regarding closure of a footpath that many staff, parents, pupils and visitors use to get to school each day. “Fortunately for us the developer concerned, Redrow, has put funds in place for a School Crossing Patrol which provides us with great peace of mind to know our school community can cross the road safely.” Article taken from http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/14975461.Redrow_helps_keep_children_safe_at_new_school_site/
CROSSRAIL contractors are facing criminal prosecution over the death of a construction worker. The Health and Safety Executive said BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) and Kier Infrastructure and Overseas, joint contractors for the £15bn project, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in January. Two of the charges relate to the death of Rene Tkacik – who was killed by falling concrete on March 7, 2014 – while working deep beneath Red Lion Square, Holborn. The HSE’s head of operations, Annette Hall, said: “We have today informed the three contractors that they will each be prosecuted for the death of a worker and injuries sustained by two others, in three separate incidents on the construction project. We have concluded following thorough investigations that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute and it is in the public interest to do so.” The charges are being brought under Health and Safety Act that says an employer must “ensure when reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees”. Shortly after the death of Mr Tkacik the West End Extra revealed “confidential” documents warning Crossrail bosses about “hazardous and unsafe working conditions” in the tunnel. A whistleblower’s memo added that “the warning signs were evident from the start” and listed a series of injuries to Crossrail “shotcrete” workers the year before Mr Tkacik’s death. After the 44-year-old’s inquest, in January 2015, a jury heard that the hugely experienced construction worker was working in a no-go zone when lumps of sprayed concrete fell on him from the top of the tunnel. The contractors are also facing charges over leg injuries sustained by Terrance Hughes, who was crushed by a tipper truck in Bond Street and Paddington on January 16, 2015. Article taken from http://www.westendextra.com/Crossrail-tunnel-death
A two-year development programme set to revitalise the St James Church site in Portobello is set to start early next year after phase one of the Edinburgh project was given the go-ahead. The work will see three family townhouses replace the 1970s’ church hall and car parking area behind the Grade-B listed church on Rosefield Place. The site was acquired in 2015 after the Church of Scotland made the decision to sell two out of their three local churches and associated halls when falling congregations made operating and maintaining them unviable. The Church Congregation Committee chose a bid that promised a small-scale development sympathetic to the existing style and character of the neighbouring houses. The developer, Pete Turner, has partnered local architect Sonia Browse on previous small scale developments in conservation areas and sees sensitive yet distinctive design as a cornerstone of his projects. He said: “From the start we intended this to be a development that enhanced and preserved the style of the area, while being sympathetic to the existing listed church building. The positive feedback we received from consultation with Edinburgh Council, the church committee and residents’ associations throughout the pre-planning phase affirmed our purpose and design objectives, and furthered our confidence that we would achieve planning permission for the site.” The design of the mews houses is inspired by the ‘linked villa’ style typical of the Brighton and Rosefield area. The garage of each property is set back from the street, joining houses together in a similar way to the single-story wings which link the late-Georgian properties in the neighbouring streets. Elements of the design borrow from the Gothic ‘perpendicular style’ of the church itself. Read more at http://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/16430/green-light-for-transformation-of-st-james-church-hall-site-in-portobello/