Team Appointed to Deliver £51m Housing Infrastructure, City River Park

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A multi-disciplinary consulting and contracting team has been assembled to support key infrastructure works within Victoria North (previously Manchester’s Northern Gateway), the biggest renewal project Manchester (England) has ever seen. This newly appointed team—with BAM Nuttall as lead design and build contractor, and Arup as lead designer—will work closely with Manchester Council and Far East Consortium’s development and master planning team to deliver the development vision for Red Bank and New Town neighborhoods. The amount of £51.6m, secured from the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund, will address a series of upfront infrastructure requirements to facilitate the delivery of more than 5,500 … Read more

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Multistory Car Park Underway for University Hospitals of Derby, Burton

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Construction has begun on a new £6.4-million multistory car park at Queen’s Hospital Burton, located in England. The project is being delivered for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust to improve the experience for visitors and patients. Set over three stories, the car park is being built on land behind the treatment center on the hospital’s main site, and will provide 425 additional spaces, including designated electric charging points. Morgan Sindall Construction will be working closely with the Trust to help them achieve sustainability targets, which are based around the government’s drive toward reducing greenhouse emissions in … Read more

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Co-op Live Construction in Manchester Underway

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Following extensive enabling works since the beginning of the year, construction of the UK’s largest entertainment arena in Manchester, England has recently begun, kickstarting a wave of economic activity and job creation across Greater Manchester. Co-op Live is being built by BAM Construction, with almost £150 million of the construction orders have already been placed with local firms. Developer OVG is investing over £350 million to create one of the best and most sustainable live entertainment arenas in Europe. The construction project is one of the biggest to commence nationally since the onset of COVID-19. At its peak, Co-op Live’s … Read more

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Student Village to Provide Expanded Spaces for University of London Growing Student Population

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Royal Holloway, University of London, has appointed Balfour Beatty as preferred bidder for the development of a student village in Egham, Surrey (England). In partnership with Royal Holloway under a 50-year concession contract, Balfour Beatty will design, build, finance and operate, alongside Student Living by Sodexo, a new 1,400-room student village at Rusham Park. In addition, the company will operate the existing 621-bed George Eliot student accommodation complex in London. Bringing together expertise from across the group, the company’s UK Construction Services business will be responsible for the construction of the new student village. As part of the c.£130-million Design-Build … Read more

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Esh Starts Work on New Premises for Children’s Mental Health Services in York

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Esh Construction has been appointed by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust – provider of children and young people’s community mental health services in The Vale of York – to deliver a refurbishment program of premises on the Link Business Park in Osbaldwick, just outside of York City Centre in England. The new premises will offer a much-improved space and environment for local children and young people’s mental health services, which are presently based at Lime Trees on Shipton Road in York. Built across two floors, the site will provide increased high-quality therapy space with improved accessibility for … Read more

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