Esh Construction Completes Multimillion-Pound Beddell House Refurbishment

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Esh Construction has recently completed a multi-million-pound refurbishment project at Beddell House in County Durham, located in England. Esh Living, the affordable housing delivery arm of Esh Construction, completed work to restore the Grade II-listed residential care home in Sherburn earlier this year, with the two-and-a-half-year project for Sherburn House Charity Ltd. Six phases of internal and external refurbishments were completed to create a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments with bathroom and living room, communal areas, a dining area and a new catering kitchen—transforming the accommodations and provisions for residents into a luxurious and attractive place to live. The … Read more

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Hospital in England Completes, Opens in Less than 3 Weeks to Respond to Pandemic

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Less than three weeks since BAM Construction and its partners began construction, NHS Nightingale Yorkshire and the Humber opened. Based in Harrogate Convention Centre, located in England, it will provide approximately 500 additional beds for coronavirus patients, if local services need them. The new facility is one of seven Nightingale hospitals to be set up around the country as part of a massive NHS effort to respond to the greatest global health emergency in more than a century. This extra capacity is on top of the 33,000 additional beds freed up across NHS hospitals – the equivalent of building 50 … Read more

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BAM Construction to Build New Mental Health Inpatient Facility in London

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The Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust has appointed BAM Construction Ltd to build its new mental health inpatient facility in Highgate, north London, England. Construction of the new building, opposite the Trust’s existing Highgate Mental Health Centre, is due to begin later this year, following planning permission approval. The new facility, with five wards, a gym, dedicated activity spaces and a community café, will replace the mental health inpatient wards at St Pancras Hospital, which are aging and no longer meet modern health and safety needs, nor do they provide an effective therapeutic environment. During the last 12 months, … Read more

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Balfour Beatty to Deliver Healthcare Facilities in Midlands

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Balfour Beatty has been awarded England’s £267-million Midland Metropolitan Hospital contract on behalf of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. Having been appointed to deliver the early works contract in 2018, Balfour Beatty will now progress with the main construction works to the 80,000-square-meter hospital, including the completion of the external façade and all associated mechanical, electrical and plumbing services, delivered by Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick. The 670-bed Midland Metropolitan Hospital will offer maternity, children’s and inpatient adult facilities to a half million people. Located in Smethwick, the hospital will remain the closest acute hospital to the center of Birmingham … Read more

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Final Piece of Steel Installed on London’s Tallest Building

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In partnership with steel contractor Severfield, Multiplex recently placed the last steel beam at 22 Bishopsgate – London, England’s tallest building. It is the culmination of over two years’ work on the project’s superstructure, which began when the first piece of steel was placed in January 2017. The final building will contain 17,023 tons of steelwork, made up of 14,593 individual pieces of steel. Placing the last piece is a major milestone toward practical completion later this year. Team members from both Multiplex and Severfield gathered on the tower’s highest floor to see the beam raised into place, with a … Read more

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