Construction is set to begin on a £100m housing scheme on a former army medical equipment site in Wiltshire that will provide more than 400 new homes. Wiltshire Council has given housebuilder Lovell the go-ahead to begin developing 412 homes on the brownfield site in Ludgershall, around 16 miles northeast of Salisbury. The project at Drummond Park, once...[READ MORE]
• Prices of cement and other buildings materials have been surging in the past months• Kwaku Kwarteng rejects calls to remove taxes on construction materials• Prices of cement products is selling over GH¢50 per bag The debate over the rising cost of building materials in the past months of this...[READ MORE]
Construction giant JCB has signed a multi-billion pound deal to buy 'green' hydrogen from Australia – and distribute it to UK customers. The digger-maker, which has factories in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham, and Oxford-based Ryze Hydrogen – which was founded by [READ MORE]
Work is to begin this month to refurbish and fit-out Custom House, one of Belfast’s most iconic listed buildings. It will be transformed into grade A office accommodation by Mascott Construction, with work set to be completed by June 2022. Custom House was acquired last year by Straidorn Properties, the property investment arm of local businessman Neil...[READ MORE]
The founder and chairman of the Newcastle-based Malhotra Group is set to develop a luxury golf estate designed by Masters champion Jack Nicklaus in his home city. Meenu Malhotra [READ MORE]
Almost 50 jobs are going after a historic Derbyshire construction firm called in administrators. Wildgoose Construction Limited, in Alfreton, has appointed Interpath Advisory to look after its affairs, with problems blamed on cashflow problems caused by rising prices for raw materials, supply chain disruption, labour shortages and losses from the collapse of some of...[READ MORE]
Chesterfield wants to make a bigger play for youth sports tournaments with an expansion of its River City Sportsplex as it aims to guide development on Genito Road near Route 288 to better support the county-owned athletics venue. On deck are four new synthetic turf fields, a 3,500-seat outdoor stadium and a multi-purpose building, according to an...[READ MORE]
The outline application has finally been submitted by Berkeley Homes for 118 hectares of farmland between East and West Malling after months of speculation. And already there are 145 objections. The MP said the additional homes would stretch “an already strained infrastructure in and around West Malling and Kings Hill.” Mr Tugendhat...[READ MORE]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has opened Phase II of the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), executed by the Jospong Group and Partners. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Thursday, 21 st October 2021, President Akufo-Addo stated that as a result of increased urbanisation, particularly in the country’s major cities, the capacity of the...[READ MORE]
Imo State Government on Wednesday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a multi-billion naira solar commercial estate for entrepreneurs in the State. The commercial hub sitting on 2.1 hectares of land named “Denka Business City” located at New Owerri when completed according to the Executive Director of SOLARCITY Housing and Commercial...[READ MORE]