Monthly Archives: March 2015

  1. Galliford Try to work on next phases of huge Wandsworth scheme

    An agreement has been reached between Frasers Property and Galliford Try on the advanced stages of the Wandsworth Riverside Quarter residential development.
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  2. £200m deal agreed to get London’s Wood Wharf development going

    The government has agreed to a loan of £200m to get the massive Wood Wharf development, next to Canary Wharf off the ground.
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  3. How to retain employees in construction

    It sometimes seems like everywhere you look we're hearing about the skills crisis in the construction industry and construction workers are able to command increasingly more money when they change roles.
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  4. Design team appointed for South Thamesmead Regeneration

    Proctor and Metthews Architects have been appointed by Peabody as the project leader and design team co-ordinator for the regeneration of South East London’s South Thamesmead.
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  5. Royal Wharf Development Under Threat as Mace Quits Project

    The huge residential Royal Wharf scheme in London’s Dockland is under threat as Mace leaves the project just months after being appointed as construction manager for the first phase.
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  6. The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme Slammed By MPs

    MPs have been scathing in their recent review of The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme (TCWCS). The scheme which was set up in 2014 was established to provide compensation to those construction workers whose lives have been adversely affected by the blacklisting in the construction industry which prevented certain workers from working on building sites in the UK.
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  7. London City Airport Expansion Blocked By Boris

    The £220m expansion of London City Airport has been rejected by London Mayor Boris Johnson due to concerns over noise pollution.
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  8. HSBC To Move HQ from London to Birmingham

    1,000 HSBC bank staff will be housed in a new 21,000 sq ft office complex at Arena Central in Birmingham with the development of the site anticipated to start around June 2015.
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  9. £11bn English Roads Plan Announced

    Highways England, (which officially replaces the Highways Agency next week) has published its five-year plan detailing £11bn of investment.
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  10. Construction rates to rise after the general election

    We’ve been through a bit of a mixed period of late in the construction industry, with some really positive growth rates, which have been followed in places by slower than expected growth often with growth being hindered by structural issues such as short supply of building supplies and construction’s skills crisis.
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