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Developers have submitted an outline planning application for a new 6,000 home community in Hampshire. Plans would create a new village in Hampshire Buckland Development Limited is behind the scheme for the new community at Welborne just north of Fareham. BDL’s Chairman, Mark Thistlethwayte, said: “This represents years of hard work and effort from BDL […]

Contractor Osborne is believed to have landed the project to redevelop Twickenham station as part of a double project win for developer Solum. Work to start on Twickenham Station in April The firm is also is pole position for the second phase of Walthamstow Station’s redevelopment for Solum – a development joint venture between Network Rail and […]

Bidding is about to start for the £20m project to cocoon the Hunterston A Magnox nuclear power station on the west coast of Scotland. Hunterston A magnox nuclear power station in Ayrshire The two hexagonal-shaped 64m tall reactor buildings will be cloaked in an aluminium standing seam cladding system fitted directly to the building. This will […]

Developers have submitted an outline planning application for a new 6,000 home community in Hampshire. Plans would create a new village in Hampshire Buckland Development Limited is behind the scheme for the new community at Welborne just north of Fareham. BDL’s Chairman, Mark Thistlethwayte, said: “This represents years of hard work and effort from BDL […]

Vinci construction’s operation in the UK has returned to profit after two years of losses due to problem contracts. The group, which consists of the building and Taylor Woodrow civils divisions, posted an £11.1m post-tax profit last year after suffering a £68m loss in 2015 and £217m loss in 2014. The return to profitability at both civils and […]

Bovis Homes has confirmed it is in ongoing talks with Galliford Try about a possible merger. Bovis said that it has received proposals from Galliford Try and Redrow about a potential merger. Both initial approaches have been rebuffed but Bovis is still talking to Galliford Try. Bovis said: “The decision to reject the proposals was […]

A strong UK housing market helped Taylor Wimpey post a bumper set of results in 2016, as the house builder hailed stable demand following fears that Brexit might put people off buying a home. The FTSE 100 company reported revenues up 17pc to £3.7bn in 2016, while pre-tax profits rose by more than 20pc to […]

Britain’s biggest infrastructure project in decades cleared the final hurdle to construction yesterday as the HS2 Hybrid Bill received Royal Assent. It paves the way for the nine-year construction programme to start between central London and Birmingham’s Eastside district. Enabling works packages have already awarded across the three key sections of 140-mile route . Despite years off […]

The London Northern Line Extension twin tunnel boring machines have been lifted into place 20m below ground in Battersea, ahead of tunnelling starting in March. TBMs were named in honour of the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, and British aviation pioneer, Amy Johnson The precision operation required a huge 750-tonne crane to lift TBMs Helen and […]

A controversial plan to turn the historic Old War Office in Whitehall into a five-star hotel and apartments has gained planning. The former headquarters of the British army, located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall, has a rich history with Winston Churchill among the many famous figures to work there Plans for the […]