It’s been five weeks since Harrogate Theatre’s Circle Bar closed its doors and things are really starting to take shape ready for the grand reopening on Saturday 26 September.
Twelve months on from the transformation of the Stalls Bar, Box Office and public stairwells, the Theatre has once again been alive with the sound of workmen [...]
Archive for August, 2009
RDF Conducting Work on the Harrogate Theatre Circle Bar Development
Friday, August 28th, 2009RDF are currently undertaking a refurbishment of the Circle Bar at Harrogate Theatre. This is the latest stage of development.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009RDF backs a winner!
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009A contest to find Leeds’s buffest builders was run by Morley-based firm We Do Trades which helps match householders with tradesmen.
Amongst the winners of the Leeds Builder Idol 2009 contest was RDF’s very own Contracts Supervisor, Graham Mattison.
The hunky handymen will now be flexing their pecs on a fundraising calendar, which will be produced in [...]
Balfour schools contract go-ahead
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Balfour Beatty and a Thomas Vale/Wates joint venture are to start construction next autumn on Stoke-on-Trent’s £250 million Building Schools for the Future programme.
The companies have been awarded contracts to build and refurbish secondary and special schools throughout the city, including five new-build academies.
It is in addition to the 25-year public-private partnership (PPP) contract awarded [...]
Cogeneration plant approved at Ince
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009A combined heat and electricity plant powered by rubbish is set to be built near Chester in a bid to reduce the amount of rubbish put into landfills.
Peel Environmental will build the Ince Resource Recovery Park on a 100-hectare site near the village of Ince, treating the waste as “a valuable resource rather than a [...]
Planning notices may switch to web
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Regulations that force councils to advertise planning applications in local newspapers could be relaxed after a government department suggested a switch to internet-based notices.
The Department of Communities and Local Government’s consultation on publicity for applications has suggested a number of options including making web publication mandatory for a period of 21 days to replace newspaper [...]
NHS trust in Gateshead investment
Monday, August 10th, 2009An NHS trust is to make significant investment into developing a new emergency care unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead over the next two years.
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust plans include redevelopment of accident and emergency and a new medical assessment unit.
In addition, a new main entrance to the hospital will be developed [...]
Public funds ‘propping up’ constructions
Friday, August 7th, 2009Record spending on public building work through the recession is propping up Northern Ireland`s construction industry, the finance minister has claimed.
Sammy Wilson said local construction firms were being helped through the downturn by the Executive spending £1 million extra a day on projects like school and road construction.
Even with the extra spending, the value of [...]
£113m carriageway route announced
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Northern Ireland`s transport minister has announced the route of a £113 million road which, when built, is set to complete the duelling of the carriageway between Belfast and Larne.
The new 14km section of the A8, which is used by 17,000 vehicles a day, will be an upgrade of the existing single carriageway with by-passes integrated [...]
Blacklist firms warned over conduct
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Construction firms who paid for personal details about construction workers without those involved knowing have been issued with enforcement notices by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The 14 companies involved are alleged to have paid Ian Kerr and The Consulting Association for access to a database of 3,213 construction workers. The information was then used to vet [...]