Mears has been awarded biggest ever contract covering over 20,000 homes for 10 years. The £300M deal covers a 10 year period and 20,000 homes in London and the Home Counties with work expected to start in October 2010. The contract includes maintenance for, gas maintenance, responsive, property surveying, void, estates management services and a [...]

The renewable heat Incentive scheme setup by the government recently came under attack as it could lead to higher carbon dioxide emissions. The AECB (The sustainable building association) warned that the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme is so badly designed that in some circumstances people are better off to install systems that use more fossil [...]

According to sources in the building industry, Tesco is to ramp up development of it’s storesspending £1.6bn on the development programme. Tesco plans to build a total of 2.4 million ft2 this year, a rise of 41% on the below average 1.7 million ft2 in 2009. A close source to Tesco said: “We’ve been told [...]