Construction firm Skanska has won a £61 million contract to build a world-class cancer centre in the capital for the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). The new facility, which will have a total floor space of 14,800 square meters, will be built on the site of the former Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and [...]
The Environment Agency has approved plans for the country’s largest biomass power station in Port Talbot, south Wales. When completed, the Prenergy plant will produce enough electricity to supply half a million homes in the region. It will use wood chip to generate power and is expected produce 50% to 80% less greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Scotland`s first wholly sustainable school could provide lessons in developing energy efficient classes for the rest of the country. The school, located in Acharacle in Adrnamurchan, was visited by the Scottish education secretary Fiona Hyslop. The school accommodates 48 English-speaking and Gaelic-speaking medium primary school pupils, with 14 children in the nursery. Much of the [...]
p>Multi-national engineering firm Balfour Beatty has been selected as the preferred bidder for a £120 million academy project in West Sussex. West Sussex County Council chose the company to revamp four academies at Littlehampton, Lancing, Midhurst Rother and Shoreham, with a mixture of refurbishing and new building. Balfour Beatty chief executive Ian Tyler said the [...]
Approval has been granted for a proposed £13 billion military academy at St Athan – a project being hailed as the biggest single public investment in Wales. The Defence Technical College (DTC) will come up on a 1,000-acre site at a former air base and construction is expected to begin late next year. Councillors in [...]
Although local authorities have spent millions as part of the Government’s flagship scheme for school buildings, only 15 schools have been opened in the last five years. Figures obtained by the Conservative Party through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that local councils across England have spent £170 million in consultation fees relating to the [...]
Tenders for construction projects of up to £80 million worth will be sought by Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, it has been announced. The four-year framework, which has been expected to start from April 2010, will cover individual projects in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties. Up to six economic operators could be [...]
Carillion has sealed a £500 million contract to build nearly 14 new schools and remodel 30 more in Durham under the Building Future Schools programme. The construction giant will work on 44 secondary and special schools across the county, leading the Inspired Spaces consortium. The Durham project is part of the UK government’s £55 billion [...]
Healthcare managers responsible for green energy have been invited to attend a sustainable energy conference in Liverpool in October. The inaugural Green Power Forum (GPF) will take place at the city’s new BT Convention Centre on October 15. GPF chairman Mark McManus explained that the event aimed to spread the latest knowledge, learning and expertise [...]
The Environment Agency’s news office in Deanery Road, Bristol, has been named by both the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Breeam 2006 as the most eco-friendly office in the country. The development earned the highest BRE score for its environmental credentials and also achieved a score of 85.06% under Breeam 2006 – the most widely [...]