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  • The government's Levelling Up Fund Round 2 has opened for bidding, allowing councils all over the country to bid for funding for projects that improve communities. Applications for the Levelling Up Fu ...
  • TfL has announced that the new Barking Riverside Station will open to customers on 18 July, providing quicker and more sustainable journey options Barking Riverside Station'is'fully step-free, bringin ...
  • The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that ten construction companies have been involved in 'illegal cartel agreements' when submitting bids. Following an investigation launche ...
  • Net Zero Buildings'(NZB) is set to start on site with a next-generation net zero-carbon energy school in Rugeley, refurbishing swimming facilities, adding classrooms and prioritising sustainability. T ...
  • The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced '20m of funding for local councils with the'Supported Housing Improvement Programme, aimed at tackling extortionate rents ...
  • The new north London neighbourhood of Brent Cross Town will be the home of a '210m student accommodation with 662 private rooms, onsite gym and coffee shop, known as Fusion at Brent Cross Town. Fusion ...
  • Notting Hill Genesis has selected 146 consultants and contractors for their new affordable homes framework, which will deliver more than '2.8bn-worth of new homes for London. The contractors and consu ...
  • Eight contractors have been chosen by'SCAPE'to'help local authorities and public sector organisations'deliver ambitious, community-focused construction projects up to a value of '7.5m from 26 August 2 ...
  • The new chair of the government's Levelling Up Advisory Council has been announced as Andy Haldane, a former Bank of England chief economist and head of the Levelling Up Taskforce. ' The Levelling Up ...
  • As part of the company's commitment to net zero, Tarmac has placed an order with'Renault Trucks'for the first battery electric mixer truck in the UK. ' Due to be delivered in Autumn 2022, the electric ...
  • ' Homes England and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have entered into a Strategic Place Partnership, piloting a new model for partnership working between the government's housing and rege ...
  • Kier Places has been appointed to Lot Group 2 ' Hard Facilities Management, Lot 2b and Lot 2c on the CCS Facilities Management and Workplace Services RM6232 Framework. The'RM6232 Framework'focuses on' ...
  • As part of the NHS's 'Delivering a Greener NHS' programme, NHS Property Services(NHSPS) has published its first three-year'Green Plan'to provide long term sustainable models of care, greener travel an ...
  • London Bridge City'has been presented with the prestigious Secured Environments award on 13th June 2022 by Guy Ferguson, chief executive officer,'Police CPI The'estate, located in an iconic neighbourh ...
  • Kier has partnered with AFC Energy to trial a clean hydrogen power generator unit at one of its sites in the South West, for eight-weeks The hydrogen power generator, called the Power Tower, utilises ...
  • Birmingham City Council has approved planning permission for two railway viaducts in the city centre which will join'Curzon Street Station'with the HS2 project. The Curzon Street Approach consists of ...
  • Prisons minister Victoria Atkins has announced that thousands of new prison places will be built across England as part of a '500m construction deal with Kier and Wates.' Kier and Wates have been awar ...
  • The British Property Federation ('BPF') has launched its'Net Zero Pledge'to cut carbon emissions across the whole of the property sector. ' As the built environment accounts for up to 40% of global gr ...
  • Arcadis has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to deliver the next phase of the 'Our Future City Plan', which will look at the city's development to 2040. The'Our Future City Plan (OFCP) was in ...
  • Kier Highways has announced that it has become the first UK highways business to achieve an industry standard in social value ( SVQM Level 2). ' The Social Value Quality Mark is an independent social ...