Entries by Lyn

A New School, after the Old, New School was Demolished

It is hoped the new building could be ready to welcome pupils from September 2026 [Preston Hedges Trust]   An artist’s impression of a new school building has been revealed, after the original structure was ordered to be demolished two years after its opening. Buckton Fields Primary School in Boughton, near Northampton, opened in 2021 […]

Saniflo Sanicom helps launch iconic bar in Canary Wharf

  A Saniflo Sanicom 1 single-pump unit and a Saniflo Sanicom 2 twin-pump unit have helped transform a seemingly insurmountable design challenge into the Oasis Bar & Terrace—a groundbreaking venue redefining Canary Wharf’s hospitality landscape. The bar features a striking glass and wood construction, two bespoke staircases linking the bar with a terrace boasting a […]

Reducing Carbon in Steel Construction

      With increasing pressure from central government and local authorities to minimise the carbon emissions and environmental impact of construction projects, voestalpine Metsec has introduced a reduced carbon steel option for its renowned light gauge steel construction solutions, including the pre-panellised loadbearing solution, Metframe, SFS, Purlins and its range of internal non-loadbearing stud, […]

Nuaire launches new CIBSE approved Passivhaus CPD

  Indoor air quality and ventilation manufacturing specialist Nuaire has released a new CIBSE approved CPD: An Introduction to Passivhaus.  The CPD, which is aimed at the commercial market, focuses on the principles that define a Passivhaus and its ventilation criteria; the benefits of Passivhaus, especially in relation to net zero; along with a comprehensive […]

‘Tinkering’ and ‘Torpedoing’ the Planning System

  A Conservative shadow housing minister has suggested the Government is “tinkering” with planning decision-making, instead of “getting developers developing and builders building” new homes. After ministers unveiled proposals to let some developers swerve town hall committees before they build, David Simmonds said the 4% of applications that elected councillors considered themselves were the ones […]

The UK’s Floating Energy Relic

  Twenty miles off the Yorkshire coast, organized into a vast L-shape in the North Sea, is the U.K.’s biggest offshore gas storage facility. You can reach it only by helicopter — and not at all when the weather is bad. Its three platforms, each fixed to the seabed, stretch over hundreds of meters and […]

Sovini Construction Brings Festive Cheer to Wrenbury Primary School

Sovini Construction, a leading construction company based in Liverpool, is proud to announce its contribution to the local community through its Big Community Christmas initiative.   As part of this initiative, The Sovini Group Stakeholder Engagement Team collaborated with Wrenbury Primary School to deliver 150 selection boxes to the school’s children. The boxes were personally […]

‘Unblocking the Clogged-up’ Planning System

The UK government will deliver a ‘sweeping overhaul’ of council planning committees aimed at ‘unblocking the clogged-up’ system, Angela Rayner is expected to announce. Reforms proposed by the deputy prime minister would see planning applications which meet local development plan requirements bypass council committees. This would be aimed at ending delays to new homes, cutting […]

New Homes for Coventry in Spring 2027

WORK is underway at a new development at Pickford Gate in Coventry and is set to be completed in Spring 2027. Citizen is working with Countryside Partnerships, part of Vistry Group, who are building the homes as part of 247 homes on the site overall. The site is on Coventry’s Eastern Green, near the A45 […]

The Fight to Save London Markets

Mayor must fight to save Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets   The London Assembly has called for the Mayor of London to fight the planned closure of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets.   In a letter published today by the Planning and Regeneration Committee, the Mayor was warned that businesses who use the Markets, and the associated […]