Entries by Lyn

Irish Schools Benefit from Modular Constructions

The Department of Education is using modular builds as part of its move to modern methods of construction. The benefits include a faster delivery of construction projects and minimising disruption while pupils are attending the school. Initial project approval has been given for four new secondary school extensions in Kerry. The schools to benefit are […]

50% of Companies in ‘Critical’ Financial Distress

The number of construction companies in “significant” financial distress hit increased 38.6% in Q1 2024, reveals the latest Begbies Traynor Red Flag Alert research. In addition, construction was the sector with the most companies in “critical” financial distress, hitting 6,141 in the first quarter of this year. Overall, the level of “significant” financial distress leapt […]

Net Zero: Invest and Profit

How will the transition to net zero affect the UK economy? The rapid roll-out of clean energy and energy efficiency measures needed to deliver the net zero transition will be capital-intensive upfront but can serve to make the UK economy resilient, productive and competitive in the long term. In 2020, the Government’s independent climate advisers, […]

Brownfield Site for Walsall Homes

During a recent visit, Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands praised GreenSquareAccord’s (GSA) Canalside Close development which is being built in partnership with Keon Homes. GSA’s Canalside Close development, located in Blakenall Heath in Walsall, will provide 33 affordable homes on disused industrial land close to the Wyrley and Essington canal. The housing scheme […]

Liquidation Leaves Development Un-finished

The housing development has been left half-finished.   Half-finished Shrewsbury housing development ‘to be finished next spring’ after builders went into liquidation. A half-finished housing development left abandoned after a construction firm went into liquidation “will be finished by next spring”. Concerns had been raised over mess and safety after the development in Racecourse Crescent, […]

Access2 Wins ADSA Sponsored Award

  Pic Cap: Ken Price (left) presents the award to Neil Rule of Access2 seen here with Philip Goldberg (right), Treasurer of the GAI.   This month (April) Access2 clinched the ADSA Sponsored Product Design and Innovation Award (Electronic) at the AI Specification Awards 2024. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne company, which specialises in the supply of master […]