THING OF THE WEEK

Caddick Construction has started work on a 38,000 sq ft Kentdale Jaguar Land Rover showroom, on the existing 111,000 sq ft car dealership site in Kendal.

Civic Engineers has joined the team advising on the £4.75m expansion of the Wordsworth Museum and Dove Cottage, the poet's former home, in the Lake District’s Grasmere.

OneAIM, a joint venture between Amec Foster Wheeler and Interserve, has won a key framework contract to support reprocessing plants and facilities at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria.

Frank Whittle Partnership has been appointed as project manager and quantity surveyor on a £3.4m restoration and extension programme at Carlisle Cathedral’s Fratry Building.

Pharmaceuticals giant GSK has shelved plans to build a £350m drugs manufacturing facility at its base in Ulverston, Cumbria, as well as warning investors that it may be ready to sell on the site as part of its disposal of a whole arm of the business.