Construction is booming and the hot topic next year for ground-related professionals will be management of earthworks, writes Sarah Hey of Hydrock. Under new landfill tax rules, developers may have to pay tax on the reuse of excavated materials unless the proper paperwork is in place.
Reports in Japan have raised questions over the future of the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on Anglesey with claims that the project’s main backer Hitachi could be set to back out.
Wales’ first Hilton Garden Inn is set to open at Surf Snowdonia, where the hospitality giant will operate a 106-bed hotel, as part of a £16m investment in the adventure park.
Conwy Council, Muse, and Bowmer & Kirkland have completed a flagship headquarters in Colwyn Bay in what is said to be the largest development of its type in North Wales. Place North West took a tour of the building with development manager Muse and the council to find out why it will be a “game-changer” for Conwy.
Global construction and engineering giant Bechtel has been appointed as project management contractor on the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on Anglesey, as the nuclear plant’s operator pledged to deliver the scheme for “cheaper than what has gone before”.
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has this morning confirmed that the UK Government is to enter a period of negotiations with Hitachi over Wylfa Newydd, the proposed £20bn nuclear power plant on Anglesey.
The Bangor-based developer and contractor has raided student accommodation developer and manager Unite Students for its new chief executive, hiring the company’s property director Richard Simpson to replace Mark Watkin Jones.
Demolition work is set to restart on the Tudno Castle Hotel in Llandudno to make way for a £10m mixed-use development built by Bowmer & Kirkland, despite the plans being branded as “irresponsible” by the Victorian Society.
As part of an ongoing waterfront regeneration in the seaside town, ISG, Denbighshire Council and Alliance Leisure are building SC2, a spiritual successor to Rhyl’s gone-but-not-forgotten Sun Centre. Place North West paid a visit to a surprisingly complicated project on the Wales coast.
Work has started on a £2m renovation of the Sandy Mount in Rhosneigr, Anglesey, which will transform the former pub into a 100-cover restaurant, bar, and hotel.
