Recom hands over £5m Oldham Hindu temple

Logistics developer Tritax Symmetry has appointed Andrew Bain as construction director for the North and Scotland as it aims to deliver 3m sq ft of industrial space in the next 12 months. 

Through training, mentorship and work experience, Build Salford aims to prepare young people in the borough for careers in construction with the ultimate aim of replenishing the sector's dwindling workforce.

The dilapidated grade two-listed building off Union Street needs extensive repairs before it can brought back into public use.

Scarborough Group International has concluded construction of the second phase at its Middlewood Locks scheme in Salford.

A £2m package of infrastructure works has completed at the developer’s Oldham project, with Costa Coffee’s drive-through unit now open.

The developer has appointed contractor RECOM Solutions to restart work on the 45-home SONA development opposite the Manchester Apollo, more than three years after the project ran into difficulties. 

Developer Patrick Properties has appointed the contractor to deliver the 186,000 sq ft  manufacturing and distribution facility at the well-established Middleton estate.

The near-five-acre podium aimed at unlocking sites for redevelopment and better connecting areas within the 240-acre masterplan has received £13.17m from the government’s Levelling Up Fund. 

The Chadderton-based building contractor, which turned 50 this year, is the latest North West company to make the switch to employee-ownership trust status.