January start for MMU science campus

Contractor Domis is preparing to start construction of the developer’s 17-storey office building on Back Turner Street in Manchester after the city council approved a construction management plan.

The contractor has finished refurbishing 51,000 sq ft of offices at Boultbee Brooks Real Estate’s Mosley Street building in Manchester, having replaced now-defunct Styles & Wood last year. 

The under-construction Manchester arts venue has received £21m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England, intended to help offset a string of challenges that have led to mounting costs and project delays.

Work to create a 6.5-acre public park under the first phase of the Manchester mixed-use scheme has begun, while the build of 320,000 sq ft of offices will start next year. 

Russell WBHO is to build a 90,000 sq ft chilled warehouse at the fruit & vegetable supplier’s East Manchester base to facilitate the company’s expansion.

The contractor is to install three laboratories and offices on the sixth floor of the University of Manchester's £150m Henry Royce Institute on Upper Brook Street, creating a sustainable materials research centre.  

The Manchester-based construction firm, founded in 2014 and part of the Goodwin Group, has appointed FRP Advisory as administrator, leaving 30 staff redundant.

Manchester City Council selected the contractor, alongside Hyde Demolition, to tear down Tadao Ando’s concrete wall, an operation that will take place over the next four weeks mainly during the early hours of the morning.

Manchester City Council has enlisted the help of Flan McNamara, a former construction chief at the developer of London’s Shard tower, to progress the 143,000 sq ft arts venue.