Industry veteran appointed to head tidal bid

VU.CITY, the fully interactive 3D smart city platform, which now covers 124 sq km of Manchester and Salford and has launched digital twins of Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and 15 other cities, is currently offering a free trial on any of their cities.

The body responsible for the city’s innovation district has launched a strategic vision to guide its direction and expansion over the next five years.

The search for a contractor to remediate faulty cladding at the hospital has been called off in favour of handing the job to the original manufacturer, Martifer. 

Overbury and CBRE have started the fit-out of the Royal College of Physicians' northern headquarters within a 160,000 sq ft office under construction in Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter. 

Contractor Willmott Dixon has completed the steel frame of the 137,000 sq ft police headquarters north of Liverpool city centre, which is scheduled to open in September 2021. 

The contractor has started phase one of a project to refurbish a 10-storey ward block on Lower Lane, having been appointed by the hospital's NHS trust. 

The latest phase of residential development at Princes Dock has reached practical completion, a £21m, 15-storey residential scheme managed by property company Redwing.

Merseytravel has selected the Warrington-based contractor to carry out refurbishment work at the Wallasey stop for the Mersey Ferries. 

The £118m specialist cancer hospital, linked to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and intended to serve as a hub for NHS facilities across Cheshire and Wirral, is to open on 27 June in the Knowledge Quarter.