Welsh Govt to resurrect third Menai crossing

Included in the first wave of the government’s new hospitals programme, the 1.2m sq ft Crewe project has been approved by Cheshire East Council’s strategic planning board.

Network Rail has issued a procurement notice for work to upgrade the railway between Stalybridge and Huddersfield, including adding a third line from Standedge to Gledholt.

It’s been just under a month since UKREiiF returned to Leeds, which serves as a timely backdrop for reflecting on the continued strength of residential development across the North of England, writes David Sandbrook of Curtins.

Wirral Council has awarded the Knowsley-based company a £610,800 pre-construction services agreement to line up the trading hall’s move to the former TJ Hughes building.

Simon Butler has been appointed as managing director – regional building at the multidisciplinary contractor, heading a host of internal promotions.

SES Engineering Services, which partners with Tier One contractors on complex jobs, has embarked on an annual campaign of marketing and business development services with Place North.

Blackpool Council is hoping to appoint a contractor by September to deliver a sports complex next to Bloomfield Road stadium.

The new-build 32,500 sq ft automotive and construction-focused facility will be around 50% larger than the buildings it will replace at the Coleg Llandrillo site off Cefndy Road.

The 134-acre Ince site was acquired last March to enable expansion of the Protos energy park.

AC1 Construction’s major projects division will build an Ibis Styles on the former Mecca Bingo site in the city centre for TAG Developments.

Plans for the £1.3bn redevelopment of the Crewe health facility are expected to be signed off at Cheshire East’s strategic planning board meeting next week.

Borough Park is to be redeveloped and expanded under plans backed by the council’s planning committee yesterday.

The German-owned grocer is set to begin construction of its first store in Kirkby, having also this month put the redevelopment of a former bus depot in Rusholme, south Manchester into motion.

Morgan Sindall Construction is building the facility for the university’s internationally-recognised acoustics faculty. It is a technically complex project that will feature some of the quietest rooms in the world and forms part of the £2.5bn Crescent Salford masterplan.

With the South Manchester shopping centre set to be replaced by a residential-led scheme, the precinct car park will be closed at the end of May as contractor SJ Walchester prepares its clearance programme.

Danny Barlow Construction will deliver workspace and short stay accommodation along with retail and F&B in a £3.5m project led by BDN.

Reform’s Jake Berry says the party is not wedded to ideology as it draws up its policy platform, adding that deregulation, devolution and delivery could form the basis of the party’s general election manifesto in three years.

Winners will be revealed during the 20th annual ceremony celebrating construction excellence on 2 July at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool.

Consulted on in January, St Helens Council has now submitted proposals to revamp and extend the historic town centre building, much of which has been closed in recent years.