Independent HS2 panel looking for new members Apr 19, 2021 The panel that scrutinises design issues surrounding HS2 is looking for new members. The HS2 Independent Design Panel has been working with HS2 Ltd for more than five years, holding to account the leadership, project teams and partners. Now it wants to expand the panel and is particularly interested in hearing from disabled people, women […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Big hitters assemble for debate on Build Back Better agenda Apr 19, 2021 The Government’s Build Back Better and Levelling Up agendas are the two main themes of UKREiiF’s second webinar discussion (tomorrow, 1.45-3.30pm). In the run up to the main course – the three-day UKREiiF conference and networking in Leeds next May – the event’s organisers are laying on monthly online discussions, featuring some of the most […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Kier Living to be reborn as Tilia Homes Apr 19, 2021 Kier’s recently-sold housebuilding arm will be rebranded as Tilia Homes. Over the weekend the property giant confirmed the £110m sale of Kier Living to financier Guy Hands, who will operate Tilia out of a new company – Foster BidCo Limited. The sale is subject to approval by shareholders next month and it is expected to […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
£1bn Midlands-based engineering framework looking for awesome foursome Apr 19, 2021 A £1bn framework, servicing the engineering needs of 24 local authorities plus Highways England and the West Midlands Combined Authority, is looking for four partners. The Medium Schemes framework (MSF4), run by Midlands Highways Alliance Plus (MHAP), is for the execution of highway, civil and municipal engineering works. Typical schemes may involve, but not exclusively […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Grimshaw’s mangrove-inspired design secures major Chinese deal Apr 16, 2021 A consortium led by Grimshaw Architects saw off some of biggest internationally-renowned design names to be chosen to develop a transport hub in southern Chinese city Shenzhen. The London-based firm’s plans, which were inspired by mangrove trees, were chosen ahead of those from the likes of Zaha Hadid and Foster and Partners. In total six […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Capital again targets Scottish wind farm assets Apr 16, 2021 Asset management firm Capital Dynamics has bought its second Scottish renewable energy site in as many months from German company Energiekontor AG. Capital has secured a 100% equity stake in the 13MW Sorbie onshore wind project in North Ayrshire, which is due to start operating in the second half of 2022. Building works are expected […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Portsmouth Council launches £100m building maintenance framework Apr 16, 2021 Portsmouth Council is looking for building maintenance partners for its four-year £100m Primary contractor Framework. The council has a 15,000-strong social housing portfolio plus 900 corporate assets and it is anticipated that, over the four-year period, up to £60m of PCC projects may be procured through the Framework based upon the agreed maintenance budget for […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Further additions to UKREiiF’s steering group Apr 16, 2021 The group steering the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum has been bolstered by two more senior industry figures. Earlier this week Jen Hartley, a director at Invest Newcastle, was confirmed as a member of UKREiiF’s Advisory Group and she has been joined by Munroe K founder David Aspin and Richard Nelson, who is […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Second-time lucky for Birmingham’s tallest building Apr 15, 2021 Court Collaboration’s plan to build the tallest building in Birmingham has been given the go ahead, paving the way for several hundred new luxury apartments in the city centre. The proposals for the £225m build-to-rent development, which were originally approved in 2019, were resubmitted as a new application following further engagement with local stakeholders and […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Midlands LEP reaches £500m match-funding milestone Apr 15, 2021 A funding project aimed at boosting the Greater Birmingham and Solihull area is on track to unlock £500m of match funding from an investment of £207.9m made over the last six years. The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) Local Growth Fund programme, which launched in 2015, has now committed all of its […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
