Capital & Centric bans Property Investors on £50m Mill Project Jan 27, 2020 Capital & Centric, a Manchester based developer, are developing the Crusader Mill in Ancoats, Manchester City Centre, have banned speculative investors from buying up units on the new project. Co-founder Tim Heatley told delegates at the recent Mills Development Conference: “We are well underway with the restoration and conversion into owner-occupier flat. We’ve banned investors, […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Cooke Serves Up Pioneering Construction Consultancy Jan 25, 2020 Experienced construction executive Sarah Cooke has launched Rebha, a Staffs-based consultancy with the aim of improving the way organisations work through transformational change and innovation. Sarah was most recently at Morgan Sindall as a pre-construction director, and prior to that, had a leading role for four years at Galliford Try. With a degree in architecture, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Pagabo Announces Winners of £10bn Framework Jan 13, 2020 The winners of our national partner Pagabo’s £10 billion, six-year Major Works Framework have been announced. The framework, which launches in April 2020, is the second iteration of the Major Works contract and will see up to 28 contractors deliver projects starting at £5 million. The framework – which is open to all public and […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Faithful+Gould Secure Framework Success With Pagabo Jan 9, 2020 Framework organisation and our National Events Partner Pagabo has announced that Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has retained its position as Lot 1 provider for its Professional Services Framework. The consultancy has been reappointed to lead the framework, which is for projects up to £500 million and covers project and cost management, architecture, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Exclusive Q&A – Restoring Heritage Builds; Creating Spaces & Places Dec 20, 2019 (Lister Mills, Copyright Purcell) Ahead of the Mills Development Conference – supported by Historic England and Homes England we quizzed heritage built environment experts Purcell on regenerating derelict mills, preserving historic and the opportunities heritage buildings present… Q. Purcell specialise in restoring heritage, what are some major examples of your work? A. We are […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Introducing a New Way to Manage Construction Project Data Dec 20, 2019 Introducing a new way to manage project data with the AECO industry Digitalisation is great, but it also brought a whole lot of new challenges. When documents were not necessarily tied to paper and photos not tied to celluloid anymore, the amount of information produced immediately skyrocketed due to decreasing costs – with unforeseeable consequences […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Exclusive Q&A – Looking Back & Forwards Over 25 Years Dec 19, 2019 Spring and Company has been delivering property and construction services for over twenty five years – with offices in Stockport, Leeds and London. Ahead of the Manchester Development Plans Event – where they’re an event partner – we spoke exclusively to them about the industry as they shared their expertise… Q. How would you […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Achieving The Sustainable and Viable Re-use of Historic Mills Dec 19, 2019 Ahead of the Mills Development Conference – supported by Historic England and Homes England we hear from Rebecca Burrows and Dr Alex Holton of industry experts Purcell… Great emphasis and optimism has, rightly, been placed on the ‘historic mill’ as a cultural asset that has potential to offer solutions to residential housing or commercial office […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£2bn Social Value Milestone Achieved By PAGABO Dec 16, 2019 Frameworks organisation Pagabo has surpassed £2bn in social value enabled by works procured through its suite of frameworks over the last three years. The landmark comes as the company has furthered its ongoing commitment to enabling social value by announcing a partnership with Social Profit Calculator (SPC), the market leading online tool helping organisations account […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Untapped Potential for the UK in Alternative Energy Sources Dec 11, 2019 Julia Safiullina, Investment Manager for Iona Capital, has revealed the massive potential for biomass energy in the UK: “There were around 25 anaerobic digestion plants in the UK when we started in 2011, whereas Germany had around 8000. There now around 500 in the UK, 17 of those are ours, and this level of development […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
