Industry News Roundup
20th September 2019
The latest news this week in the Built Environment:
Government paves way for next phase of East West Rail
The decision, which follows a public consultation on the line, paves the way for the project to apply for a development consent order from the Department for Transport which would formally authorise the line. Read more…
Kier wins £35m School of Digital Arts contract
Kier is to deliver Manchester Metropolitan University’s brand new £35m School of Digital Arts (SODA), a project funded by MMU and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Read more…
Interserve wins £7.6m contract for special needs school
Interserve has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) to design and build Glendinning House, special education needs school for children in Newton Abbot, Devon. Read more…
Study claims 99.9% of microplastics removed from UK drinking water
More than 99.9% of microplastics are removed from British drinking water through treatment processes, according to a new study. The research carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and commissioned by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) found that untreated raw water contained on average 4.9 microplastics per litre while water that has gone through a treatment process contained only 0.00011 microplastics per litre. Read more…
Government announces £62m of flood defence funding
Ministers have announced 13 flood defence projects across England will receive a share of £62 million of government funding. The environment secretary Theresa Villiers has announced a new round of flood defence investment for schemes in Yorkshire, Cumbria, the North East and the South East of England. Read more…
Fourth largest housebuilder set to be created with Bovis/GT merger
According to Galliford Try Partnerships and Regeneration chief executive, Stephen Teagle, a possible merger of Bovis Homes and Galliford Try’s housebuilding businesses would create the fourth largest housebuilder in the UK. Read more…
