Jewson opens its biggest branch yet

the new Jewson Luton branch Jewson’s new 6.5-acre Luton branch in Dallow Road stocks more than 11,000 products on site, more than in any Jewson branch across the UK.The branch is also home to Jewson’s first Sustainability House, a full-scale mock home showcasing...

PMC starts Victory Quay groundworks

Victory Quay in PortsmouthHousing association Vivid Housing has appointed PMC Construction as the principal contractor for the first phase of its Victory Quay development.Victory Quay is a long-unused brownfield site at Tipner East on Portsmouth’s northern waterfront....

SDC starts Cambridge campus expansion

2000 Discovery Drive © Scott Brownrigg Designed by Scott Brownrigg for campus developer Prologis, two new speculative life science buildings are going up at 2000 and 3000 Discovery Drive in Cambridge.They will provide a further 215,300 sq ft of laboratory and office...

New Balfour Beatty chief gets to work

Philip Hoare Philip Hoare has taken over from Leo Quinn as chief executive of Balfour Beatty Group.He has joined Balfour Beatty from consulting engineer Atkins, where he was chief executive of its UK and Europe operations, then president of the global Engineering...