Browsing Tag Wales
Calls for Two New Hydro-Electric Power Stations in North Wales
By phillaw at March 19, 2012 | 10:31 | 0 Comment
A leading UK government scientist has called for two new hydro-electric power stations to be built in North Wales, to help provide renewable energy for the rest of the UK. Professor David Mac Kay, chief scientist at the Department of Energy and Climate Change used a speech to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers last week to argue in favour of combining wind farms and more...
Regional Distribution Centre for Tesco
By phillaw at January 19, 2012 | 11:45 | 0 Comment
THE £27 million contract to design and build a regional distribution centre for Tesco on the site of the former Berkshire Brewery in Whitley has been awarded to Vinci Construction UK. The 904,000 square foot complex, which will include a state of the art vehicle maintenance unit, a vehicle wash and refuelling depot. will have ultra green credentials. The building more...
News Welsh Government Building Regulations
By phillaw at January 18, 2012 | 10:30 | 0 Comment
Sarah Gealy, chairwoman of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (South Wales) discusses the new Welsh Government building regulation powers AT the start of this month the Welsh Government took responsibility for building regulations and plans to take Welsh housing towards new levels of environmental excellence – making us greener than ever when new more...
Interserve is Aiming to Secure more Public Sector Outsourcing Contracts to Offset an Expected Fall in the Construction Sector.
By phillaw at January 11, 2012 | 11:03 | 0 Comment
In a trading update ahead of its annual results, which will be published next month, the firm announced it has added £400m-worth of new work to its order book. It was helped by a “resilient” performance from its construction business which was still being “impacted by margin pressures and increased competition in the current economic environment”. Elsewhere, more...
