http://www.cnplus.co.uk http://www.cnplus.co.uk http://www.cnplus.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.cnplus.co.uk http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/a-house-that-can-call-for-help/5204532.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/a-house-that-can-call-for-help/5204532.article A house that can text burglar alarms to mobile phones and warn that the front door has been left open may soon be under construction thanks to Hertfordshire University researchers. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:20 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/house-price-rise-in-east-anglia-outstrips-other-regions/5204424.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/house-price-rise-in-east-anglia-outstrips-other-regions/5204424.article House prices in East Anglia have climbed by the largest amount of any region in the country, according to new figures from Nationwide Building Society. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:53 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/northumbrian-water-advertises-400m-framework/5204036.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/northumbrian-water-advertises-400m-framework/5204036.article Northumbrian Water is inviting bids for a £400 million multi-lot framework agreement covering repair and maintenance of water distribution networks in the North-east, Essex and Suffolk. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:07 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/hca-and-norwich-city-council-team-up-to-build-1300-homes/5203610.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/hca-and-norwich-city-council-team-up-to-build-1300-homes/5203610.article Around 1,300 homes will be built in Norwich following the formation of a partnership between the city council and the Homes and Communities Agency. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:56 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/interserve-wins-on-400m-highways-agency-framework/5203239.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/interserve-wins-on-400m-highways-agency-framework/5203239.article Interserve revealed today that it has also been named as a partner in the Highways Agency’s £400 million managed works framework contract. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:38 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/highways-agency-announces-400m-framework-winners/5203137.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/highways-agency-announces-400m-framework-winners/5203137.article The Highways Agency has appointed five contractors to a new £400 million managed works framework contract covering the East and South East of England. Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:07 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/michaela-strachan-to-front-skip-hire-ad-campaign/5203125.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/michaela-strachan-to-front-skip-hire-ad-campaign/5203125.article Michaela Strachan of Wacaday and Really Wild Show fame has become the voice of an East of England skip hire firm’s latest advertising campaign. Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:41 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/wates-buys-stake-in-renewable-energy-contractor/5202753.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/wates-buys-stake-in-renewable-energy-contractor/5202753.article Wates’ renewable investment arm Cape Verde has bought 50 per cent of renewable energy specialist contractor Econic. Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:44 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/government-may-appeal-after-housing-blow/5202541.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/government-may-appeal-after-housing-blow/5202541.article The Government is considering appealing a High Court judgement which could delay the construction of thousands of new homes in the east of England. Thu, 28 May 2009 08:00 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/applications-to-build-new-homes-up-10pc/5202483.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/applications-to-build-new-homes-up-10pc/5202483.article The housebuilding industray has received a boost with applications to build new homes up 10 per cent in the three months to April, figures from the National Housebuilding Council have revealed. Mon, 25 May 2009 00:01 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/20m-lawsuit-over-nightclub-floor/5202283.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/20m-lawsuit-over-nightclub-floor/5202283.article Entertainment giant X-Leisure is suing the contractors behind its major Riverside regeneration in Norwich for more than £20 million after a new nightclub and bowling alley were found “not fit for purpose” and closed down indefinitely. Thu, 21 May 2009 08:20 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/harlow-regeneration-deal-signed/5202296.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/harlow-regeneration-deal-signed/5202296.article Harlow Council has signed a deal with international developer Stockland that will see the pair join forces on a 1.3 million sq ft mixed-use scheme for Harlow Town Centre. Wed, 20 May 2009 09:59 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/capita-symonds-in-40m-breckland-council-win/5201907.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/capita-symonds-in-40m-breckland-council-win/5201907.article Capita Symonds has signed a deal with Breckland Council in Norfolk to provide planning and building control services to the authority. Tue, 12 May 2009 12:58 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/education/further-60m-allocated-in-higher-education-spending-spree/5201826.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/education/further-60m-allocated-in-higher-education-spending-spree/5201826.article More than £60 million of capital projects funding has been brought forward by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to help boost the building sector. Mon, 11 May 2009 12:14 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/bids-invited-for-great-yarmouth-college-revamp/5201800.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/bids-invited-for-great-yarmouth-college-revamp/5201800.article Bids are invited for the £25 million redevelopment of Great Yarmouth College’s campus. Mon, 11 May 2009 10:33 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/buncefield-trial-committed-to-a-higher-court/5201795.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/buncefield-trial-committed-to-a-higher-court/5201795.article The trial of five companies charged over the 2005 Buncefield oil fire in Hertfordshire has been committed to crown court. Mon, 11 May 2009 10:28 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/peterborough-city-council-invites-bids-for-waste-plant/5201798.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/peterborough-city-council-invites-bids-for-waste-plant/5201798.article Peterborough City Council is inviting bids for the £10 million construction of a waste-treatment plant. Mon, 11 May 2009 10:26 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/lovell-in-19m-norwich-housing-win/5201732.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/lovell-in-19m-norwich-housing-win/5201732.article Lovell has won a £1.9 million contract from the Saffron Housing Trust to build 18 new homes for affordable rent in Hellesdon, Norwich. Fri, 8 May 2009 14:35 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/five-companies-face-court-over-750m-buncefield-explosion/5201703.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/five-companies-face-court-over-750m-buncefield-explosion/5201703.article Five firms will today face charges over the Buncefield oil fire in Hertfordshire which caused widespread damage and injured more than 40 people. Fri, 8 May 2009 10:51 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/transport/atkins-wins-a14-traffic-management-scheme/5201170.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/transport/atkins-wins-a14-traffic-management-scheme/5201170.article Atkins has been awarded a contract by the Highways Agency to provide site supervision on the A14. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:05 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/willmott-dixon-preferred-for-15m-ucs-job/5201150.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/willmott-dixon-preferred-for-15m-ucs-job/5201150.article Willmott Dixon has been named preferred bidder on a £15 million project to construct a new teaching block and student accommodation for the University Campus Suffolk. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/skanska-scoops-150m-mod-job/5201138.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contracts/skanska-scoops-150m-mod-job/5201138.article Skanska has won a £150 million contract by the Ministry of Defence to design and build a secure facility at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:40 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/sustainability/green-projects-boosted-by-eon-fund/5201096.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/sustainability/green-projects-boosted-by-eon-fund/5201096.article Eon has launched a Sustainable Energy Fund for green-thinking community groups across the UK, offering grants and advice for sustainable improvement energy projects. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:04 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/inquiry-into-construction-of-second-runway-at-stansted-delayed/5200602.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/inquiry-into-construction-of-second-runway-at-stansted-delayed/5200602.article A date for the inquiry into the construction of a second runway at Stansted Airport will not be announced until the end of next month, the Government has confirmed. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:13 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/teen-killed-after-boss-told-him-to-prop-up-falling-wall-court-told/5200598.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/teen-killed-after-boss-told-him-to-prop-up-falling-wall-court-told/5200598.article A teenage labourer who was crushed to death by a falling wall in April 2007 had been ordered by his boss to try and prop it up, a court has been told. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:48 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/pay-up-20k-or-face-one-year-behind-bars-guilty-landlord-told/5200421.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/legal/pay-up-20k-or-face-one-year-behind-bars-guilty-landlord-told/5200421.article A former landlord who admitted five breaches of the gas safety regulations has been ordered to pay £20,000 in fines and legal costs within 56 days or face a 12-month jail term. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:50 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/energy/national-grid-dishes-out-12bn-contracts/5200091.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/energy/national-grid-dishes-out-12bn-contracts/5200091.article National Grid has awarded contracts worth up to £1.2 billion over the next 10 years to support both planned and reactive work on its four gas distribution networks. Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:31 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/residential-development-land-values-fall/5200002.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/residential-development-land-values-fall/5200002.article The value of development land across the UK fell by an average of 50 per cent during the course of 2008, according to the latest figures from the Knight Frank Residential Development Land index. Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:33 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/cambridge-university-project-management-job/1996140.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/east-of-england/cambridge-university-project-management-job/1996140.article Cambridge University is moving ahead with plans to build a £30 million science building, having put a project management consultancy role out to tender this weekend. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:48 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/planning-restrictions-to-be-eased-for-affordable-rural-homes/1995912.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/housing/planning-restrictions-to-be-eased-for-affordable-rural-homes/1995912.article Restrictions on planning in villages and small market towns in England will be eased to allow the construction of more affordable homes and create new jobs. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:23 GMT