http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/north_west_rss.xml All the latest stories on North West. en-uk The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has signed a “transitional agreement” with URS-owned Washington Group, Amec and Areva for the consortium to take over management of the Sellafield nuclear site. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/amec_consortium_signs_for_sellafield_clean_up.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/amec_consortium_signs_for_sellafield_clean_up.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Lucy Craymer 07 October 2008 09:16 A Lancashire property developer will have to fork out more than £10,000 after he was found guilty of breaching CDM Regulations. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/developer_to_pay_out_10000_over_cdm_breaches.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/developer_to_pay_out_10000_over_cdm_breaches.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Rhiannon Hoyle 01 October 2008 17:18 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg The Princess Royal and Duke of Westminster have officially opened the second phase of the £1 billion Liverpool One regeneration scheme. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/phase_two_of_grosvenors_liverpool_one_opens.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/phase_two_of_grosvenors_liverpool_one_opens.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Rhiannon Hoyle 01 October 2008 16:44 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Liverpool%20ONE%201_resized_70_tcm18-1885315.jpg A new strategy to direct long-term housing and economic growth in the North-west, including the development of 413,000 new homes, has been announced by Government. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/govt_wants_23111_new_homes_a_year_in_northwest.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/govt_wants_23111_new_homes_a_year_in_northwest.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Rhiannon Hoyle 01 October 2008 11:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg The Department of Transport has announced a public inquiry into plans for an iconic new bridge to cross the Mersey. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/enquiry_launched_over_mersey_bridge.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/enquiry_launched_over_mersey_bridge.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Simon Ellery 01 October 2008 12:09 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/mersey_bridge_resized_70_tcm18-1884470.jpg A college in the North-west has received planning permission for two new buildings that will cost £41 million and include an area where construction students can build a house. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/plans_for_41m_college_expansion_cleared.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/plans_for_41m_college_expansion_cleared.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Simon Ellery 29 September 2008 13:50 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/West%20Cheshire%20College%20ILLUSTRATION%202_resized_70_tcm18-1879351.jpg Willmott Dixon has won a contract to build a new £6.7 million primary school on the site of Manchester City Football Club’s former Maine Road stadium. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/former_man_city_stadium_to_become_new_school.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/former_man_city_stadium_to_become_new_school.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Nick Whitten 26 September 2008 10:39 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/63488_9940_resized_70_tcm18-293102.jpg Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed he is losing one of his Cabinet ministers, a day after his crucial speech at the Labour conference in Manchester. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ruth_kelly_steps_down.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/ruth_kelly_steps_down.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 24 September 2008 10:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Ruth_Kelly_resized_70_tcm18-1733627.jpg The Highways Agency is inviting bids for its Area 9 and 10 construction management framework. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/highways_framework_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/highways_framework_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 23 September 2008 17:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/westmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-196562.jpg Multibuild has won a £6.8 million contract to build a new hotel for Manchester Airport Developments. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/multibuild_wins_68m_hotel_contract.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/multibuild_wins_68m_hotel_contract.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 23 September 2008 15:16 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Lancashire County Cricket Club has unveiled plans for a £70 million refurbishment of Old Trafford Cricket Ground, its home for the last 151 years. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/lancashire_county_cricket_club_reveals_70m_revamp_plans.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/lancashire_county_cricket_club_reveals_70m_revamp_plans.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Rhiannon Hoyle 23 September 2008 12:46 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Manchester-based Walker Sime has been appointed quantity surveyor for an £7 million multi-storey car park and office extension contract in Salford Quays. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/walker_sime_picked_for_7m_salford_quays_contract.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/walker_sime_picked_for_7m_salford_quays_contract.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D 23 September 2008 10:42 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Bowmer and Kirkland will start work on Liverpool’s Kings Dock Mill development later this month after £22.5 million of additional finances were secured by developer LAG Prichard. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bowmer_and_kirkland_starts_on_liverpool_kings_job.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bowmer_and_kirkland_starts_on_liverpool_kings_job.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D 17 September 2008 12:22 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/282356_3457_resized_70_tcm18-1803835.jpg Construction News is hosting a launch event for its Specialists Awards this month. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/regions/northwest/news/2008/09/construction_news_launches_specialists_awards_09.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/regions/northwest/news/2008/09/construction_news_launches_specialists_awards_09.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D 17 September 2008 14:21 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/specialist_awards_resized_70_tcm18-1847797.jpg North-east construction services company Pyeroy has won a £600,000 contract to refurbish and maintenance of a platform-mounted substation in the East Irish Sea. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/pyeroy_wins_offshore_maintenance_contract.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/pyeroy_wins_offshore_maintenance_contract.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Lucy Craymer 17 September 2008 08:59 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg Transport minister Rosie Winterton has announced £91.8 million worth of funding for the Bidston Moss Viaduct in Wirral and a new link road between Switch Island and the A565 Southport road, Thornton. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/govt_awards_918m_funding_for_northwest_roads.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/govt_awards_918m_funding_for_northwest_roads.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 16 September 2008 10:44 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/2007-11_154409_G_N_279_Rosie_Winterton%5B1%5D_resized_70_tcm18-295218.JPG Subsidence, piling and foundation specialists Withers Group has opened a new office in Warrington, Lancashire, servicing insurance and construction clients from the Midlands to Scotland. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/withers_opens_warrington_office.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/withers_opens_warrington_office.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Lisa Glancy 15 September 2008 12:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Developer Urban Splash is to slash jobs after disappointing sales during the first half of the year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/urban_splash_to_axe_jobs_after_poor_sales.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/urban_splash_to_axe_jobs_after_poor_sales.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Nick Whitten 12 September 2008 13:35 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/IMG_0434_resized_70_tcm18-1838213.JPG The Manchester College is inviting bids for its £8 million campus revamp. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bids_invited_for_college_revamp.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bids_invited_for_college_revamp.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 10 September 2008 16:53 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Building contractor Amec and crane operators Leach Structural Steelwork have been fined £10,000 each after a 35 tonne truck mounted telescopic crane overturned in Cheshire last year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/amec_and_leach_fined_20000_over_crane_topple.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/amec_and_leach_fined_20000_over_crane_topple.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Rhiannon Hoyle 10 September 2008 09:56 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg Ministers opened the doors to 22 more new schools under the Building Schools for the Future programme today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bsf_programme_rolls_out_22_more_schools.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bsf_programme_rolls_out_22_more_schools.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Nick Whitten 10 September 2008 11:55 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/63488_9940_resized_70_tcm18-293102.jpg Plans for a 500MW, 139-turbine, offshore wind farm at West of Duddon Sands off the coast of North West England have been given the go-ahead. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/offshore_wind_farm_gets_approval.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/offshore_wind_farm_gets_approval.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Lucy Craymer 05 September 2008 17:09 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Local building firm G&J Seddon has won a £1.4 million contract to develop 17 shared ownership apartments in Liverpool for the Plus Dane Group. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/local_firm_in_14m_residential_win.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/local_firm_in_14m_residential_win.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 04 September 2008 11:01 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg The North West Development Agency has agreed to almost £2 million of funding for Liverpool’s Canning Dock. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/nwda_backs_liverpool_waterfront_regen.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/nwda_backs_liverpool_waterfront_regen.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 02 September 2008 08:59 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg Morgan Ashurst has been appointed construction partner for the £6.8 million development of St Thomas Primary School in Manchester, for Manchester City Council. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/morgan_ashurst_in_68m_school_win.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/morgan_ashurst_in_68m_school_win.html;jsessionid=19B71060F1852A2CF45CD362BB7DF20D Andrea Klettner 01 September 2008 11:35 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg