Willmott Dixon has delivered the best possible start to 2014 for staff and pupils of Ashmount School in Loughborough by completing their new building seven weeks early, enabling them to move in sooner than anticipated.

Clegg Construction has started work on a £3.1 million project to transform a derelict city centre landmark.

The major refurbishment project in Derby will give a new lease of life to the city’s former magistrates’ court.  The work is being carried out on behalf of Wilson Bowden Developments Ltd for Derby City Council.

Construction firm G F Tomlinson has completed a new £15 million school building project.

The new Tibshelf Community School in Tibshelf, Derbyshire has been designed and constructed to accommodate more than 750 students from the local community.

Leading builder’s merchant Travis Perkins has provided support to a state-of-the-art self build project completed by an ex-marine who sustained life-changing injuries in Afghanistan.

A stunning and innovative new steel footbridge manufactured by Mabey Bridge Ltd has been officially unveiled at Shoreham-by-Sea by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.

The Adur Ferry Bridge, which represents a £10 million investment, replaces a previous concrete bridge that had reached the end of its useful life, and will allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross the River Adur and salt flats in style.

Plans by Crossrail – the body creating the huge rail infrastructure project across London – to develop 30,000ft2 of residential space in Holborn have been approved by Camden Council. The development will sit above the Fisher Street shaft, a single-storey structure that provides access and ventilation to the tunnels excavated below ground.

Leeds based civil and structural engineering consultancy JPG has been appointed to assist with the regeneration of Ulverston town centre following recent planning approval to redevelop the Old Robinsons Brewery. 

The sensitive project involves the redevelopment of a number of disused brewery warehouse units to deliver a 20,000 sq ft supermarket with ancillary retail and office space.  The development incorporates and re-opens historic public houses on the site. An underground car park providing 90 spaces and integration with the existing public realm with new walkways and adapted highways is also included. 

Marley Eternit's Bluclad render board received top marks at Ordsall Primary School in Nottinghamshire, where it was used to create a striking finish on a new school building.

The calcium silicate Bluclad render board offers superior dimensional stability, creating a lasting seamless finish for the new classroom block.

Architectural aluminium systems company Metal Technology has supplied its window products at a 240-home retirement village at Hagley Road, Edgbaston in Birmingham. Built for The ExtraCare Charitable Trust by contractor Galliford Try, and designed by Nicoll Thomas Architects, facilities include an Enriched Opportunities Suite for residents with dementia, a café bar, craft room, hair and beauty salon, and fitness suite.

As consumers become more discerning about their at-home and home-from-home surroundings, specifying for these sectors grows more challenging than ever before. At Hagley Road sustainability and accessibility are at the heart of the scheme, making System 4-35 Hi+ an optimum solution.

Reflex Systems, the integrated fire and security systems specialist, has recently completed a major project to upgrade the fire detection systems for one of the UK’s leading hotel groups QMH UK Ltd.

The contract was carried out over a four week period, which involved upgrading the fire detection systems on 18 hotels, including 12 Holiday Inns, three Best Western hotels and three Crowne Plazas, stretching from Plymouth to Glasgow.  Careful co-ordination had to be carried out by Reflex Systems to ensure that the impact of system downtime of the hotel’s systems was kept to a minimum.