Having played an important part in delivering the games facilities for the London 2012 Olympics, Balfour Beatty is ensuring a lasting legacy by playing a key role in connecting and engaging with the local community in East London through a number of sustainable initiatives as part of the company’s redevelopment of the iconic Aquatics Centre.

Having already committed over £180m in developing its estate and learning facilities, Birmingham City University has unveiled plans for a further £58m improvements to consolidate to two campus locations from 2017 – transforming the University’s environment.

Following approval by the Board of Governors, the University will move all teaching and learning, research and business engagement services, student support and professional services to its City South Campus in Edgbaston and the City Centre Campus within Eastside and near Millennium Point; with both sites benefiting from new purpose-built facilities.

Sarah Fry, a flooring insulation specialist, joins Jablite, a leading UK manufacturer of innovative insulation products as National Flooring Manager.

“This appointment is a perfect fit for Jablite,” says Richard Lee, Jablite’s Managing Director.

Leading scaffolding contractor, XERVON Palmers, has launched an in-house health and safety initiative – the Safety Recognition Scheme (SRS) – aiming to maintain and encourage the improvement of standards in scaffolding access provision for users and customers, through the recognition of excellence in services.

Plans for a new market town near Plymouth have taken a major step forward following the formation of a group of housebuilders and the formal consolidation of the land into that consortium.

Planning permission was granted in November for the new 5,500-home Sherford community five miles to the east of Plymouth city centre, and the consortium has now taken control of the 1,200-acre site.

Surface Design Show, the home of innovative surfaces for architects and interior designers returns to the Business Design Centre, London between 4 and 6 February 2014.  The show kicks off with a themed Preview Evening hosted by architect and radio and television broadcaster Maxwell Hutchinson on Traditionalism, Modernism and the Vernacular.

The Steeplejack and Lightning Protection Training Group (SLPTG) Apprentice Awards which recognise the achievements of apprentices in the sector were presented at the National Construction College (NCC) - East on 12 December 2013. There were 12 awards chosen by NCC instructors, including Best Academic Achievement, Best Technical Application (Lightning Conductor) and Highest Attention to Safety (Steeplejack), for those apprentices who excelled during their 2-year training.

Multi-disciplinary construction consultancy, Edmond Shipway, is delighted to announce that Jamie Crouch has been appointed a Director of the practice.

Over the past four years, Jamie has been working as the Project Director for the consultancy as they project manage the delivery of the £250 million Center Parcs Woburn Forest resort. Under Jamie’s guidance, the team are on course to successfully deliver the complex scheme on time and on budget with its opening scheduled for spring 2014.

Cambridge-based Howard Group of Companies is pleased to announce the appointment of Dominic Reilly as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st January 2014. 

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.