COLLEGE bosses are celebrating after cementing a new partnership deal with a training company.

TyneMet College has signed a contract with Newcastle-based Northern Construction Training Group following a successful partnership in 2011-12.

The one-year contract will give up to 40 students aged 16 to 18 the chance to complete the Level 2 diploma in bricklaying or joinery.

Exclusive: Bouygues UK has beaten Balfour Beatty and ISG to a £35m contract in the City of London to redevelop and extend 71 Queen Victoria Street, Construction News has learned.

Bouygues clinches £35m Queen Victoria St contract

Bouygues was appointed by private investors QV Unit Trust who have received funding from the owners of the building, Investec Bank.

The first applications for a slice of a new £30million self-build investment fund have been earmarked for approval, Housing Minister Mark Prisk has announced.

Speaking at a special self-build workshop for local authority Leaders in London, Mr Prisk said that the first projects would benefit from over £1.1million to start work on up to 20 self-build plots.

Following final checks and approvals, the applications in North East Derbyshire and Peterborough will be the first to receive the funding, which provides short-term finance to help unlock projects where groups of self-build homes are built at the same time.

DUBLIN — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8vpz66/global_roofing) has announced the addition of the "Global Roofing Products - Market Opportunity and Environment, Analyses and Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering.

In 2011, the global roofing products market valued over US$28 billion, out of which the European market comprised a 35.5% share and was the largest regional market of roofing products in the world. In the same year, the Asia-Pacific and North American markets positioned themselves as the second and the third-largest regional markets, representing respective shares of 34.6% and 21%. The continuing uncertainty in Europe and weak levels of growth in the US, are anticipated to reduce the shares of markets in western regions. This situation is expected to be compounded by growth in demand from the Asia-Pacific region, especially China. Timetric projects that the market shares of Europe and North America will decline to 32.2% and 19.3% respectively in 2016.

Open weekends usually allow the public to glimpse behind-the-scenes of stately homes or stroll in well-tended private gardens, but a new scheme will allow people to see what is going on behind scaffolding and hoardings in the North West, and across the UK.

The construction industry is holding its first Open Doors Weekend, and it is hoped that among those venturing on to sites will be potential construction sector workers.

CEL was attempting to recover sums said to be payable for electrical works relating to a project on an alcohol distillery in North Yorkshire.

JMD developments provides new-build and refurbishment works including commercial, residential and civil engineering projects.

A judge found at the end of September that with no adjudication agreement, the decision of the adjudicator was not enforceable, so CEL was not entitled to payment.

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Allowing buyers to customize home design plans online puts the power into the hands of the customer. Having that data live and linked back to workflow and accounting systems gives a bit of that power back to the builder. In essence it can create a draft and design environment that provides the best of both worlds.

The Contrado Group, www.thecontradogroup.com, Phoenix, Ariz., is a company that provides Web-based homebuyer engagement technology. The company offers a full suite of architectural services, 3D animation, interactive floor plans, and other services to help builders deliver an interactive and engaging experience to buyers and potential buyers.

Galliford Try has announced financial close on a deal to build a new development including a casino and hotel at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

The Resorts World project includes a new casino, a 176-bed four/five-star hotel and spa, conference facilities, a factory outlet centre, a cinema complex, food and beverage retail space and parking for 480 cars.

The Met Office has issued Yellow Alerts for a number of areas across the country to warn that localised flooding is predicted over the next couple of days; and a roofing company is advising all homeowners to check that their roofs are in good working order.

Strong winds and heavy rainfall are expected to sweep through the UK over the weekend and a yellow warning has been given to Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation, Worcestershire, Northamptonshire, Northern Ireland as well as North-east Scotland.