Govt appoints director of major property programmes
Saurabh Bhandari will take up the role of director of property delivery and transformation within the Office of Government Property in May.
Saurabh Bhandari will take up the role of director of property delivery and transformation within the Office of Government Property in May.
Laing O’Rourke has landed a major new hospital contract in Scotland.
Five major hospitals are to be rebuilt after being found to pose a risk to the public.
Enabling works are due to start at the end of 2024, with the project due for completion by the end of 2029.
Delays to the New Hospital Programme has cast doubts over the sector’s “capacity” to build new facilities, a report finds.
Companies are taking advantage of the situation by increasing prices for temporary accommodation.
The trauma center at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, designed by BDP, is now operational as part of the initial phase of the government’s £20 billion New Hospital Programme.
Urgent checks are being done to 600 schools in England which may be at risk of collapse due to outmoded building materials,
Enabling works are now underway with Principal Contractor BAM, with construction continuing through 2024 and 2025.
Construction of the 10-storey, 47,000-sqm centre will start later this year.