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Big jobs boost for West Midlands as Mayor Andy Street welcomes new HS2 station construction contract
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has announced that the contract to build HS2’s eco-friendly Interchange Station in the West Midlands, recently awarded to Laing O’Rourke, will support around 1,000 jobs over the next five years. This big new jobs boost heading for the West Midlands will include 22 new apprenticeship roles, providing exciting training opportunities for local people looking to learn new skills and start a new career on the UK’s biggest infrastructure project. Supply chain contracts will also be available for businesses in the region, including construction related services, specialist equipment supply and manufactured components, as well as catering, cleaning, printing and recycling services. Andy Street commented: “HS2’s Interchange Station will be the catalyst for huge growth plans in Solihull, creating an economic transformation for the region. The plans, being led by the Urban Growth Company, will support 30,000 jobs, up to 3,000 new homes and 70,000m2 of commercial space. “This forms part of the wider UK Central Hub area plans for 70,000 jobs, 8,000 new homes and 650,000m2 of commercial space, generating £6.2bn GVA per year and bringing 1.3m people to within a 45-minute public transport commute of the station.”
Persimmon Homes shortlisted for prestigious Apprenticeship Awards
Housebuilder Persimmon Homes has been shortlisted in this year’s Apprenticeship Awards Cymru. The awards are organised by the Welsh Government and recognise the achievement of individuals, employers and learning practitioners across nine different categories. Persimmon is one of four organisations listed in the Large and Macro Employer of the Year category. The housebuilder has been shortlisted for its work with Bridgend College in establishing a ground-breaking education and training academy in Pontyclun, which is producing the next generation of construction workers in South Wales. This year, the College has also designed a ‘management apprenticeship’ course that is bespoke to Persimmon, and will train future staff for the company’s Welsh developments with qualifications in construction and site management. The initiative builds on a successful relationship that has developed between the two organisations over the past five years, and has created over 150 new job opportunities in construction across the region.
New PFA replacement can significantly decarbonise UK cement production
Lanarkshire-based Innovative Ash Solutions (IAS) has launched a new environmentally-friendly replacement for pulverised fly ash (PFA), a key but increasingly scarce ingredient used in cement production. IAS has developed a new process, which transforms air pollution control residues from municipal and wood biomass incinerators, to create its new PFA replacement, the first to be given ‘End of Waste’ accreditation by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). According to the UK trade body Minerals Products Association, around 15m tonnes of cementitious materials - which includes cement, concrete and grout - are manufactured in the UK each year. The closure of UK based coal fired power stations has resulted in a reduction in the availability of PFA, with an increased reliance on imports. This new breakthrough PFA replacement reduces this increasing reliance on imports and provides a lower carbon solution. With its new ‘End of Waste’ status the PFA, replacement can be marketed for use as a Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) in the production of CEMII, the most common form of bagged cement used for general construction purposes. It can also be used in a variety of other applications including mortar, render, screed and grout. Over the next five years, IAS intends to build three full scale industrial plants, and has been granted planning permission for the first of these. Initially the plant will produce up to 54,000 tonnes of PFA replacement annually.
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Stockport County FC launch public consultation
The long-term aspirations of Stockport County took a significant step forward with the launch of a public consultation inviting views on proposals to expand and improve the stadium at Edgeley Park. The consultation, which is the first of two phases, includes consultation events for local residents and Club supporters to come and view the emerging plans and speak to the project team. The plans, which follow the Club’s vision to return to the Championship, Funding has been secured from the Merseyside Pension Fund Catalyst Fund to support the next phases of the development of a heat network at Liverpool Waters, taking the total Catalyst facility to £20 million. The heat network is Liverpool’s most significant regeneration project having been recently awarded central government grant funding from the Heat Networks Investment Project. The heat network, which will be delivered by Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, will be an integral component to Peel L&P’s Liverpool Waters regeneration project. Peel NRE has established a dedicated energy supply company called Mersey Heat which will build, own and operate
include a phased approach to investing in infrastructure, to ensure sustainable growth. Ken Knott, Stockport County FC Non-Executive Chairman, said “Edgeley Park has been our home since 1902 and the Club has been a key part of the community in Stockport for 120 years. With our ambition to play Championship football once again, we’ve got a real opportunity to invest in the stadium and create not just the sporting facilities we need, but to create a ripple effect boosting the town and its economy. “We know promotion to the Championship will take some time and delivering the emerging plans will also take time; by proposing to deliver new stands in phases, culminating in a final capacity of approximately 20,000 seats, we can reduce the impact on the Club and our neighbours.”
the heat network. Once complete, the first phase will provide up to 19 gigawatt hours of heat energy per annum to consumers at Liverpool Waters and the greater waterfront area. The funding has already facilitated the development of initial underground pipes to transfer heat energy at the Prince’s and Central Docks, and northern areas of Liverpool Waters. The continued support will establish a permanent energy centre at Great Howard Street and further phases of underground pipes connecting the heat network to developments in Liverpool Waters such as the Titanic Hotel. The network is expected to save around 4,200 tonnes of carbon per year.
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Krol Corlett construction was incorporated by Dave Corlett and Simon Krol in 2006 to expand on the businesses long standing reputation. The current company operates across the North West and North wales, and has extensive experiences in delivering construction projects on time and within budget for a variety of client and sectors. Social value is at the heart of the company ethos and they state that before, during and after the delivery any construction projects consideration is given to all factors to offer continuous support to local communities. The businesses core management team has experience in the delivery of both low and medium value construction and specialise in completing projects of values typically ranging from £50,000 – £5,000,000.
CASE STUDY: Walker Art Gallery
PROJECT Located on William Brown Street, Liverpool, The Walker Art Gallery is home to beautiful paintings, sculptures and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day. For 130 years it has housed Liverpool’s most outstanding art collection. Krol Corlett Construction Limited were tasked with the refurbishment four of its galleries within
SCOPE OF WORK Krol Corlett took on an extensive amount of work to refurbish the four galleries. Works on this project included new roofing to all four galleries, new guttering, painting, leadwork, new internal gantry at a high level, new decorative frieze plastering works, extensive plaster repairs, plastering of new walls and refurbishment of the existing timber floors, and extensive M/E works. Challenges: Working within a live a 14 week period. The project required internal and external refurbishments, where internal works included new plastering, opening of the old, covered ceilings to three galleries, new M/E throughout, and refurbishment of the floor coverings. Externally, the works included new roofs to all four galleries.
building with some irreplaceable objects being located within metres of the main working areas, having the building being open to public whilst the works where on going, keeping the roofing works watertight throughout the project. Working at high level to access the roofing works and working closely with the client, architect, and many other parties to ensure the project was completed in safe and timely manner.
In initial stages, the development of the construction programme was of the utmost importance to identify how the works were to be delivered in a timely and cost effective manner without impacting residents. This process needed to be carefully collaborated between all parties to ensure there was minimal disruption to both the operations of the University and the needs of the council, meeting the Listed Building Consent. Using innovative ideas and the required input from all stakeholders to help achieve full restoration. Logistics and deliveries had to be planned and managed with a combination of on-site and off-site fabrications needed to achieve the desired results. As these buildings are Grade II listed, suitable building materials needed to be sourced as well as adopting special working methods to combine traditional building techniques with innovative design and still be in keeping with the surrounding area.
CASE STUDY: Hermitage and Cloister
PROJECT
Based in south Liverpool in the conservation area of St Michaels Hamlet at the Liverpool Hope University, Aigburth Campus, the Hermitage and Cloister buildings were borderline condemned
Liverpool Hope University invested £2 million for a project that entailed the restoration of these two Grade II listed buildings.
SCOPE OF WORK
These beautiful grade II listed buildings have undergone a lot of labour-intensive specialist structural and restoration work using some of the industry’s finest local subcontractors.
As expected, when working in a highly populated residential environment, the project faced several unique challenges. To find out more visit:
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