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PHOENIX BRICKWORK LAYS ONE MILLIONTH BRICK AT 1,400 NEW STUDENT FLATS IN LINCOLN A Derbyshire-based brickwork, scaffolding and drywall business has laid its one millionth brick (representing over 200km of bricklaying) at Lincoln’s prestigious new student village, St Marks.
Keith Shipley said: “The new student housing in Lincoln is extremely impressive, and we have felt enormously proud to be involved.
The team at Phoenix Brickwork have worked so hard on this development and it has been exciting to see the student accommodation take shape.
Phoenix Brickwork was awarded a £4m masonry package in 2020 to deliver almost 1,400 student flats as part of a £75 million scheme. Ten separate student accommodation buildings make up the project, which has been constructed on behalf of the University of Lincoln. Early work included the partial demolition of St Mark’s Retail Park, off Tritton Road, to create space for the new development. The University of Lincoln said it needs the extra accommodation to meet anticipated future demand from existing and new students. As well as the ten student accommodation buildings, the scheme will also deliver new retail and leisure, housing, a hotel, and improved parking. Once completed, the new properties will be managed and maintained by the university. Keith Shipley and Karl Hunt, Site Managers for Phoenix Brickwork, have been instrumental in overseeing the company’s contribution to the development.
£600,000 INVESTMENT IN NEW FACTORY AND NEW SHOWROOM PUTS CUMBERNAULD’S CUBE GLASS ON TRACK FOR FURTHER GROWTH Scottish glass and aluminium specialist Cube Glass has invested in excess of £600,000 in new premises which doubles its previous capacity and will take the fast-growing business to the next level. The precision manufacturer has fitted out and moved into an 8,400 sq ft custom-designed factory close to its previous 4,200 sq ft premises in Cumbernauld’s Tannoch Place, which it has now let. The expansion, which comes on the back of a series of lucrative contract wins, means the innovative company will also be positioned to open a new state-of-the-art showroom next month to highlight its products.
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It is the latest development for the fastgrowing company, which celebrates 10 years of trading this June, has established a strong presence in sectors such as education, health, industrial, social care, commercial property and residential homes, partnering with recognised specialist suppliers such as Senior Architectural Systems, Metal Technology and Schüco. The new showroom will feature supplier products such as sliding and bifold doors, curtain walling and windows, as well as the full range of entrance doors by high-end French manufacturer Bel’M. The company focuses on curtain walling, doors, windows, glass roofing systems and shop fronts as well as bullet, bomb and blast resistant glass.
