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YORKSHIRE CONSTRUCTION FIRM SAILS ONTO £415M PORTS FRAMEWORK Yorkshire and Lincolnshire construction firm, Hobson & Porter has landed a place on the largest part of a £415m, five-year design and build framework for ports. Associated British Ports (ABP) has named 11 partner contractors to deliver an ambitious building programme at its 21 ports, across five regions of the UK. The work will be focused on the design and build, as well as construct-only agreements, of buildings at the ports. Hobson & Porter, which operates throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has been selected for the framework’s Humber region, which covers ABP’s largest port area including Hull, Immingham, Grimsby and Goole. The news follows Hobson & Porter recently securing a place on two new regional medium works YORbuild frameworks, which are expected to account for over £640m of spending over the
next four years. These cover the YORhub east region led by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and the west region led by Leeds City Council.
These complement Hobson & Porter’s growing portfolio of frameworks including North Lincolnshire Council, Pagabo Medium Works, Efficiency North, Brierley Homes, Lidl and North East Lincolnshire Council. Hobson & Porter has a wealth of experience in industrial, logistics and distribution projects throughout the region, which includes recently extending Ørsted’s flagship £9m East Coast Hub, at the Royal Docks in Grimsby, to create the largest offshore wind operations and maintenance facility in the UK. As a vital part of the supply chains of businesses throughout the nation, ABP’s 21 ports support 119,000 jobs and contribute £7.5 billion to the economy every year, handling approximately a quarter of the nation’s seaborne trade.
As a vital part of the supply chains of businesses throughout the nation, ABP’s 21 ports support 119,000 jobs and contribute £7.5 billion to the economy every year, handling approximately a quarter of the nation’s seaborne trade.
BEARD ANNOUNCED AS PREFERRED BIDDER FOR SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL Construction firm Beard is now a preferred bidder for Surrey County Council and has been given the go-ahead to begin work on three new multimillion-pound projects. The three developments are two new children’s homes and a family contact centre that will provide much-needed community services across the region. The total value of the projects is £4.6m and entails three separate builds. The first project is the renovation of a vacant site on Ashley Road in Waltonon-Thames which will create a new children’s home. This redevelopment will ensure some of Surrey’s most vulnerable young people are cared for within a safe environment which provides for their material needs together with emotional support as they transition into adulthood. In addition to the children’s home, there will be a ‘No Wrong Door’ facility built as part of the project, providing emergency and temporary accommodation for residents who require rapid placement. The second project is the £1.4m redevelopment of a site in Epsom into a new children’s home. The project includes the demolition of an
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existing modular centre and construction of a children’s home to the north of the site. The construction will utilise a Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) system to help make it more energy efficient. SIP panels deliver unrivalled insulation and airtightness, which reduces energy costs over the building’s lifetime. The third project is a £2.1m new replacement family contact centre for young children in Woking. The Shaw Contact Centre will provide a secure setting for family engagements by providing seven contact rooms of varying sizes, facilitating one-to-one meetings and full family liaison sessions. The existing centre will be replaced with a new building which will be a combination of one and two storeys. This is to ensure sufficient internal space while minimising massing and responding to the surrounding character of the area, including the nearby conservation area. The new building will be part one-storey with a flat green roof at the front, and a twostorey block at the rear which will help to break up the built form within their context and maximise the opportunity for ecological diversity.
