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pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
Airedale General Hospital, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, has had the construction firm appointed to oversee its constructionThe Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Gleeds to oversee the Airedale Hospital project. The Trust employs more than 3,000 people for care around Yorkshire and East Lancashire. The Airedale NHS Foundation Trust provides acute, elective, specialist, and community care for more than 200,000 people across both regions.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
Justin Young, RICS CEO, has produced an update for April 2025 addressed to all surveyors under the RICS umbrellaThe RICS update on the profession comes during an already-busy month for RICS. The Institute has already published a call for members to respond to an updated Financial Crime Standard, as well as published a property survey for March. Justin Young, RICS CEO: The surveying profession is changing.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
In cooperation with HSBC UK, the agency is funding homes across the South of EnglandThe Homes England funding comes in the form of a finance package worth millions of pounds. The package has been given to Wyatt Homes through the Homes England Home Building Fund. The Homes England Home Building Fund allows the agency to support the private building sector, and support the government’s goal of delivering 1.5m new homes by the end of this parliament.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
Wates have been trialling a JCB hydrogen generator to test whether hydrogen could fuel more of their operationWates are testing the use of hydrogen fuel in construction in the form of a JCB 60kVA hydrogen combustion generator. The generator is powering a work site close to Wolverhampton. The generator is connected to a 104kWh Powerpack battery storage unit, meaning the site can operate solely on battery power, on hybrid (battery and generator), or solely on hydrogen power.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
Eurocell have released research showing that one home every minute needs energy-related upgrades in EnglandThis equates to 57 homes every hour upgrading their Home EPC rating. The research also shows that over 12m homes in England are currently rated at EPC D or lower. In order to hit the UK’s net zero targets, the Eurocell research states that up to 2050, one home per minute will need energy performance-related upgrades.
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pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
The chief executive of Redrow is stepping down in June to make way for a new COOThe Barratt Redrow shuffle sees Redrow chief executive, Matthew Pratt, announce his stepping down in June this year. This announcement follows the announcement that Steven Boyes, COO and deputy chief executive, will retire in September. Mike Roberts, current regional managing director of the Northern Region of the merged firm, will step forward as the new chief operating officer.
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pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
The ECITB is supporting an endeavour by the Hydrogen Skills Alliance (HSA) to promote training in the sectorThe hydrogen skills framework currently exists as a proof-of concept geared towards helping employers train staff in hydrogen. The framework will include qualifications to certify its training in industry knowledge.
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pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
Project-starts have dropped in the wake of the first month of export disruptions caused by the Trump administrationThe Glenigan April 2025 report records construction industry statistics in the three months to the end of March 2025. The statistics show that project-starts are down by 4% from the previous three months, and down by a whole 21% on a yearly basis. Major projects are all projects worth >£100m, with underlying projects (<£100m) being seasonally adjusted.
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pbctoday.co.uk | Matt Brundrett
The completed areas are located between junctions 28 and 35A, a stretch of 32 miles41 M1 emergency areas have been completed between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. The areas have been built as part of National Highways’ National Emergency Area Retrofit (NEAR) programme. The NEAR programme laid out an investment plan for improving safety on the UK’s road network. This includes employing technology such as stopped vehicle recognition software.
