Project News Roundup: 12 May 2015

Last Updated:

8th May 2015

Crossrail engineering director joins High Speed 2 to complete phase one team

Crossrail chief engineer Chris Dulake has moved to High Speed 2, completing the project’s new construction executive team.

Mr Dulake will join HS2 later this month as engineering director for phase one infrastructure after seven years with Crossrail.

Project ID: 15088988

Birmingham City Uni proving BIM's value

Birmingham City University campus redevelopment has been one of the largest university BIM projects in the UK and among the first to deliver fully integrated modelling across design, construction and operational management.

Project ID: 11126211

Skanska UK completes its greenest ever project

Skanska has completed re-building its Bentley Works facility in Doncaster, hailed as the contractor’s greenest project.

The firm used in-house expertise from its foundations, mechanical and electrical, building and technical units to deliver facilities that have a near-zero impact on the environment.

Project ID: 12144455

Pocket Living plans 24-storey first-time buyer tower

Ambitous affordable housing specialist Pocket Living has submitted plans for a 24-storey residential tower in south London.

The Mapleton Crescent scheme in Wandsworth town centre is the largest to date for Pocket Homes, which sells its homes at a 20% discount off local prices to local first-time buyers earning less than £71,000.

Project ID: 15108567