The Pegasus Report - Issue #113

In the South East, the final residential phase of U+I’s Old Vinyl Factory masterplan has been given the green light at Hillingdon Council’s first ever virtual planning committee. In London, work can now progress after the planning application for HS2’s London super hub, Old Oak Common, was approved, it will be the UK’s largest ever railway station. A major new £161m housing regeneration scheme at Kilburn in North West London has been approved by Brent Council’s first virtual planning committee.

The UK’s largest carbon capture and utilisation plant is set to be built in Northwich, Cheshire. The £16.7m project for Tata Chemicals Europe will remove carbon dioxide from TCE’s combined heat and power plant emissions, and will serve as a demonstration project for the viability of industrial-scale carbon capture technology.

In Yorkshire, site work has started on a £14.5m mental health inpatient unit for young people.   Plans for a 46-floor residential skyscraper in Leeds have been put forward, the  £175m landmark scheme would be Yorkshire’s tallest building.

In the North West,  plans for the third phase of its 25-acre Middlewood Locks development in Manchester, work will coomence in early 2021. In Stockport, a £60m project will restore the 18th-century mill buildings and involve some new build. The project is being backed by £7m of Housing Infrastructure Fund money from Homes England.  Laing O’Rourke has been chosed as the preferred bidder to construct a £160m 55-storey residential tower in Salford.

In Scotland, The University of Edinburgh has chosen Kier to deliver the £22m plans for a new School of Engineering at its King’s Buildings Campus in the south of the Scottish capital. A design and build contract has been issued for a £18.5m project for the reconstruction and redevelopment of the existing St Ola Pier and deepening of the inner and outer berths of the pier to allow larger vessels to dock near Thurso.

In Wales, work has resumed in Y Felinheli on a £700,000 flood relief scheme which was put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Apologies; the day job has beaten me this week! Watch this space for next week!

A mixed bag of positive and negative news in the insights section this week.

GoPro cameras and motion-activated voiceover systems to aid social distancing, will these be the new ‘normal’ on construction sites?

This weeks green news.

This weeks global round up

Facebook and New Zealand’s Prime Minister are the latest supporters of flexible working  - will it catch on?

Have a great week everyone! For those with school age children a week off home schooling!