FOCUS ON: PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
Disputes between landlords and tenants or occupiers and neighbours can be very time-consuming and costly if the heart of the issue isn’t tackled early.
“If you have responsibility for property but are short on capacity or the property expertise to deal with any of these threats, an interim property director may well provide the solution you need,” said Nick.
ON THE UP
It would be wrong to get the idea that obstacles and risks are discouraging all construction. In fact there are a large number of substantial projects underway at the moment and the skylines of the West of England and Swindon are either dotted with cranes or they soon will be. Probably the largest and potentially the most significant new construction is the planned £660m deep sea terminal for the Port of Bristol. It will not only service today’s large container ships but it will also be capable of handling the next generation of ultra large ships as they enter service. The new facility will have a 1,200 metre long operational quay capable of accommodating vessels of 16m draught at all states of the tide
area to transform care for our patients and this is a very important part of this."
In Swindon, the £100m Regent Circus scheme has got the green light by the planners for a project which will create restaurants, shops, cinema and a supermarket on the old college site in the centre of the town.
Bath has welcomed the start of work on the much anticipated
Western Riverside site, which will ultimately provide something like two thousand homes.
In Swindon, the £100m Regent Circus scheme has got the green light by the planners for a project which will create restaurants, shops, cinema and a supermarket on the old college site in the centre of the town
which provides the port with a big advantage over its competitors. Meanwhile plans for the £80m redevelopment of the Bristol Royal Infirmary have been approved. The redevelopment will include a new ward block that will be built on the Terrell Street site, the Queens building will be refurbished and the wards in the King Edward building will be converted. Robert Woolley, chief executive of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are redeveloping our hospitals to improve the hospital environment for our patients and our staff and the new facilities will enable us to transform the ways in which services are delivered to patients. We are working with our NHS partners in this
Our members are also working on construction projects all over the country. For instance Cole Easdon, which has offices in both Swindon and Bristol, has been helping Wolverhampton Wanderers plan to increase the capacity of their Molineux stadium from 29,000 to 37,000.
The task was to support the planning application with a convincing transport assessment which addressed the potential implications including the likely additional traffic generation on match days along with recommendations to offset potential problems. The application was successful so now Cole
Easdon is preparing a detailed travel plan outlining a package of measures specifically to deal with increased traffic on match days, and to encourage more supporters to walk, cycle, and use public transport to get to matches.
GREEN IS THE COLOUR
The construction industry can justifiably claim to have done more than virtually any other sector when it comes to embracing environmental and sustainable issues. Interestingly, they’ve done it through a combination of carrot and stick.
The stick has been provided by ever more demanding legislative
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