November 7th 2017 Industry News

A brief round-up of construction project and company news from throughout the UK; provided in partnership with Construction News.

Glasgow council approves £600m housebuilding plan

Glasgow City Council has approved a £600m investment plan to build 10,000 affordable homes over the next five years.

The annual Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) was signed off by the council last week and marks the starts of a rolling programme to build 9,975 houses by 2022/23, with the first schemes scheduled to begin in April 2018. Read the full article on the Construction News website.

Arsenal to increase Emirates stadium capacity

Arsenal has announced it will add 780 seats over the next two summers to return the stadium to a capacity of just over 60,600.

The extra seats will be installed in two phases, with the first starting next May after the end of the 2017/18 season and the second taking place in the summer of 2019. Read the full article on the Construction News website.

Balfour Beatty bags extension to £100m council roads deal

Balfour Beatty’s 10-year highways service contract with Southampton City Council has been extended for a further five years.

The company signed a £100m deal back in 2010 and has been carrying out maintenance and repairs on roads in Southampton since then. Read the full article on the Construction News website.