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CONSTRUCTION NEWS: Demand for green skills has sparked a war for talent

​McBains has placed an opinion article in Construction News focusing on the industry's continuing skills shortage and inviting the chancellor, in this month’s Budget, to look at reforming the incentives for taking on new apprentices.

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Priors Hall Park, Parcels 5 & 5A

Planning approval, on behalf of Barratt David Wilson Homes, for Parcels 5 and 5A at Priors Hall Park in Corby for a total of 236 dwellings.

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McBains project named ‘Best Non-Residential New Build’

The new Urgent Treatment Centre at the Great Western Hospital site in Swindon has been named ‘Best Non-Residential New Build’ at the Swindon Building Control Awards.

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Scope 3 is the key if we’re to achieve net zero

We already knew achieving net zero by 2050 will be a huge challenge for the construction industry.

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McBains secures go ahead for Priors Hall Park scheme in Corby

A residential scheme in Corby, designed by McBains on behalf of Barratt David Wilson Homes, has been granted planning approval.

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McBains to provide range of services for new fusion energy facility

McBains will provide a range of services to Tokamak Energy for the construction of a new fusion energy advanced prototype facility at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) Culham Campus.

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McBains project scoops 2023 Civic Trust Award

A school redevelopment project, cost managed by McBains, has been announced as a 2023 Civic Trust Award winner.

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Plans approved for development of Harlow bus station

The £15m major regeneration of Harlow town centre's bus station and Terminus Street area took a major step forward on Wednesday 11 January, as councillors approved redevelopment plans for the area.

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pbc today: How BIM and digital twin technology can reduce the carbon footprint of construction

With the race to net zero hotting up and building design and management ever more focused on ESG-related issues, BIM and digital twin technology used together can help the industry steal a march on more sustainably designed and operated buildings, explains Devan Mistry, associate director at McBains.

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In the Press: McBains has placed an opinion article in Property Week exploring the role of the senior living build-to-rent (BTR) sector in filling the retirement home void.

Despite projections of a substantial growth in the UK's older population, there has been a historic undersupply of purpose built retirement housing.

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