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2009

26 Nov 2009 Fundraising for Children in Need
Staff across GB took part in various fund raising activities and raised over £500 for Children in Need.
25 Nov 2009 Students Visit our RMHF site
First and second year Architectural Technology students from Northampton University visited our Cliftonville RMHF Site for the second time last week to see how far the project had progressed since their first visit back in May.
18 Nov 2009 Annual Results 2009
GB announces rise in profits to £2.14 million an 84% increase on the previous year.
13 Nov 2009 Enterprise Day at RMHF
Our RMHF site team were recently asked to spend a day talking and presenting to Year 10 & 11 students at the Northampton School for Boys (NSB) about the Construction Industry, as part of their careers week.
04 Nov 2009 Brewery Wharf wins Bronze Award
Our completed project at Brewery Wharf, Leeds has been awarded a Bronze at the RIBA White Rose Awards.
30 Oct 2009 GB Volunteer Raises Money for Charity
Jenny from GB Rugby Office helped raise money for St Giles Hospice by volunteering for a trek to Machu Picchu, Peru with 25 other local volunteers.
26 Oct 2009 GB Appointed to New Framework
GB Building Solutions has been appointed to the Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association Extracare Framework (BPHA) worth £100million over four years.
01 Oct 2009 Apprentice Awards Ceremony
GB recently attended the Apprentice Awards Ceremony which is held to recognise and celebrate the successful apprentice scheme jointly operated by Manchester City Council, Aspire and Manchester’s constructor partners working on their frameworks; of which GB are one
15 Sep 2009 Redevelopment of Kings Cross Hotel
GB and Mace Group are part of consortium to redevelop Great Northern Hotel as part of King’s Cross Central scheme. GB and Mace Group are to be the construction providers on the refurbishment and redevelopment of the Great Northern Hotel, a luxury, limited service, boutique hotel.
27 Aug 2009 Hotel Gets Planning Permission
Oxford GB has just obtained planning permission to build a new upmarket, 244 bedroom hotel, worth £30million, right in the centre of Leeds.
24 Aug 2009 New Retirement Village
GB has been awarded a new £14.5 million retirement village in Stoke called West End Village.
17 Aug 2009 GB Appointed New Framework
GB has been appointed to the Bedfordshire Pimgrims Housing Association Extracare Framework (bpha).
07 Aug 2009 GB Staff Reach Final of CMoY Awards
3 Project Managers from GB have reached the final of the CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Awards. The winners will be announced on 27th October 2009.
07 Aug 2009 GB Completes Cheshire PFI
GB has completed the last of five extra care villages in Cheshire as part of a £65 million PFI project.
31 Jul 2009 GB Scores Excellent in Resident Survey
GB scored excellent in a recent resident survey undertaken at the Mid Mosten project in Manchester.
29 Jul 2009 GB Scheme Features on BBC Series
Lovat Fields is a retirement village in Milton Keynes and was constructed by GB in 2007. The retirement village is to feature in a 6 part series on the BBC.
23 Jul 2009 University of York Ground Breaking
GB has started construction work on the new Centre for Immunology and Infection. To mark the start of construction a ground breaking ceremony took place earlier this week.
22 Jul 2009 GB Staff GIve Blood
The National Blood Service visited our RMHF site in Northampton recently and 41 donations were made by GB and St Andrews staff which exceeded the National Blood Services expectations.
20 Jul 2009 New Housing Association Framework
GB has been appointed as one of six contractors to a housing association framework.
16 Jul 2009 Oasis Academy Grand Opening
GB have handed over all 3 phases of the new Oasis Academy in Immingham and a grand opening was held last week.
16 Jul 2009 3rd New Contract in Chesterfield
GB has won its 3rd project in Chesterfield constructing a new football stadium for Chesterfield Football Club.
15 Jul 2009 New Ward Block at Chesterfield Hospital
GB has won its 2nd contract at Chesterfiled Hospital, constructing a new ward block. GB are already on site providing a new delivery suite.
14 Jul 2009 Staff Raise Money for Cancer Research UK
Staff at our office in Sunbury took part in Race For Life at Kempton Park and raised over £950 for Cancer Research UK.
07 Jul 2009 HIF Community Support
The team at HIF (Housing Investment Framework) have recently supported a community day at Moss Side and also donated a cabin to the charity Wheels For All to store their new bikes, which were purchased with funds helped raised by GB.
15 Jun 2009 New Multi Storey Car Park
GB has been awarded a £4million multi-storey car park to help alleviate parking nightmares in the centre of Blackburn.
10 Jun 2009 Walking The Wall to Raise Money
A team of hardy walkers from GB walked a 10 mile section of Hadrian’s Wall National Footpath to raise money for the Hexham Priory Special Needs School. The amount raised so far is over £1,000
08 Jun 2009 Sidcup Wins Sustainability Award
GB has won a sustainability award at the LDSA Building Excellence Awards 2009 for the recently completed leisure project in Sidcup
29 May 2009 New Contract at University of York
GB have been awarded a £3 million project at the University of York.
21 May 2009 Refurbishment of Central Delivery Suite
GB is to completely refubish the Central Delivery Suite at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at a value of £1.3 million
14 May 2009 University Students Visit Site
Architectural Technology students from Northampton University have recently visited our £46m Residential Mens Health Unit in Northampton
12 May 2009 Health & Safety Poster Competion
Staff from Manchester have recently held a Heath & Safety Poster competition with the pupils of a school local to one of our HIF sites where the main prize was a mountain bike.
07 May 2009 General Works 1st Anniversary
General Works, a division of GB Building Solutions which was formed as part of the NCC framework, is celebrating its 1st Anniversary
06 May 2009 Glulam Beams Delivered by Night
Seven huge glulam beams have been delivered and installed at our Botwell Green Leisure Centre project in Hillingdon
05 May 2009 CIOB ' Construction Manager of the Year'
3 of our Project Managers have reached the next stage of the CIOB 'Construction Manager of the Year' Awards.
15 Apr 2009 Constructionarium 2009
GB has teamed up with Northumbria University to invest in the future of young people entering the construction industry, providing them with a more unusual form of hands-on experience
31 Mar 2009 GB wins 7 Awards at the CCS Awards 2009
GB has won 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze Awards at this years Considerate Constructors Awards
26 Mar 2009 Civic Trust Award
Our Samworth Academy project in Northampton has been awarded a Civic Trust Award
20 Mar 2009 Paddington Academy Royal Opening
HRH Princess Royal officially opened our Paddington Academy in London
19 Mar 2009 Bats In the Castle
Staff at our project at Ford Castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed had a suprise recently in the form of a tiny bat.
17 Feb 2009 Manchester One Framework Away Days
Constructor partners for the Manchester One framework get together for 2 away days in the spirt of partnering and team ethos
09 Feb 2009 Building Awards 2009
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in this years Building Awards in the category of 'Best New Firm of the Year'
06 Feb 2009 Additional Gym Project at Botwell Green Leisure Centre
GB Building Solutions has just been awarded a £2million gym project as an addition to its £14million contract to build the Botwell Green leisure centre in Hillingdon.
02 Feb 2009 £46 million Mental Health Facility
GB Building Solutions has been appointed as contractor for a £46million project to build a mental health facility in Northampton for St Andrew’s Healthcare.
23 Jan 2009 Pedal Power for Boggart Bikers
Once again our efforts and ethos of 'going the extra mile' have led to praise and thanks in the local press in Manchester
22 Jan 2009 New Four Year Framework
GB has today had notification that it will be appointed to a four year £105m construction framework by Manchester City Council subject to contract agreement.
14 Jan 2009 GB Kicks off New Year with Library Project
Northumberland County Council (NCC) has appointed GB Building Solutions to build a library with community facilities in the Northumberland market town of Haltwhistle.