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| 22 Dec 2010 |
Be Proud Awards |
| As part of GB’s collaborative working partnership with Bramall Construction on the West Gorton Local Authority New Build project (Manchester Framework 1), we jointly sponsored the Manchester Young Person of the Year Award.
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| 03 Dec 2010 |
Fund Raising with the Stars |
| The Framework team in Manchester have been working with the charity Body Positive NW for almost 12 months. This culminated with a huge social event that raised £30,000.00.
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| 28 Oct 2010 |
Mental Healthcare Facility Takes Shape |
| GB has completed the construction of William Wake House, a £46 million residential mental healthcare facility, for national charity St Andrew’s Healthcare. William Wake House provides 132 en-suite bedrooms within eight rehabilitation and recovery wards. |
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| 11 Oct 2010 |
The Green Has a Lick of Paint |
| The new Sustainable Student Village in Bradford has now been given a new name of 'The Green' and will be the UK’s first multi-residential development to achieve a BREEAM Outstanding rating |
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| 30 Sep 2010 |
Middlehaven Promotes Sustainability |
| At GB we are using the One Planet Living Framework to work more sustainably. We are implementing One Planet Living Action Plans across the business to improve our social, economic and environmental sustainability. |
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| 20 Sep 2010 |
GB Constructs BREEAM Outstanding |
| GB Building Solutions is to be the first to construct a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ Multi Residential Scheme
The new sustainable student village for University of Bradford aims to be the first BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ student accommodation in the UK, and will be called ‘The Green’
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| 25 Aug 2010 |
Two Great Events in September |
| Louise Ebrey, our Business Improvement Manager, will be facilitating at two great events on 23rd and 29th September. Louise is a facilitator, coach, and implementer of Business Improvement solutions which align process improvement with business strategy.
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| 16 Aug 2010 |
Sponsors of Manchester Caribbean Carnival |
| GB are proud to have sponsored the Manchester Caribbean Carnival this weekend. Thousands of people turned out for this year’s theme of ‘Diversity’ which included a procession of floats weaving their way through the streets of Moss Side.
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| 13 Aug 2010 |
GB Expands Framework Experience |
| GB Building Solutions has been appointed to the four-year North West Construction Hub framework covering the northwest of England. The framework, part of the nine nationwide Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs), is being established to deliver public sector work throughout Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire East and Cheshire West, and Greater Manchester. |
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| 11 Aug 2010 |
GB Win Largest Indoor Skatepark in UK |
| GB Building Solutions has been awarded the construction of a new sports facility in Hemel Hempstead for Sportspace, Dacorum Sports Trust which will include the largest indoor, combined timber and concrete, skate park in the UK. |
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| 14 Jul 2010 |
Pupils Bury Time Capsule |
| Pupils from Stoke Minster Primary School have been learning about the history of parts of Stoke on Trent and burying their findings in a time capsule at GB's West End Village project.
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| 24 Jun 2010 |
Seventh Project Awarded from St Andrews |
| GB has won its seventh project from St Andrew’s Healthcare in just 5 years taking GB’s total provision of care facilities in England to over £250 million |
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| 01 Jun 2010 |
Second School Awarded in Manchester |
| GB Building Solutions has just been awarded a £15m contract to build a new school in Manchester. The contract was awarded by Manchester City Council under its Framework One agreement of which GB is a part. This is the second school contract awarded to GB by Manchester City Council in as many weeks. The other school was the £14m Whalley Range High school
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| 24 May 2010 |
Awarded Sixth Form Facility at Manchester Girls School |
| GB Building Solutions has been awarded a £14million contract to build a sixth form facility for Manchester all-girls’ school, Whalley Range High School. The contract was awarded by Manchester City Council as part of its framework, known as Framework One, on which GB was included at the beginning of last year. |
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| 21 May 2010 |
Final Stone Laid at William Wake House |
| At a topping out ceremony last week the final pediment stone was laid at our £46 million Residential Mental Health Facility in Northampton for St Andrews Healthcare.
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| 18 May 2010 |
Sponsors Constructionarium for 4th year |
| Tomorrow’s construction experts recently had a chance to practice what they’ve been taught by Northumbria University at the 2010 Constructionarium. GB Building Solutions sponsored the Constructionarium for the fourth year running, along with Space Architects, Core People Recruitment and Speedy Hire.
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| 29 Apr 2010 |
GB runner up UK's Most Considerate Site |
| Following the announcement that we have been awarded 7 CCS awards across the company we are also delighted to announce that our Gold Award winning site at Middlewich was also a runner up in the category of ‘UK’s Most Considerate Site’.
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| 28 Apr 2010 |
GB Wins 2 Gold Awards |
| We are delighted to announce we have been awarded 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze Awards at this Years Considerate Constructor Awards. |
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| 20 Apr 2010 |
New Stadium Scores High with CCS |
| Following a previous visit by the Considerate Constructor Scheme at which the site scored 38.5 the team at our Chesterfield FC New Stadium project were delighted to achieve 38 on the second visit.
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| 29 Mar 2010 |
Work Starts on £200m RiversideOne |
| GB Building Solutions has been awarded a contract by sustainable community developer BioRegional Quintain to build the first apartment block at RiversideOne, a £200m development that will regenerate the Middlehaven docks area of Middlesbrough. |
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| 25 Mar 2010 |
GB Shortlisted at CN Quality Awards |
| We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted at this years Construction News Quality Awards in the category of Health & Safety |
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| 16 Mar 2010 |
Laying the First Brick at Bramley |
| Barchester Healthcare CEO Mike Parsons and GB CEO Martin Smout laid the first brick last week at the new care home project in Bramley |
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| 05 Mar 2010 |
GB Nominated for 7 CCS Awards |
| We are delighted to announce that 7 of our sites have been nominated for a Considerate Constructor Award. Each site will be awarded with either a Bronze, Silver or Gold at the award ceremony in April. |
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
Ivor Goodsite visits local primary school |
| We have recently organised a visit with IVOR Goodsite (Considerate Constructor Scheme character) and Lee Broadhurst, West End Village Project Engineer, to Stoke Minster Primary School to talk to the children about the project and the importance of H&S on site.
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| 11 Feb 2010 |
February News Update |
| Just in case you haven’t seen the press recently, this is what GB Building Solutions have been up to recently.
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| 09 Feb 2010 |
GB Scoops 5 Awards |
| We are delighted to announce that GB have won 5 awards at the 11th Annual Cheshire local authority 'Built in Quality' Awards in the categories of Best Public/ Community Project, Best Project for Accessibility and overall winner in the “Special Award Category, For Consistent Quality†for extra care village developments across Cheshire. |
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| 02 Feb 2010 |
GB Subcontractor to Aspire Defence |
| GB Building Solutions has been appointed as a sub-contractor to Aspire Defence on Project Allenby/Connaught and will deliver complete new build and refurbished accommodation for UK based soldiers and those returning from operations. |
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| 26 Jan 2010 |
New Care Home in Bramley |
| GB Building Solutions has started the year on a positive note after being awarded a £4.6million care home project in Bramley, Basingstoke. The new build care home by national care provider Barchester Healthcare will accommodate 70 people. |
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