Hull construction firm wins award for approach to tackling skills shortages

Hull construction firm wins award for approach to tackling skills shortages

Construction firm Hobson & Porter has been recognised at the annual Constructing Excellence in Yorkshire & Humberside (CEYH) awards. The Hull-based firm was crowned winner of the People Development Award and was also highly commended in the SME of the Year category at the awards, which are organised by the School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing at Leeds Beckett...

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CCUK Rebrands its Concrete Repairs Division

CCUK Rebrands its Concrete Repairs Division

In early 2022, Composites Construction UK rebranded its concrete repairs division. CRSW is officially the new name for CCUK’s Concrete Repair and Specialist Works division which operates primarily in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. CRSW (CCUK) is a leading specialist contractor for repairing and strengthening structures, pipes, tanks, bridges, and buildings. Operating across the UK through...

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Game on: Hull Esteem celebrates sporting milestone with Broadacre Primary School

Game on: Hull Esteem celebrates sporting milestone with Broadacre Primary School

The new multimillion-pound Broadacre Primary School building has reached yet another milestone in its construction phase as the multi-use games area (MUGA) was completed just in time for the new school term to begin. It comes just two months after Hull Esteem, Hull City Council and partner Sewell Construction celebrated a topping-out ceremony that marked the halfway point in the build, showing...

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Expansion of Hull’s Kingswood Academy to create 150 additional places

Expansion of Hull’s Kingswood Academy to create 150 additional places

Work is about to begin on a £4.4 million expansion of a Hull secondary school following an increase in demand for places. Kingswood Secondary Academy in Wawne Road, Bransholme, opened in January 2013 under Hull’s Building School’s for the Future (BSF) programme. It was initially built to accommodate 1,350 students aged 11 to 16. But now, as the demand for places grows at this high performing and...

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Expansion of west Hull school will offer host of new opportunities for students

Expansion of west Hull school will offer host of new opportunities for students

Work is about to begin on a £6 million expansion of the Boulevard Academy, which will increase capacity in response to a growing demand for places, as well as enabling it to offer a range of new courses from September 2022.  The Boulevard Academy on Massey Close, west Hull, welcomed its first pupils in September 2013. The school, which occupies the site of Hull FCs former Boulevard ground, was...

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