Sarah Townsend
Contractor Russell WBHO has finished building the 158-bedroom hotel in Manchester on behalf of Bruntwood SciTech and Vita Group, which are developing the £750m Circle Square mixed-use scheme in a joint venture.
The 16-storey Premier Inn on Princes Street is due to open in February and comprises a 1,018-space multistorey car park across the first 10 floors (ground to nine), and the hotel reception and accommodation on floors nine to 15 behind an aluminium façade.
Russell was appointed as main contractor for the project, designed by architect Feilden Clegg Bradley, in 2018 and started construction work in May that year.
Rochdale manufacturer secures Made Smarter support for technology investment Date published: 22 December 2020
Crystal Doors
A Rochdale manufacturer has secured support from Made Smarter, the movement helping SMEs join the Industry 4.0 revolution.
Crystal Doors, a manufacturer of bespoke vinyl wrapped furniture components, is taking its first steps with the technology adoption pilot aimed at introducing digital tools and technologies to boost productivity and growth, and navigate the impact of Covid-19.
Ben Horn, Digital Transformation Programme Manager at Crystal Doors, said: Made Smarter has been supporting us in launching our Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Platform project. From the first meeting, their insight and advice have been invaluable in refining the project to become as focused and impactful as it is today.
Self-isolating students in Bristol spend days in darkness
21 Dec 2020
Gulf Today Report
Some colleges have told students to self-isolate in their rooms and follow lectures virtually.
An earlier report said students at residential halls at Manchester Metropolitan University had to self-isolate for 14 days after 127 tested positive for COVID-19.
But this self-isolation rule has come with challenges. It carries the disadvantage of leaving pupils isolated when they have made few friends and raising questions over their tuition fees.
In a new development, students at the University of Bristol spent more than a week in self-isolation with dark bedrooms, having to wait until their self-isolation period had finished for their lights to be fixed.
Why Runcorn s incinerator could be home to a UK first Runcorn’s incinerator could become the first in the country to turn plastic into material for 3D printers in an effort to promote recycling of single-use plastics. The plant, operated by Viridor, has applied for permission to install new equipment in what is currently a storage space that would melt down discarded plastic and use it to produce “feedstock” for 3D printing. In a planning application submitted to Halton Council, Viridor said: “In effect, the process takes discarded plastic, turns it into a homogenous plastic ‘spaghetti’ for manufacturers to then transform into toys, tools and other useful plastic products.
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