| A win for resident liaison |
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| Polly Moona is seen collecting her award for the region’s Tenant Liaison Officer of the Year at the TPAS & NMS Housing Connecting People Event, recognising her success for “going that extra mile... |
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| Energetic design |
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| Energy minister Malcolm Wicks MP is seen left at the official launch of shared-ownership properties within a £3... |
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| Winning trainee |
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| Higgins Construction PLC’s assistant site agent Dave Cabey is seen right presenting a PATH National Award to Arshia Bhatti (centre) of Newcastle City Council, who is the trainee of the year for 2007... |
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| Higgins goes Greenfield in Braintree |
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| The transfer of Braintree District Council’s 8,100 homes to Greenfields Community Housing officially took place on 12th November, while Higgins in the contractors’ team completes a pilot refurbishment project... |
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| September award in November |
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| A £25 million scheme built by Higgins Construction PLC for Barnet Council's New Choices Project won two prestigious awards from the National Home Improvement Council (NHIC) this month... |
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| Renewal of Old Hackney |
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| Ninety-year-old Tino Callegari is seen on 15 November in a senior citizens’ hall of Hackney where he learned about improvements to expect for 25 housing blocks on the Pembury Estate, following building work piloted around Birchington House by main contractor Higgins Construction PLC for the Peabody Trust housing association... |
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| More affordable housing for rural East Herts |
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| Brookfield Court in Broxbourne is now home to 20 tenants for affordable rent who take occupation of the flats and maisonettes this month, when main contractor Higgins completed the construction based on the design by architects Kyle Smart Associates for Aldwyck Housing Association... |
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| Higgins to modernise two schools in Putney |
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| Higgins Construction PLC has been awarded a £4... |
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| Group strength is boost for mixed-tenure |
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| Higgins Group PLC reports record results for the 13th year in succession by 31 July 2007, when turnover increased by 12% to £231 million (2006 : £206 million – 7... |
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| In partnership with London Housing Federation |
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| Regeneration contractor Higgins Construction PLC joins Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr at the London Housing Federation’s development conference on Wednesday 5 December... |
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| Higgins Sports Link Centre reaches out to Epping school |
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| West Ham United FC manager Alan Curbishley was the special guest on Wednesday 17 October at the latest school to kick-off with the club’s community development scheme from its base at the Higgins Sports Link Centre in Beckton... |
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| Constructing Excellence Award Winner |
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| Comedian and author Dominic Holland (right) was the celebrity host when pre-construction director Paul Cooke (centre) collected a Constructing Excellence Award in Westminster on 28 September for Loughton-based Higgins Group PLC’s successful project leadership on the £110 million regeneration of the Silwood Estate that is so big, it reaches across two London boroughs... |
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| School colours |
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| This pink and cream coloured £3... |
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| The future is bright |
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| The star of Orange mobile's hilarious cinema adverts, comedian Steve Furst (left) played a supporting role to Islington mayor Councillor Barbara Smith (right) when she presented achievement awards to local construction workers who included 62-year-old plumber James Mooney (centre)... |
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| Saturday funday |
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| When housebuilder and contractor Higgins Group PLC decided to celebrate over 45 years in business, their plans spiralled into taking over all of Debden Sports Ground at Chigwell Lane on 15 September with an action-packed day for exactly 445 people to indulge in clay pigeon shooting, tug o’war, its’a knockout, fairground dodgems and bouncy castles under blazing sunshine... |
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| Caught on camera |
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| “Only now can I confess that when Phil Turner first put this idea to me, I was ever-so-slightly underwhelmed,” confesses one attendee of a recent construction industry fishing day in Trout Fisherman magazine (October 2007), which featured a photograph of Higgins’ Rob Charnock of the business development team (back-row, top-left)... |
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| Talent Show |
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| If any graduates have an eye on a career in housing, see this week’s Contract Journal (12 September) for what both the recruits and employers have to say with input from our very own 26-year-old contracts surveyor James Parish seen in the photo... |
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| Back to school |
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| This is an aerial view of the new £6 million block built by Higgins for the The Colchester Sixth Form College, which contains new sports facilities, two lecture theatres, a restaurant, kitchen, offices and 33 teaching rooms for this term’s arrival of students... |
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| Building care for Norfolk |
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| Work is on target in Costessey for a £5 million state-of-the-art resource centre for the elderly, signifying a new era for their care in Norfolk from a partnership between Saffron Housing Trust, Norfolk County Council and Age Concern Norfolk... |
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| Options for £295m PFI in Lewisham |
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| A washroom sink option is seen being prepared for display by Higgins Construction PLC on Thursday 16 August, when St Andrew's Community Centre was the venue for residents invited to discuss how they will be affected by the London Borough of Lewisham’s £295 million Brockley PFI contract with Regenter B3... |
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| No holiday for the demolition work |
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| Children of the Market Estate in the London Borough of Islington are seen during the summer school holiday watching from a safe distance the latest block being demolished by main contractor Higgins Construction PLC for a £40 million regeneration project by Southern Housing Group... |
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| What a £40m regeneration means to one resident |
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| Ray Maxey welcomes you into his new home provided from Southern Housing Group’s £40 million regeneration of the Market Estate in Islington where Higgins is the main contractor... |
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| Time to reflect ahead of £40m move |
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| Market Estate resident of 35 years Margaret Veal (right) and daughter (left in mirror’s reflection) are seen taking a break from planning a family move from the Southdown block of flats to be demolished this year, to one of the 359 new apartments being built by Higgins Construction PLC within a £40 million regeneration project by Southern Housing Group... |
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| First key to 359 doors |
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| Mayor of Islington Cllr Barbara Smith is seen right when photographers snapped residents celebrating the regeneration of the Market Estate by Southern Housing Group... |
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| Inside Harrogate |
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| In a hectic week for Higgins when the company was named main contractor for two London regeneration projects valued at £237 million in total, Laura Marsh and Sam James (l-r) of the successful business development team were snapped by the Inside Housing magazine photographer indulging in some of the fun at the CIOH exhibition in Harrogate... |
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| Crane safety to the test |
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| In the same week that allocations were being made for this new apartment block on a London Borough of Brent regeneration site in South Kilburn, London Fire Brigade tested their very latest high-level rescue equipment following investigations by main contractor Higgins Construction PLC and the St Albans-based contractor Ground Construction Ltd (GCL) into proactively developing the safety standards for all their crane cab operators... |
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| By royal appointment |
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| HRH Countess Sophie Wessex was photographed in May at the John Grooms charity’s Kenway Court special-care housing centre recently built by Higgins Construction PLC in Southend... |
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| Higgins is main contractor for £165m PFI housing project in south London |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is named as the main contractor for refurbishments required by a £165 million (NPV) PFI project involving over 1,200 local authority homes in the Brockley area of Lewisham led by Regenter B3... |
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| Free lions on their shirt |
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| The Footscray Lions U14 football team is seen in their first season under the sponsorship of Higgins Construction PLC, which meant free kit for all the players... |
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| Cross-subsidies – the way forward |
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| When Contract Journal wanted to know about the Higgins approach to the cross-subsidies in housing, we were delighted to oblige... |
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| On a mission for Bromley care home |
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| Mission Care has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as main contractor for the £2... |
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| More affordable homes for Suffolk |
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| Circle Anglia development manager Keith Bunn is seen planting a first tree to celebrate Higgins completing the first 17 of 29 new affordable mixed-tenure homes at Old Newton near Stowmarket... |
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| Higgins demonstrates low carbon future for London |
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| While low carbon remains one of the priorities for London, Higgins is already bringing such sustainable design with a £6 million development of 60 new affordable low-energy homes to be built on the site of a redundant recycling depot in Lambeth... |
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| Eurovision Song Contest |
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| Claire Franklin (34) of Higgins Construction PLC’s business development team was one of just eight people selected to be part of the UK jury for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest hosted in the Finnish capital Helsinki... |
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| £3.5m appointment with the stars at Enfield |
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| Higgins Construction PLC has the £3... |
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| Projects of the Year |
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| Congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s two winning projects, which were the refurbishments completed to 270 homes on the Roundwood estate in Brent and the construction of a 12-storey block of 30 apartments abutting housing on the Burdett Estate in Tower Hamlets... |
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| £6.2m apartment block wins planning approval |
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| Swan Housing Group now has planning approval for this 12-storey block of 56 affordable apartments in Ilford, Essex designed by architects The Tooley Foster Partnership for the town’s regeneration... |
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| Higgins appointed for £9m housing investment |
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| Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as the main contractor for a £9 million package of affordable housing developments in east London... |
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| First rung in the property ladder for Hackney |
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| This is the design for a canalside block of 25 apartments to be built by award-winning* affordable housing contractor Higgins Construction PLC in the London Borough of Hackney for shared-ownership mortgages from a £3 million investment by Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association... |
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| £34.4m brings over 270 new homes to Stockwell |
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| Presentation Social Investment Agency has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as main contractor for the £34... |
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| £18 million regeneration hero |
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| Valerie Clarke is seen by one of the site safety hoardings that celebrate community activities related to the £18 million Granville New Homes regeneration project where Higgins Construction PLC is the main contractor... |
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| £6m leap into the future for college |
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| This photo was taken in 1912, showing the teams involved with the Colchester Sixth Form College at the very start... |
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| First homes of £40m regeneration near completion |
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| Chris Turner of Walthamstow-based contractor Courts is seen roofing the first of exactly 359 new homes within Southern Housing Group’s £40 million regeneration of the Market Estate by Higgins Construction in the London Borough of Islington... |
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| Higgins to build 58 affordable homes for Kent |
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| Broomleigh Housing Association, part of Affinity Sutton Group, has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as the main contractor for the £5... |
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| VIP launch of £40m regeneration's sports facility |
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| London Borough of Islington mayor councillor Jyoti Vaja faced press cameras to score a first basket in new outdoor sports facilities provided from Southern Housing Group’s £40 million regeneration of the Market Estate by Higgins Construction PLC... |
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| Higgins named in bid for £120m regeneration framework |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms it is one of the five firms bidding for a housing regeneration project in the London Borough of Lambeth worth up to £120 million... |
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| Countdown to launch showhouse for 176 homes in Crawley |
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| The first showhouse is being prepared for a £21... |
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| Higgins in Milton Keynes |
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| Affinity Sutton Housing Association has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as the main contractor for the £4 million redevelopment of a school site into 54 homes for affordable mixed-tenure and special needs in Milton Keynes... |
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| Take extra care in Norwich |
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| Orwell Housing Association has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as the main contractor for the £5 million development of a 63-unit sheltered accommodation complex in Norwich... |
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| £112 million for East London housing |
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| £112 million is the value of a package for new-build and refurbishment schemes involving the Thames Gateway regeneration in which Higgins Construction PLC is named by Gallions Housing Association as one of the approved framework contractors... |
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| Housing academic inspects £40m project |
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| In the same week that housing academic Professor Anne Power of the London School of Economics launched her latest book co-authored with John Houghton, "Jigsaw Cities: Big Places, Small Spaces (CASE Studies on Poverty, Place & Policy): Big Places, Small Spaces (CASE Studies on Poverty, Place & Policy) (Paperback)," she was the latest VIP to see Southern Housing Group’s (SHG) £40 million redevelopment of Market Estate being carried out in Islington by Higgins Construction PLC on Tuesday 13 March... |
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| Back to nature for eco-housing |
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| Bio-diverse green roofing is just one of the sustainability features of a £6 million development of 60 new affordable low-energy homes required by clients L&Q Group and subsidiary Tower Homes housing association to be built on the site of a redundant recycling depot in the London Borough of Lambeth... |
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| New homes, new learning centre |
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| East Thames Housing Group has appointed Higgins Construction PLC as main contractor for the £3... |
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| More Decent Homes for London |
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| Higgins Construction PLC adds another Decent Homes contract to its order book, as main contractor for Swan Housing Group’s £5 million refurbishment of 442 flats and maisonettes on the Exmouth Estate in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets... |
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| Workforce in the news |
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| When Contract Journal chose to report this week on the emerging workforce from Bulgaria and Romania, reporter Phil Bishop asked contracts manager Glen Roberts about his experience in Higgins’ supply chain for Decent Homes projects... |
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| The richest mix of tenures? |
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| It is just a week since 77 sq ft of cupboard space filled with rubble in Chelsea was snapped up for £200,000 whilst in harsh contrast, the council endeavours to bring thousands of homes up to the standards of Decent Homes... |
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| £400 million housing initiative starts here |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is one of England’s top contractors appointed by the Housing 21 organisation to design and build new retirement homes across the southeast... |
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| Site attracts HSE inspectors |
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| When the Health & Safety Executive sought a site for trainee inspectors to learn more about piling, Higgins Construction PLC was happy to oblige where Abbey Pynford is using a Casagrande B125 to lay exactly 630 piles 16m-deep with a 300mm-diameter for Threshold Housing Association’s £20... |
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| This is THE residents' choice . . . |
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| Exemplar First XI |
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| Congratulations to the first 11 who completed the Exemplar management development programme, developed specially for Higgins to apply learning from the world of sports and military performance, as well as from different industries... |
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| Lesson in eco design |
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| When the BBC TV Look East programme wanted to broadcast how authorities in the region should follow the good examples of properties already being developed with environmental designs taking advantage of public grants, it chose The Sixth Form College being extended in Colchester by Higgins Construction PLC... |
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| Rural housing in the news |
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| Our photo shows the start of media attention grabbed when Higgins Construction PLC’s demolition team moved in to the rural Cambridgeshire village of Sawston on Monday 18 December, to knock down 34 post-war Airey prefabricated houses for Circle Anglia’s £6... |
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| Built with special care |
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| Barnet Cllr Lynne Hilland is seen right with Andre Toloui at the London borough’s new Flower Lane autism-specific centre built by Higgins Construction PLC for management in partnership with Barnet NHS Primary Care Trust by Notting Hill Housing Group within a £24 million community regeneration scheme... |
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| VIP xmas for Raven Housing Trust |
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| Ex-Tory health minister and local author Edwina Currie was the celebrity VIP guest seen with Eddie de Ritter (left) to switch on festive illuminations in Portland Drive, (Merstham) Redhill where Higgins Construction PLC has a Decent Homes showroom serving residents from flats and houses owned by Raven Housing Trust, which are being refurbished under a £36 million investment programme... |
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| Mixed-tenure for housing growth |
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| Higgins Group PLC confirms that mixed-tenure will play a key role in developing the business by integrating work in both the public sector and from prospective housing, after reporting 7... |
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| Read all about him |
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| Our chief quantity surveyor is profiled in the on-line magazine QS Week today, where Jason Mount reveals our approach to training, value-engineering and his accurate personal prediction for the fortunes of ex-England rugby coach Andy Robinson... |
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| Top of the class |
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| Christmas came early to New Woodlands School in the London Borough of Lewisham, where Higgins Construction PLC presented art gifts to every pupil on Tuesday 12 December, when a special topping out ceremony was performed for a £3... |
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| Highest-tech care home |
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| One of the UK’s most hi-tech care housing schemes has been completed by Higgins for the John Grooms charity in Southend... |
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| Tune into BBC Radio Regeneration |
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| A BBC crew investigating two months ago how 1960’s multi-storey council estates failed their residents, had to move quick for interviews from the Market Estate in Islington to be broadcast over the next two weeks beginning on 27 November, because Higgins Construction PLC’s complete £40 million rebuild for Southern Housing Group is moving so fast... |
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| Chill-out in Inside Housing |
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| The Ice House development of a stylish 44-apartment block in Islington built by Higgins for Circle Anglia is this week's Development of the week in Inside Housing magazine... |
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| Children steal the show |
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| Children of the Market Estate in Islington stole the limelight from Islington Council’s deputy leader Cllr Terry Stacy when he officially unveiled their artwork on 7 November adorning the building site hoardings for Southern Housing Group’s £40 million complete redevelopment of the Market Estate where Higgins is the main contractor... |
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| £40m regeneration ahead of target |
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| Project manager Peter Crane is seen during a tea break in the week that main contractor Higgins Construction PLC revealed Reddington’s erection of concrete-frame apartment blocks for Southern Housing Group’s £40 million complete redevelopment of the Market Estate in Islington was so far ahead of programme, the accelerated completion will enable first residents to move in three months earlier than first programmed... |
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| Face up to £12.5m challenge |
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| Higgins Construction PLC project manager Danny Barker is seen centre at a special meeting held by the main contractor at its HQ in Essex on Tuesday 31 October, when residents of Old Pembury were invited to help identify the critical success factors for Higgins’ £12... |
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| Our next big regeneration challenge |
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| The current holder of Building magazine publisher’s Regeneration Contractor of the Year award is now on the shortlist for this year’s Challenging Regeneration Project of the Year, sponsored by National Grid... |
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| Billion-dollar baby in Brent |
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| While baby Yashi’s family joined over 65 residents on 20 October meeting the team responsible for the £18 million Granville New Homes project that kick-starts the £1bn South Kilburn regeneration programme in the London Borough of Brent for the council, she was entertained by Sam James of main contractor Higgins Construction PLC... |
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| Top design award for £67m regeneration |
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| It was the personal vision of resident Dora Boatemah to transform the once infamous Angell Town estate into a new community with all the design flourish of the very best private housing in London back in the 1990s... |
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| Ice cool apartments for Islington |
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| This is the cool luxury up for grabs in one of the latest stylish mixed-tenure apartment developments by Higgins Construction PLC, completed this month in the London Borough of Islington in partnership with Circle Anglia... |
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| Sir Trevor Brooking on side |
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| West Ham United FC legend and FA director Sir Trevor Brooking (58) was seen on Friday 13 October as the very special guest of honour to open a new sports facility built by Higgins for Leytonstone Business & Enterprise Specialist School in Colworth Road... |
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| 140th jobseeker joins employment scheme |
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| Jamie Philips is the 140th unemployed jobseeker to take advantage of work-experience opportunities provided with full college training by London & Quadrant Housing Group’s STEP (Supported Training and Employment Pathway) scheme, on his very own doorstep where Higgins Construction PLC is developing exactly 103 affordable new homes on the North Cray Estate in Bexley, Kent... |
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| Anything good on TV? |
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| Housing built by Higgins came to TV screens on a Channel 4 show on 26 October, when homes seen in Cambourne for Cambridge Housing Society represented some of the best place to live... |
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| Right on cue |
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| Snooker’s former two-times world champion Ronnie “the rocket” O’Sullivan was photographed second-from-right on 17 September when he swapped his cue for running shoes to join 340 entrants in this year’s five-mile charity run at Copped Hall organised by the Rotary Club of Epping and sponsored by Higgins Group PLC... |
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| The mixed-tenure business |
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| If you’re looking for the inside story on Higgins success in mixed-tenure, take a look at the September edition of House Builder magazine, where there is an exclusive interview with Higgins Construction director Paul Cooke... |
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| £20.9m investment in housing for Hammersmith |
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| This is Gardner Stewart Architects’ design for a £20... |
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| Out of office reply to housing shortage |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is appointed as the main contractor for Dominion Housing Group’s £14... |
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| Yes Minister |
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| Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State Rt Hon John Prescott MP was a special guest of Haringey council’s New Deal for Communities team on 8 August to see Higgins’ progress for a new £5 million community centre under construction... |
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| Even more business development |
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| Robert Charnock has clinched the position of senior business development manager within Higgins Construction... |
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| One of the best for training awards |
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| The outstanding success and potential of training initiatives have earned Higgins a podium position on the shortlist for the prestigious Contract Journal Awards to be presented by Reed Publishing on 5 October at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel... |
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| More business development |
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| Laura Marsh is the name of Higgins’ new marketing assistant within the award-winning business development team... |
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| First blocks complete for London estate |
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| Senior site manager Rakesh Makanji is seen on the site of Higgins’ £40 million complete redevelopment of the Market Estate in Islington, where the first three reinforced concrete structures for exactly 359 new homes neared completion by contractor Reddington to clad in brick & block... |
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| Teamwork that didn't work! |
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| They succeeded in transforming 700 homes and therefore the living standards of residents on the Church End and Roundwood estates pitched in Neasden only a throw-in away from the delayed Wembley Stadium re-build site over eight years, but it took only 15 minutes to knock them out of a family 5-a-side football tournament... |
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| Trailblazer for jobs |
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| Congratulations to Higgins’ Charlton Triangle Homes project team, for official recognition of their success with local labour and training support from the Greenwich Education Business Partnership... |
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| Fancy a brew? |
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| Thank you Maria Fernandez Burgoa (left) and Carol Mitchell (right) for running a great canteen on the Market Estate in the London Borough of Islington, where Higgins is the main contractor for Southern Housing Group’s complete £40 million rebuild... |
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| Site manager on the run |
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| If you want to know why site manager Adrian Jaggard was caught on camera in flight from an inflatable castle in Southend on 2 July, clutching a carrier bag of water, it was all for a good cause... |
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| Listen to the residents |
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| To check out the secret of Higgins’ award-winning success in resident liaison, you can read an insightful independent report by Construction News published 29 June (pages 34-36) from one of the year’s biggest challenges for the £40 million Market Estate regeneration in the London Borough of Islington... |
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| You can't park here! |
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| When Parking News magazine editor Simon O’Brien wanted to know more about regeneration at the CIH Conference in Harrogate last week, he headed directly for Higgins’ stand... |
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| New Deal or No Deal? |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government Angela Smith could not pay a visit to Haringey’s New Deal for Communities team, without seeing for herself Higgins’ progress for the new Plevna & Triangle community centre... |
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| Villagers get £6.5m housing package |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms its appointment as the main contractor for Circle Anglia Group’s £6... |
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| Lea Valley is site of 81-home development |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms it is appointed as the main contractor for an £8 million development of 81 homes for affordable mixed-tenure in the Lea Valley area of London by Family Housing Group and subsidiary Landmark Housing Association... |
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| Modern Methods of Higgins Construction |
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| Higgins teams up with Marlows Timber Engineering for an exclusive Modern Methods of Construction forum on prefabricated timber-frame housing at the company's Bury production site in July... |
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| Mixed-tenure housing from £21.3m investment |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms £21... |
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| Pirates of Neasden |
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| Raymond Buckpitt was the first to climb aboard in swashbuckling style one of some adventure play attractions provided by London firm Higgins Construction PLC on 16 April, when Fortunegate Housing Association hosted celebrations for the completion of refurbishments to 700 homes they manage on both the Church End and Roundwood estates in the London Borough of Brent... |
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| Who needs KPIs? |
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| We do!
KPIs can be geared to provide the best way to not only learn direct from residents about any ways we can improve our performance, but to also affirm everything we do right... |
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| What's on the news? |
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| Recently appointed leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Sir Menzies Campbell was caught on BBC TV cameras campaigning for local elections on Monday 3 April inside Higgins site for the £40 million rebuild of an Islington estate managed by Southern Housing Group... |
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| When it came to the crunch |
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| When it was time for the demolition of a disused 150-space underground car park to kick-start a £40 million housing estate rebuilding programme in London on 16 March, main contractor Higgins Construction PLC invited residents to get a first-hand feel of the work... |
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| Affordable housing boost for Sussex |
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| Higgins will bring affordable housing to Crawley for a 176-home development in partnership with Moat Housing Group and their sister development company Higgins Homes... |
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| Extra school work |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is the main contractor for a £3... |
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| Congratulations! |
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| Congratulations to the teams of the two outstanding successes for Higgins Construction in 2005, which were joint-winners of the company's annual Project of the Year awards:
The Blackbourne Road development of 84 new homes in Dagenham, developed with our sister company Higgins Homes for mixed-tenure in partnership with Circle33-Anglia... |
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| The new look |
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| Higgins Construction revealed the new look for its award-winning resident liaison team who attend to the many estate refurbishment projects in and around London, at its recently purpose-built 50,000 sq ft headquarters on Langston Road... |
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| Self-build social housing |
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| If you are planning a self-build project for your next housing scheme, read this week's Contract Journal (8 March 2006 publication) where there is an exclusive interview with two residents who joined Higgins in the construction of their own eco-spec homes for a £1... |
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| Design for £15 million housing scheme |
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| This is PRP Architect's design for a new £15 million development of 116 mixed-tenure homes being developed by Higgins in Rotherhithe, in partnership with a consortium of two registered social landlords, London & Quadrant Group and the Presentation social investment agency... |
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| Thumb a lift for hi-rise |
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| Richard Brewster of Diecutt is seen preparing a 900mm-daimeter diamond-tip bladed Pentruder wall saw to cut 78 double-door cavities through the 200mm-thick reinforced concrete shell of each lift shaft in six towerblocks, for Higgins Construction PLC's £11m regeneration of the South Acton Estate in the London Borough of Ealing... |
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| Billion-pound regeneration kicks off |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms its appointment as main contractor for the £18 million Granville New Homes project that kick-starts the £1bn South Kilburn regeneration programme for the London Borough of Brent... |
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| On site for Swanscombe & Greenhithe |
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| This is the design of the £1... |
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| More key-worker homes for London |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms appointed as main contractor for London & Quadrant Group's £4... |
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| Dartford council appoints Higgins |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is confirmed as the appointed main contractor for Dartford Borough Council's development of a new £1... |
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| Ten-tonne lift for £67m housing project |
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| Dave Langstead of Dartford-based Hewden is at the cab of this 10-tonne City Crane on the compact 1... |
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| Festive fun |
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| We could not resist sharing this photo taken of festive fun at the site of our £67 million Angell Town regeneration project in Brixton, which will involve some serious second-fix build-assistance of 10 eco-homes by the future residents themselves in 2006... |
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| £3.67m fight prize win for Higgins |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms it has taken possession of a 1/3-acre pub demolition site this week in Croydon for a £3... |
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| House music |
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| This dance team of 14-year-olds known as Silent Step stormed the floor of the Acton Park Playcentre in East Acton Lane during a Saturday night in December packed with family entertainment to celebrate community successes led by the centre's 50-year-old manager Huey Reid... |
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| Fishy business! |
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| When weekly Building Design news magazine highlighted the approach to integrated supply chain and risk sharing between Higgins and Hertford-based a4 architecture consultant Richard Macan-Lind in December, it was a lighthearted comment on how they succeeded in tackling this awesome 21-pound pike caught during a fishing match... |
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| Regeneration Contractor of the Year - IT'S OFFICIAL! |
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| Higgins Construction PLC was this week declared as the regeneration contractor of the year by the judging panel of the Regeneration Awards for 2005, which are promoted by the publisher of magazines Building, Building Design and Property Week... |
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| Open market for £35m regeneration |
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| When exactly 105 residents came face-to-face on Saturday 12 November with the Higgins Construction PLC team appointed by Southern Housing Group to completely rebuild their Market Estate in the London Borough of Islington, the most pressing concern was naturally how everyday lives would be affected by complex demolitions and construction stages over six years... |
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| Higgins brings affordable homes to Suffolk |
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| Higgins Construction PLC confirms it is the main contractor appointed by Circle Anglia for the £2... |
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| Over 100 new affordable homes for Kent |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is confirmed as the main contractor for London & Quadrant Group's £9... |
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| £4.25m contract for shop with 58-bedroom property |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is confirmed this week as the main contractor for Southern Housing Groups £4,250,000 development of a 29-unit mixed-tenure block of flats and ground-floor shop in the London Borough of Hackney... |
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| Decent Homes deadline |
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| Higgins Construction PLC is confirmed this week as the main contractor for a £3 million Decent Homes contract to refurbish over 250 properties in the London Borough of Lewisham over just 23 weeks... |
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| wHAT's his name? |
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| Hatib Sinhateh (right in photo) is the name of Higgins' general foreman highlighted by judges of the Building Communities Awards, for his |
