Carillion have started work on the controversial Justice Centre in Northampton.

The biggest single investment by Northamptonshire Police Authority over the last 30 years will see the state-of-the-art facility replace premises at Campbell Square, Daventry and the police station at Weston Favell.

Northamptonshire Police Authority have been working in conjunction with Carillion, Trebor Developments and SMC Corstorphine & Wright to provide the 44,261 sq ft building which is located on a 2.20 acre plot at Northampton Business Park, Brackmills.

Completion is scheduled for Summer 2010.

Contact us here for more information on this project and many others.

Sub-Contractor new to Sub-Sight?

Click here to register your interest in advertising on the Uk’s most accurate sub-contractor directory.

Principal contractor/ developer new to Sub-Sight?
Click here and start searching for sub-contractors local to your projects

The new areas will go live on the site during September 2009 but spaces within the new areas are selling fast as publicity surrounding Sub-Sight grows.

This means that Sub-Sight now comprehensively covers twenty counties in the South-East of England and is actively working to put sub-contractors in touch with developers and principal contractors in the following areas:

Since its inception in March 2009, Sub-Sight has helped scores of sub-contractors in the South-East of England find new business due to their inclusion in the directory.

Now, due to phenomenal demand, Sub-Sight has extended its scope to cover another 13 counties (see below) and, as a result, has set a target of £25m in new contracts for sub-contractors in this newly extended area.

The 4000+ current projects within this region amount to a total value of over £3.8billion so far this year, ands this does not include the work going on in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics. This means that there will be somewhere in the region of 80,000 sub-contract packages going out to tender. Our intention is to ensure that, through effective networking on their behalf, our Sub-Sight members pick up a proportion of this work.

£25million works out at less than 1% of the total works being carried out in the region. Not such an unrealistic target after all? It stands to reason, when analysing these figures, that many of the sub-contract packages on projects in this region must be going to firms from outside the geographical region. Sub-Sight aims to re-claim a portion of the revenue in the Midlands and South-East of England for local firms.

The construction of a new bypass, as well as the building of around 5000 new homes, around the town of Towcester in Northamptonshire is set to boost the local economy and create up to 2670 new jobs according to a local newspaper. As well as the new bypass and houses, the scheme could mean the construction of two schools, a new pavilion, sports pitches and a health centre in the town, according to the Northamptonshire Chronicle & Echo. South Northamptonshire Council Leader Sandra Barnes was reported as saying, “It is also important that if we are going to have new people living here, they have got to be able to connect easily with Northampton and other places.” She also added that it is vital that plans for the bypass are given the go-ahead if the local community in Towcester is to expand further. It is thought that the new projects will give a huge boost to local construction companies and that local Civils, Groundworks, Earthworks contractors will be among the first to benefit.

Want to know more about advertising your company on Sub-Sight and becoming one of the first to benefit from new projects in Northamptonshire? Call us on 0845 678 5577 or click here to register your interest and get a call back.

Negotiations are ongoing with Northamptonshire County Council, who currently own the site used by Corby Community College, in order to build its new £42m Corby Campus. Corby’s ongoing regeneration will be boosted by the development of the new 14-acre site on the eastern approach to the town.

 The new Corby Campus will continue to offer subjects currently available such as Construction, Motor Vehicle and Hair and Beauty as well as additional provision in Sport, Business, Health and Care and employer-led work.  The building has been designed by Bond Bryan and will be a mixture of brick and zinc exteriors with a wood lift column as a feature in the main atrium.  Learning pods for each curriculum will also be built with a small library and computers for learners to gain the right information.

The development will provide much needed space in order to develop the an Higher Education centre on the campus as part of the government’s ‘University Challenge’ scheme, the aim of which is to provide a platform from which to launch a bid to become North Northamptonshire University.

In addition to the new site in Corby, Tresham Institute has also been successful in securing a site to maintain a presence in Wellingborough town centre and will be building a brand new £16million campus in the site that is currently being used as the Jackson Lane car park. The new campus in Wellingborough will provide a focused skills centre to offer training in Engineering, Motor Vehicle, Construction and Early Years.

In collaboration with local schools, Tresham will be building a £6million extension on its brand new campus in Kettering to provide new vocational opportunities. The extension will include high quality catering facilities, expanded hair and beauty salons and create a business and enterprise centre.

Work will start on all three campuses in April 2009. The Kettering extension is due to be completed by Autumn 2010 and the brand new campuses in Corby and Wellingborough are due to be finished by Autumn 2011.