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Cuningar Loop Community Woodland Park masterplan receives Planning Consent

Austin-Smith:Lord’s masterplan for a new community woodland on the Cuningar Loop on the River Clyde, opposite the Commonwealth Games village in Glasgow’s East End has secured planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council. The project, one of the Games legacy projects, will rehabilitate a vacant and derelict site to create a network of natural habitats, paths and trails, events spaces and outdoor activity facilities to encourage active participation in sport and enhance access to nature in an urban setting.

The masterplan for the 14 Ha site includes a path network that links to a new pedestrian bridge being taken forward by Glasgow City Council. The site works are to progress with Robertson Construction via the Scape Framework and are scheduled to be completed in 2014.

Liverpool Central Library wins Building Excellence Award

The refurbishment and extension of Liverpool’s historic central library has won an award for the best technical development in LABC’s North West building excellence awards.

The award was granted to the development because the difficulties of marrying the new build extension to the existing grade 2 listed building of 1850 and threw up competing technical issues around access, fire safety and preservation of the historic facade.

LABC Chief Executive Paul Everall said “Our regional building excellence awards are an opportunity to celebrate good practice. All our winners demonstrated how attention to detail and a positive working relationship with Building Control departments can achieve high quality and sustainable buildings fit for the future. Our awards are unique because they recognise how the work of local authority surveyors helps to improve building standards and boost sustainability and efficiency.

“With the constraints on this historic development with various specialist consultants employed to deal with issues such as fire safety and access requirements it was vital close working relationships were developed all round. The quality of the finished building is proof of how well the teams worked together to create this stunning and technically sound modern community building that retains its history.”

More than 500 people from the construction industryacross the north west of England attended the awards at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday 26 April.

Photo: courtesy of Shepherd Construction

Liverpool Central Library Shortlists at LABC Awards

Liverpool Central Library has been selected as a finalist at the LABC North West Regional Building Excellence Awards.

The winners will be announced on the evening of 26 April 2013 at a dinner event at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

See the LABC website for further information at: https://www.labc.uk.com/Awards/Details?id=19

Maryton Grange has been selected as a finalist at the LABC 2013 Awards

Maryton Grange, also known as Carmelite Monastery, has been selected as a finalist at the LABC North West Regional Building Excellence Awards.

The winners will be announced on the evening of 26 April 2013 at a dinner event at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

See the LABC website for further information at: https://www.labc.uk.com/Awards/Details?id=19