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8 October 2024
Barnes Construction announces new Associate Divisional Director
As a result of its continued growth, Ipswich-based Barnes Construction has promoted a new member of its team to Associate Divisional Director. Tony Garnham has been appointed to the Divisional Director Senior Management Team, where he will work alongside the existing board to support and drive the company’s future growth ...
19 September 2024
Suffolk Sports Day back for 2024
A Suffolk charity’s twist on a traditional Sports Day featuring axe throwing and three-legged races was hailed a “roaring success” after raising over £11,000 for Home-Start in Suffolk. More than 170 participants from 18 local businesses went head-to-head at Trinity Park in Ipswich for the five-hour fundraiser. Hosted by Home ...
11 September 2024
New SEND hub opens on grounds of Sybil Andrews Academy
A new specialist SEND unit in Bury St Edmunds has welcomed its first pupils. The Abbey, which is on the same site as Sybil Andrews Academy, will support Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils in two new classrooms, specialist group rooms and outdoor learning spaces. The official opening of ‘The ...
9 August 2024
Major Milestone Achieved In Construction Of New Hospice
A major construction milestone has been reached in the expansion of ellenor Hospice at Gravesend, North Kent. Led by Barnes Construction, the project has now reached the pivotal topping out stage, signifying the completion of the highest point of the new Wellbeing Centre and marking a significant advancement in the ...
25 July 2024
Two Barnes Construction projects win RIBA National Awards
Barnes is extremely proud that two of its projects have won prestigious RIBA National Awards.The WongAvery Music Gallery for Trinity Hall, which was designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, is a complex, logistically challenging construction accessed via a 1.5m stone passage. The basement had to be constructed using adapted plant and ...
25 July 2024
Travelodge to open 85th London Hotel
Barnes Construction has commenced work on site to transform a vacant office building into a 151-room Travelodge in London Stratford. Planning permission was granted in April to transform Gredley House, a vacant office building at 1-11 Broadway, which will be Travelodge’s closest hotel to Stratford Station, offering National Rail, Underground and ...
24 July 2024
Barnes Construction appointed to Norfolk County Council’s new construction framework
Barnes Construction have been successfully appointed onto the new Norfolk County Council construction framework. The latest iteration of the framework is designed to meet the ongoing requirements for construction work across the county and will operate for an initial three-year term from 1 April 2024, replacing the previous framework arrangements ...
24 July 2024
Sybil Andrews Academy SEND unit nears completion
Representatives from the school, Suffolk County Council, Unity Schools Partnership, Concertus and Barnes Construction recently visited the site to see the completed roof and watertight building. Georgina Ellis, SEND Director at Unity, which will run the hub, said: “We are delighted to see building work progressing so well on this ...
23 May 2024
New Primary and Nursery School in Basildon Reaches Construction Milestone ...
A milestone has been reached in the construction of a new £10.6 million, 476-place nursey and primary school in Basildon. On Wednesday 22 May, Councillor Tony Ball, Essex County Council Cabinet Member for Education Excellence, Lifelong Learning and Employability, joined representatives from the Lee Chapel Multi Academy Trust, local county ...
3 May 2024
Phase 2 of £10 million Development Work at Scotsdales Garden ...
A £10 million pound investment programme which will further embed its roots into the local community has reached a key construction milestone at the Scotsdales garden centre at Great Shelford. MD Caroline Owen, along with other family members and some of its longest serving staff, took the chance before construction ...
