Topping out ceremony at Maidstone Innovation Centre
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Updated: 08:20, 09 March 2021
In an event nicely timed to co-ordinate with British Science Week, Rydon Construction has held a topping out ceremony at the Maidstone Innovation Centre being built on the Kent Medical Campus at Boxley near Maidstone.
The project is the brainchild of Maidstone Borough Council, though disappointingly, no councillor could be there because of Covid restrictions as Rydon staff completed the final skylight on the building.
Rydon staff complete the Maidstone Innovation Centre s highest point
The centre is on track to open in the summer with the completed project expected to provide around 270 jobs.
Construction firm O Keefe, headquartered in Ightham, hires Marc Daly as MD
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Ightham-based construction company O Keefe has appointed a new managing director.
Marc Daly joins the firm after nine years at Cary civil engineering where he was head of delivery for principal contractors including Skanska, Balfour Beatty and Lendlease.
Marc Daly is new MD of construction firm O Keefe (44982321)
He was previously with Laing O Rourke for nine years.
In his new role, at the firm near Sevenoaks, he will be responsible for the groupâs four divisions â construction, demolition, remediation and Kent, where the group now has its purpose-built headquarters.
He said: âRunning a business with multi-disciplinary services which offer clients seamless delivery from demolition and remediation through to frame delivery, but which can operate successfully in small, medium and large project environments, puts us in an enviable position in todayâs marketplace.â
Work begins to transform St Bartholomew s Hospital in Rochester into more than 150 homes
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Work is underway to transform one of Britain s oldest hospitals into homes.
St Bartholomew s Hospital, in Rochester, was closed in 2016 and is now being converted into 155 homes despite fears of loss of local history.
KMTV report on the development
Aspenisle Ltd s £1.4 million scheme will see the vacant building revamped with houses and apartments planned for the New Road health centre over the next three years.
Rochester West ward councillor, Cllr Stuart Tranter (Con), said: Towards the end of last year, people were getting worried thinking the new building was looking derelict.
Olson Timber Buildings snaps up Chart building brand as MD Stephen Sudlow retires
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A family-run timber company between Ashford and Canterbury has snapped up a local rival.
Olson Timber Buildings, based in Chilham, has acquired the Chart building brand in Ashford which includes Chart Stables and Chart Garages.
Spencer and Yolanda Olson (44879449)
The Chart brands have been operating for more than 30 years and employs more than 30 staff.
But its sale was prompted by the retirement of managing director Stephen Sudlow who had built up the business.
The Chart brands will continue to remain independent, operating alongside its new parent company.
Construction of Conningbrook Park Large Burton development in Ashford held up by Stodmarsh Nature Reserve water quality issue
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Updated: 15:51, 04 March 2021
Construction of a controversial housing estate in Ashford is being held up by poor water quality levels at an internationally important nature reserve.
The highly controversial scheme is facing huge opposition from residents
But a formal planning decision is yet to be issued by Ashford Borough Council as wetlands at the Stodmarsh Nature Reserve outside Canterbury, which are a haven for wildlife, are deemed to be suffering from high levels of nitrogen and phosphorous.
Experts say waste water discharges from existing housing developments filtering into the River Stour and Stodmarshâs lakes are the cause of the problem at the reserve.