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24 November 2023
Key handover marks end of construction at St Catherine’s new ...
On 23 November the new £19.5 million St Catherine’s Hospice at Pease Pottage was officially handed over to the charity, marking the end of its construction. After 90 weeks, the completion of the state-of-the-art hospice saw Barnes Construction handing a ceremonial key to St Catherine’s to symbolise the end of ...
8 November 2023
Father Christmas lends a hand with the development work at ...
A special guest has dropped into Scotsdales at Great Shelford ahead of his official arrival on Saturday the 18th of November. Santa took a break from his very busy schedule in the run up to Christmas, to give a helping hand to the Barnes Construction team, who are carrying out ...
8 November 2023
Construction underway on new primary and nursery school in Basildon
Construction is underway on a new 476-place nursey and primary school in Basildon which will serve the Westley Green Development to the south of the town. Last week, local county and district councillors, members of the project team and representatives from the Lee Chapel Multi Academy Trust, visited the site ...
31 July 2023
Time Capsule buried at St Catherine’s Hospice
A time capsule has been buried in the grounds of the new St Catherine’s hospice being built by Barnes Construction at Pease Pottage. The event took place on Thursday 6 July and marks 40 years since the hospice first began providing palliative and end of life care to the local ...
22 June 2023
Senior Site Manager at Barnes Construction Wins National Award
Senior Site Manager, Mark Larter, has been presented with the ‘Best Non-residential Site Manager Award at the national LABC Building Excellence Awards held at Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London. Mark, who lives in Ipswich, has worked for Barnes Construction for the last five years, and was instrumental in the ...
9 June 2023
Barnes Construction Appointed to Suffolk Construction Framework
Barnes Construction are thrilled to have recently been appointed to Lot 2 (£750k-£4.5m) and Lot 3 (£4m+) for the Suffolk County Council and Concertus Design and Property Consultants Construction Framework. This is the 4th generation of the framework with Suffolk, that has seen us deliver over £145.6m worth of projects ...
25 May 2023
ellenor Breaks Ground on Build for New Wellbeing Wing
A special ground-breaking event was held on Friday 19 May 2023 to mark the start of construction work on the new Wellbeing Wing at ellenor hospice in Coldharbour Road, Gravesend. The Lady Colgrain, The Lord Lieutenant of Kent, was joined by the ellenor hospice Board of Trustees and Leadership Team, ...
19 May 2023
RIBA Suffolk – Craftmanship Awards 2023 – Winners
Members of our project team were thrilled to attend the SJCC Awards on the 18 May, where we received recognition for our work for our Copper Beech development in Hollesley, Suffolk. The project involved building six new, unique houses across a three-acre site while preserving several established trees. Read more ...
4 April 2023
Honours awarded for the new dining hall project at Homerton ...
We are delighted to have picked up several honours at the Greater Cambridge Design & Construction Awards, winning Best Building over £2 million, jointly winning the Craftsmanship Award and picking up a commendation for the David Mackay Award for Engineering and Sustainability. The Dining Hall at Homerton is fast becoming ...
24 March 2023
Charity Celebrates Handover of New Homes for Local Residents
A Cambridge charity is marking the completion of a £5 million building project to create 15 new energy-efficient almshouses for local residents. Following an 18-month building programme, Girton Town Charity took ownership of Dovehouse Court, where all the homes have been built to stringent Passivhaus standards to achieve maximum energy ...
