Category: Construction

“Great Opportunities” For Specialist Window Film Company, DigiGlass

Isle of Man News, 8 March 2010 – The potential market for DigiGlass is “massive”, according to newly appointed sales manager Simon Ganniclifft.
DigiGlass have perfected specialist window film design and printing techniques to bring seamless, high definition colour graphics to your flat glass areas. DigiFilm window film is a highly effective coating which reduces incoming [...]

WATER AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT PLANNING APPLICATION FOR NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR IN THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND

Isle of Man News, 4 March 2010 – The Isle of Man Water Authority held an open evening in Ramsey last night and will have a Public Meeting later in March to describe its plans for a new, covered Service Reservoir above Glen Auldyn. Following these meetings and using the feedback that it obtains, the [...]

COLAS GROUP ATTAINS NEW INVESTORS IN PEOPLE AWARD

Isle of Man News, 17 February 2010 – The Colas Group’s ongoing commitment to developing its staff has been recognised with an Investors in People Bronze Award.
The award comes just four years after the Group first attained IIP status, with the IIP Assessor describing the Company as ‘committed to achieving continuous improvement’, with new initiatives [...]

Latest update on Port St Mary Collapse Site

Isle of Man News, 22 January 2010 – The Department of Transport will be continuing its work on Bay View Road, Port St Mary at the site of the recent land slippage over the coming weekend. Work to underpin the land slippage has been completed and phase two is proceeding well.  This includes excavation of [...]

Port St Mary Collapse Site update

Isle of Man News, 15 January 2010 – The Department of Transport continues to make good progress on the Port St Mary site. Stabilization of the slip to allow for underpinning of the colonnade was completed late Thursday afternoon. 650 tonnes of five inch clean stone from Stoney Mountain quarry has been used in the [...]

Isle of Man Estate Agents to discuss Island property market

Isle of Man News, 7 January 2010 – Tim Groves and Nick Cooper, directors of Black Grace Cowley, one of the largest estate agents in the island. will speak at the next Junior Chamber of Commerce event, 19 January, 18.00, The Sefton Hotel.  They will discuss the commercial  and residential property markets in the island [...]

SCHEME TO REPLACE SEWERS UNDER DOUGLAS HARBOUR

Isle of Man News, 4 January 2010 – The Department of Transport is advertising for expressions of interest for a suitably qualified civil engineering contractor to work on the Douglas Harbour Sewer Replacement Project.
The scheme will involve the design and construction of two replacement gravity sewers connecting the South Quay and Douglas Head sewerage catchments [...]

A25 OLD CASTLETOWN ROAD TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY IN NEW YEAR

Isle of Man News, 4 January 2010 – A section of the A25 Old Castletown Road will close early in the New Year to allow the Department of Transport’s Drainage Division to undertake essential works to the Crogga Hill Break Pressure Tank.
The section of road to close will be between the Oatlands B24 junction and [...]

CHIEF MINISTER OPENS NEW BOAL & CO HEADQUARTERS

Isle of Man News, 8 December 2009 – Boal & Co celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in the Isle of Man Business Park last week by announcing plans to expand its workforce from 12 to 20 over the next two years.
Marquis House, a new 5,200 square feet building designed and built by Dandara, [...]

EXTENDED TIMESCALE FOR ROAD WORKS ON FOXDALE ROAD, ST JOHN’S

Isle of Man News, 7 December 2009 – Road works on Foxdale Road, St John’s, have had to be extended following the discovery of cables that did not show up in initial surveys.
A scheme to reconstruct the carriageway and footway began on October 26th and was scheduled to take six weeks to complete.
Highway Services Manager [...]