Caunton are increasingly supplying steelwork for the burgeoning residential market. The company has recently supplied the steelwork for new student accommodation in Newark Street in Leicester city centre. The residence, entitled Allen House, is for the University of Leicester. The steelwork also designed by Caunton was for main contractor North Midland Construction. This major contractor won th...

Caunton are supplying the steelwork for what Tim Steiner, the chief executive of Ocado, has called one of the “world’s biggest grocery stores”. Caunton are both designing and supplying over 2300te of steelwork to main contractor McLaren Construction at Erith, Kent for a Temperature Controlled Warehouse with ancillary buildings and offices. It is being developed by Bericote Properties and funded ...

Caunton are designing and supplying the steelwork for a major new Ambient Warehouse at berth 45 of the Port of Tilbury, for main contractor Winvic Construction. The port is located on the River Thames , and is the principal port for London. It is the main United Kingdom port for handling the importation of paper. There are extensive facilities for containers, grain, and other bulk cargoes. There...

The largest project in Caunton’s history opened for business last Thursday, the 12th November. Caunton supplied and erected over 6000 tonnes of steelwork for the Friars Walk shopping and leisure scheme in Newport South Wales. This is a record tonnage for any Caunton contract. This major development, by Queensberry Real Estate, will revitalise the Newport city centre offering more than 36,230 sq...

Caunton Engineering have supplied and erected the Steelwork for a new shopping centre in Chelmsford , Number One Bond Street. This is a new 300,000 sq. ft. retail and leisure development, anchored by a 120,000 sq. ft. John Lewis Department Store. The client is Aquila and the main contractor is Bowmer and Kirkland. Bond Street is located at the heart of this city , the county town of Essex, and ...

Construction specialists face major resourcing challenges with BIM - but the reward could be greater influence.

Steelwork contractor Caunton Engineering is one specialist that has made considerable investment in BIM.

Robert Berry, director of engineering and innovation at the Nottingham-based firm, says: “Since we started 3D modelling in 1987, we have invested steadily in people, software, ...