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OCON BUILDS SECURE FUTURE FOR SALFORD SOCIAL CARE RESIDENTS
Manchester-based construction firm, Ocon, has successfully completed a social care residential project in Salford, handing over the nine-apartment scheme within just six months.
NEWS: OCON ENTERS NEW STRATEGIC PHASE WITH NEW MD
Ocon Construction has appointed Andrew Barker as the company’s new managing director.
Ocon invite local residents to view new 498 bedroom student accommodation scheme
Bratt and Foster Join Ocon Board
Manchester-based Ocon Construction, has appointed Rob Bratt and Martin Foster to its board of directors, creating two new board posts and recognising the contribution of the two senior figures.
Ocon wins the ‘Residential’ award at this year’s RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) Pro Yorkshire Awards.
GIANT BOBBIN MAINTAINS THREAD OF HISTORY AT SCOTTISH STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SCHEME
The latest addition to the University of Abertay Dundee’s (UAD) student accommodation will bring a new permanent reminder of the city’s ‘Juteopolis’ heritage to the city in the form of a 4m high metal sculpture.
STUDENT SCHEME IS DRESSED TO IMPRESS IN DUNDEE
Ocon’s £19.75 project to construct new student accommodation in Dundee is now only months away from completion, and the building is already an imposing local landmark...
GROUND BREAKING STARTS SUSTAINABLE SCHEME AT SUSSEX UNI
University of Sussex Vice-Chancellor Michael Farthing marked construction firm Ocon’s official commencement of a new 777-bedroom student accommodation scheme on the University campus with a ground breaking ceremony.
£26 MILLION SUSTAINABLE STUDENT SCHEME STARTS AT SUSSEX
Work has commenced on site on the biggest single development project to be built at the University of Sussex campus at Falmer since the University was constructed in the 1960s.
Ocon builds on student sector expertise with £35.6 million worth of new contracts
Manchester based Ocon Construction is starting on site on three new student accommodation projects in three different parts of the country in a hat trick of new contract wins totalling £35.6 million.
OCON HANDS OVER £46M STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN SHEFFIELD
Ocon Construction has completed its third student accommodation design and build project in Sheffield, bringing the total number of student rooms that the contractor has built in the city to 2,500.
OCON DELIVERS UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM CAMPUS PROJECT
Manchester based Ocon Construction has just completed its fourth contract in four years at the Sutton Bonington Campus of University of Nottingham.
NO TIME TO SNOOZE AT SLEEP EVENT FOR OCON
Construction Firm, Ocon, has once again proved that it’s always wide awake to opportunities that showcase its expertise by seizing the chance to become official bedroom contractor at the Sleep Event’s Sleepotel this week (3-4 November)
OCON COMPLETES £45M NOTTINGHAM STUDENT PROJECT
Ocon Construction has completed phase I of the £45 million Opal 1 at Chettles Yard in Nottingham, handing over 302 student bedrooms in time for the new academic year, along with the development’s management suite, common room and residents gym.
The development, located adjacent to Nottingham University’s Jubilee ...
New Horizon for Birmingham Construction Sector
Clive Williamson, Managing Director of Ocon Construction, comments that the construction industry must quickly adjust to the current economic climate and look to the future with optimism.
Ocon lands Manchester Railhouse office refurbishment contract
Ocon Construction has successfully won a major £25 million contract with BRB (Residuary) Ltd to refurbish an existing office block in the Piccadilly district of Manchester.
Brownfield sites are being redeveloped at a rapid rate as demand for housing and commercial space continues to increase. Clive Williamson, Managing Director of Ocon Construction, discusses the history of brownfield sites...