Established in Ipswich in 1978, Barnes Construction is a family business with nearly five decades of experience delivering commercial, healthcare, and heritage construction projects across the region and beyond. The company is recognised for its collaborative approach and community commitment, and has received a number of industry awards, including recognition from RICS, RIBA, and the Constructing Excellence awards. They are proud funders of Ipswich.co.uk's community impact coverage.
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Chris Bruce joined Barnes Construction as a teenage trainee in 1979 and rose to the boardroom. Nearly five decades later, he posed alongside the firm's newest recruits as it marked the appointment of its 100th management trainee.
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Suffolk's construction industry has welcomed "positive" new Government plans for earlier technical education, with employers pointing to a chronic skills shortage in the sector and calling the move "long overdue" – though some say real building-site experience will matter more than careers events.
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One builds from the foundations up. The other from the sky down. From today, Barnes Construction and Axter Flat Roofing Systems are funding a year of Ipswich.co.uk's reporting on the people and organisations improving the town they both call home.
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A charity five-a-side football tournament hosted by law firm Birketts at Portman Road has raised £20,250, with funds split equally between East Anglia's Children's Hospices and Ipswich Town Foundation.
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Four men from the Suffolk construction industry will walk more than 20 miles and play four full rounds of golf in a single day next month, all in aid of three charities supporting people with life-changing illnesses.
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Barnes has extended the deadline for applications to its management trainee programme to Friday, 1 May, with this year's intake set to include the Ipswich-based firm's 100th recruit.
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Work has begun to transform the former library on the University of Suffolk's waterfront campus into a new student hub featuring social spaces, a gym, events space and Students' Union offices.
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Nine major employers have broken their silence on the town's transport crisis, declaring the current situation "simply not acceptable" for a region of such economic significance as they unite behind an Ipswich Northern Bypass bid.
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Courage was on full display at Ipswich Hospital last weekend as 178 participants—including cancer survivors and NHS staff—abseiled from a nerve-testing 135ft height.
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Ipswich man Joe Alexander will join fellow adrenaline junkies to abseil down the maternity tower at Ipswich Hospital on 3-4 May, raising funds for Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity.
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Barnes Construction has donated an incredible £44,291 to charities across East Anglia in 2024, with staff fundraising contributing £10,000 to support causes ranging from homeless shelters to wildlife trusts.
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