The multiple subcontractors for the bespoke design were smoothly assembled by Bill Taylor into a collaborative team.

Oxford-based contractor Beard is replacing 28 columns, which are more than 400 years old, as part of a refurbishment of a Grade I-listed building.

As the week draws to a close, CM rounds up the construction stories you may have missed over the past seven days.

Contractor Beard has started work to restore the Grade-II-listed Cleveland Pools, the oldest surviving public swimming pool in the UK.