The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is working with the Construction Products Association (CPA) to monitor the manufacturing and distribution of their respective members in order to meet the needs of housebuilders, contractors and SME builders [read more…]
SME civil engineering firm, Foran Construction, which has worked on projects at St Paul’s Cathedral and The Oval cricket ground has safeguarded jobs amid widespread construction site closures after receiving a time critical loan from [read more…]
Desperately-needed new social homes could go unbuilt unless councils are granted an extension to the time they are allowed to spend money from Right to Buy sales, the Local Government Association warns today (Tuesday 28th [read more…]
There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic will radically alter how every sector operates in the months and years ahead and construction is no different. Here Damon Culbert from SMAS Worksafe, SSIP accreditation scheme [read more…]
As part of the UK Government’s announcement of a new five pillar plan to boost testing for Covid-19, AstraZeneca, GSK and the University of Cambridge have formed a joint collaboration to take action to support [read more…]
Building and civil engineering contractor Farrans has successfully handed over three additional inpatient wards on its Altnagelvin North Wing Hospital project in Londonderry. The construction of these wards for the Western Health & Social Care [read more…]
International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) to manage the delivery of more than 1,000 new hospital beds for patients battling the novel coronavirus across [read more…]
The military-style planning used to deliver emergency NHS projects during the Covid-19 crisis should be used to inspire long-term industry reform, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Collaboration between engineers and military planners [read more…]
As concern increases for workforces across construction sectors and their vulnerability to infection if they can’t work in a socially distanced fashion, Harry Pearl, CEO of Sheffield-based Roadmender Asphalt, provides insight into the machinery that [read more…]
Integrated Health Projects (IHP) and its partners are proud to have been instrumental in the creation of the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West at the Manchester Central Convention Complex that opened officially today (Friday 17th [read more…]
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