Construction is still not a career choice amongst many young women and there are long-held perceptions of the industry being manual, male-orientated and extremely dirty. Wates Construction is working alongside asset manager and commercial property [read more…]
Pump hire specialist, Sykes Pumps, has enabled building materials supplier, CEMEX, to carry out business-critical maintenance at its Rugby cement plant thanks to a specialist B150 Bentonite pump. CEMEX’s Rugby plant produces cement for construction [read more…]
Futurebuild 2020 came to a close yesterday (5th March) with a powerful call for industry to work together in order to tackle the climate emergency. With a central focus across the three days of the [read more…]
Work on phase two of Prime Point, a multi-million pound speculative industrial development in the Black Country, is on track, with the steelworks now erected and cladding being added. The development, which is being delivered [read more…]
Yesterday’s Day Two (4th March) of Futurebuild 2020 drew to a close with Rype Office being declared the overall winner of the Big Innovation Pitch. Delivered in partnership with BRE, the competition is industry’s largest [read more…]
SOCOTEC, the UK’s leading provider of testing, inspection and compliance services, has launched a bespoke health and safety training day for new starters within its Ground Investigation division. Ground Investigation staff will be required to [read more…]
Futurebuild 2020 opened its doors yesterday (3rd March) with a clear mission, to tackle the biggest challenges facing the industry head on. Bringing together 450 innovative and inspiring brands alongside a world class knowledge programme, the [read more…]
One of the UK’s leading office design companies has a very interesting new client: itself. After 254% commercial growth in five years, Oktra is moving and its own teams are designing and building the new workspace. The [read more…]
Profit warnings issued by UK listed businesses in the FTSE Construction & Materials sector in 2019 more than doubled year-on-year, according to EY’s latest Quarterly Profit Warnings Report. Reaching a seven-year high, 18 profit warnings [read more…]
Installers, builders and homeowners across the UK and Ireland can now benefit from an extra rewards boost this spring, a traditionally busy time for home renovation projects, thanks to VELUX®. The roof window manufacturers introduced [read more…]
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