600 new jobs are to be created in Barton-upon-Humber after the booming firm Wren Kitchens announced a £40m expansion. The kitchen producer is to open a state-of-art manufacturing facility on its 750,000 sq m site off Falkland [read more…]
The transformation of the 62-acre Silvertown site in London’s Royal Docks is progressing with help from UK ecological contractor, Thomson Habitats Ltd. With the first phase of Silvertown due to complete by 2018, works are [read more…]
The skills crisis within the construction industry has been well documented and it is not set to be resolved any time soon. According to industry research, the sector has to be prepared for the loss [read more…]
Stockport Council has announced that construction of its £45m leisure scheme, Redrock Stockport, has started on site, marking a significant milestone for both the Council and Stockport town centre. Once completed, Redrock Stockport will make visiting [read more…]
Global equipment solutions provider, Terex Construction, has announced new model additions to its heavy-duty site dumper portfolio. Featuring nine tonne payloads and swivel skip functionality, the TA9S and TA9SP will be available worldwide from June [read more…]
Screwfix is once again launching the nation’s top competition for tradespeople – Britain’s Top Tradesperson 2016, but what trade will top the table this year? The competition launches on 9 May and previous winners have included [read more…]
Since Monday (4 April) all government-funded construction work must now be undertaken using Building information Modelling (BIM). The BIM mandate is the first in a series of major developments in the government’s Construction 2025 strategy. A key [read more…]
One of the North-East’s fastest growing construction firms has started work on a £2.4m extension to Newcastle University. Robertson Construction England secured the contract to extend the Building Science building occupied by the School of [read more…]
Legendary former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson revisited the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) earlier this month, where he commended the “fantastic” apprenticeship opportunities on offer by engineering firms such as [read more…]
Customer-focused back-up and impressively low consumption of both diesel and AdBlue convinced South Wales operator John Jones to invest in two more 8×4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs tippers. The Crosshands-based company took delivery of its first Arocs, [read more…]
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