There have been 1,419 reported suicides in the construction industry over the past five years; 1,409 of those were men. In response to these sobering statistics, MIND YOUR HEAD –– a national campaign designed to [read more…]
Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has appointed Catherine Warbrick as Group HR director and a member of its Executive Board. Catherine joined Costain in 2006 and has performed a number of senior leadership roles, [read more…]
Ant Hire Solutions, the leading provider of specialist pipeline equipment and services to water companies, drainage contractors and civil engineers, has launched PIPE, a unique pressure testing data management system and dashboard developed to help [read more…]
Pump hire specialist, Sykes Pumps, has provided an emergency pumping solution for Sea Life Scarborough to keep the aquarium’s underground reservoir topped up with the sea water it needs for its aquatic life habitats. Leveraging [read more…]
The highly-anticipated Royal Wharf Pier arrived in London yesterday (Wednesday 19th September) in impressive fashion, as the canting brow, carried on a 65m x 60m boat and the pontoon, brought in by the Mts Viscount [read more…]
Two years on from what the BBC referred to as ‘one of the UK’s worst modern disasters’[1], causing 72 deaths and a widespread cultural reaction, Aidan Bell, co-founder of sustainable building materials company Envirobuild, asks: [read more…]
Springfield Properties, a leading housebuilder in Scotland offering private and affordable housing, has announced the appointment of Colin Kenneth Rae as a Non-executive Director of the group with immediate effect. Mr Rae, aged 54, is [read more…]
Construction giant Sir Robert McAlpine has held an official ceremony to mark the advancing progress of Woking’s stunning new £540m Victoria Square development, one of the South-East of England’s largest and most ambitious building and [read more…]
The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 31% increase in the number of electricity breaches occurring on construction sites. BSG’s report was based on 20,000 independent site inspections that compared the first six months [read more…]
British Precast is the trade association for precast concrete manufacturers and members of the supply chain. The main aims of the federation are to promote precast concrete in the construction market; to disseminate information, through [read more…]
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