HM Raitt & Sons Ltd – an enviable reputation
Given that Musselburgh-based HM Raitt & Sons Ltd was recently nominated for not one but two Scottish Home Awards for the quality of its workmanship and its service, it is easy to see how the [read more…]
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Lifetime running costs overtaking other factors in property purchase decisions
Bob Dalrymple, Head of Marketing at leading glass wool insulation manufacturer, Superglass, discusses the increasing importance house-buyers put on the running costs of properties and how housebuilders can use it to their advantage. ‘Location, location, [read more…]
Businesses encouraged to inspire next generation of construction workers
An initiative to address the skills shortage in the construction sector and make the industry more diverse and inclusive is calling for businesses to get involved and inspire the next generation of workers. Organised by Built Environment [read more…]
Boxpark bid to revive Brighton beachfront
Brighton-based retail and leisure development specialists, Boxpark, has revealed plans to revive the city’s iconic Madeira Terrace into an internationally renowned retail-and-leisure-as-entertainment destination. Plans have been submitted to Brighton & Hove City Council and demonstrate Boxpark’s [read more…]
Customer feedback shapes new Supreme Concrete website
Supreme Concrete, the leading manufacturer of high performance precast and prestressed concrete has launched its new website. After listening to feedback from customers, the new website (www.supremeconcrete.co.uk) is more user friendly and provides customers and specifiers with easy to [read more…]
Offsite Solutions awarded £4.5m bathroom pod contract for new residential tower at Canary Wharf
Offsite Solutions has been awarded the £4.5m contract to manufacture high specification bathroom pods for Canary Wharf’s new private rental apartment tower at its new district, Wood Wharf. Offsite Solutions is supplying 443 pods for [read more…]
Bedfordshire’s new STEM building ‘tops out’
The University of Bedfordshire’s campus transformation took a leap forward (Thursday 19 July), with the ‘topping out’ of a new £40m building devoted to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Vice Chancellor Bill Rammell together [read more…]
Modern methods of construction mustn’t be feared, but must be understood, says Zurich Insurance
Following yesterday’s (Thursday 19th July) report launch for the ‘Inquiry into Offsite Manufacture for Construction: Building for Change’ Zurich Insurance responds. Whilst this report is a step in the right direction Zurich, as an insurer [read more…]
Potential £1bn VAT bombshell for building supplies
A £1bn VAT bombshell will hit building supplies to the UK if builders merchants are forced to pay 20% VAT upfront on European timber and other materials, warns the Builders Merchants Federation. Parliament voted this [read more…]
#BuildingEquality to march for the fourth year at Pride in London to increase awareness of LGBT+ employees working in the construction industry
This weekend over 260 people from 23 construction firms will represent #BuildingEquality at Pride in London, under the theme of ‘Pride Matters’. We will come together to march along with a rainbow JCB provided by [read more…]