A state-of-the art green roof is set to provide warmth and protection as well as a perfect natural environment for flora and fauna in a new £8m community care centre in picturesque Darley Dale in [read more…]
Mitie’s Landscapes business has taken another step towards achieving increased sustainable operations with the purchase of four electric TE Gator utility vehicles (manufactured by John Deere). These are currently being used to deliver onsite landscaping services for [read more…]
An integrated Crossrail team has come up with an innovative solution to the problem of moving equipment between work sites. The team from Network Rail, Costain and VGC Group collaborated to find a way for RRVs [read more…]
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the appointment of Ian Hughes as its new Strategic Partnerships Director for Scotland. Ian, who joins CITB from Glasgow Caledonian University, begins work on 1 February. In [read more…]
Hundreds of thousands of passengers and businesses will now be feeling the benefits of the successful completion of Network Rail’s £150m Christmas Railway Upgrade Plan resulting in better, more reliable train services and improved passenger [read more…]
The Government’s plans for ‘directly commissioned’ house building could help tackle the housing crisis but land must be broken down into small and micro parcels wherever possible, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). [read more…]
The £44m Riverside Schools off-site project – the largest ever in the education sector – has started on site in Barking. The scheme for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham was awarded to the [read more…]
Construction Industry Solutions Ltd has revealed the winners for the inaugural COINS Construction Industry Grand Challenge (CCIGC) at the Grand Final Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony. The first of the night’s winners was Jacob Johnson [read more…]
A highly complex, 4,200 sq m two-storey ward and theatre building at Royal Stoke University Hospital has been constructed by Portakabin Hire in less than four months to help meet the increasing demand for orthopaedic [read more…]
Construction sites across Nine Elms on the South Bank are looking to fill a number of vacancies right now, including labourers, scaffolding labourers, dry liners, assistant quantity surveyor and painting and decorating apprentices. A steady [read more…]
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