For World Mental Health Day (10th October), a mental health expert has shared their top pieces of advice for UK tradespeople, after research revealed that more than four in five (82%) experience mental health problems [read more…]
The second annual social value benchmarking report has revealed that over £1bn of economic, social and environmental improvements were made by the UK construction industry last year. The Social Value in Construction Benchmarking Report was [read more…]
RED Construction Group, the specialist main contractor, has announced a new operating division to facilitate the next stage of the company’s growth. Focused on delivering exceptional construction services on building projects valued from £100,000 to [read more…]
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Des Duddy, Joint Managing Director of Protrade, analyses the current state of the construction industry and what it can learn from the Great Recession which hit [read more…]
Following a competitive tender process, procurement organisation Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Reactive Repairs and Empty Buildings Framework worth up to £250m over a four year period. 46 specialist firms, [read more…]
Caddick Construction has been appointed as the main contractor to deliver a new 62,286 sq ft parcel distribution centre for national carrier DPD. The contractor will be on site by mid-November, starting a build programme [read more…]
Carden Group has submitted plans for its first Garden Village development – 1,000+ homes and community facilities across 220 acres of land in Exeter. The strategic land business – privately owned and managed by Steve [read more…]
ROCKWOOL has launched NyRock® Cavity Slab 032 providing specifiers with a low lambda, non-combustible stone wool slab for full and partial fill masonry cavities that enables a thinner wall construction. NyRock Cavity Slab 032 has [read more…]
SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, has announced Balfour Beatty as the principal contractor that will deliver up to £4bn of major civil engineering works across the country via its next [read more…]
To mark Mesothelioma Awareness Day (26th September), an event aiming to bring more attention to the dangers of asbestos, ElectricalDirect surveyed trade workers from across the nation to see how often they encounter it, and [read more…]
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