Hollingsworth Group – Bouncing back
While Hollingsworth Group has by no means been immune to the impact of the pandemic, it has not only bounced back strongly in terms of workload, but an app it began developing well before Covid-19 [read more…]
PBS Construction (North East) Limited – Keeping the momentum going
Apart from a brief period in March 2020 when the first Covid-19 lockdown began, 2020 proved to be a fruitful year for Hull-based PBS Construction (North East) Limited and it remains in a strong position [read more…]
Mace and AFC Energy sign UK first partnership in using hydrogen power to decarbonise construction sites
AFC Energy, a leading provider of hydrogen power generation technologies, and Mace Group, the leading international consultancy and construction business, have formed a UK first strategic partnership to use hydrogen power in decarbonising the construction [read more…]
Triton to restore iconic Hyde Park picture house in Leeds
Triton Construction has been appointed as main contractor to preserve and redevelop the historic, Grade II listed Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds. The £2.8m contract follows news that the treasured venue has secured a National [read more…]
National Retrofit Strategy needed to underpin CITB skills challenge, says FMB
Local builders must to be at the heart of meeting the skills and training needs set out in today’s CITB’s Building Skills for Net Zero report. This need would be best delivered by a new [read more…]
Norton Clipper supports trades working throughout lockdown with new Pro Diamond Blade for building materials
As the UK construction industry remains operative through the third national lockdown, Norton Clipper has announced the release of its newly updated Pro Universal Laser Diamond Blade, to help speed up cutting time and reduce [read more…]
Modular technology and the golden thread
In her report ‘Building a Safer Future’, Dame Judith Hackitt highlights the need for a system-based approach with a golden thread of information running through the lifecycle of each project. Here Jackie Maginnis argues the [read more…]
Johnston Shopfitters – Overcoming the odds
When Conor Cahill became Johnston Shopfitters’ Managing Director in early January 2020 he could have had little inkling of the difficulties that lay ahead for the construction industry and the world at large. It’s therefore [read more…]
How construction has been coping with one year of the pandemic
With the roadmap to recovery having now been announced and with light hopefully at the end of the tunnel, we’ve been catching up with a two construction companies to see what measures they’ve introduced over [read more…]
Genuinely green – Think Hire announces new collaboration with EV3 Power to provide genuinely green plant hire
Leading UK plant hire company, Think Hire, has announced a major collaboration with environmental energy providers EV3 Power. The partnership will allow construction sites to access fully environmentally friendly plant, reducing their carbon footprint, meeting [read more…]