Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) to design and build the new Bramcote Building, a specialist teaching block for The Polesworth School in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The school is a [read more…]
Pressure on the government to slash VAT on repairs from 20% to 5% is increasing following a decline in construction workforce numbers. The Federation of Master Builders, FMB, has called on the government to cut VAT [read more…]
Adapting to a rapidly changing world, Constructionline’s first ever virtual Meet the Buyer event will take place on 19th November 2020, 8.30am – 4pm, within one of the biggest virtual exhibitions of the year: Constructionline [read more…]
A North-East businessman with more than 30 years’ construction experience has launched a game-changing virtual training platform. Tribuco Knowledge Base provides off-the-shelf induction and health and safety training videos that are distributed directly to employees’ [read more…]
A new £22m office building, hailed as a pioneering example of public-private partnership, has reached completion at the Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP). Designed by AJ100 architectural practice Stephen George + Partners (SGP) [read more…]
A new study from Zurich Municipal has revealed 480 primary and secondary schools endured fires in 2019, a staggering 40 incidents every month. As a result, almost 20,000[i] school children have had their education impacted [read more…]
As the first coronavirus lockdown in March functioned as a precursor for the current housing sector slowdown, the industry continues to recover from the seven-week market shutdown – now overshadowed by the second national lockdown. [read more…]
Environmentally conscious building, also known as sustainable construction, is an innovative idea that introduces more environmentally, socially and economically aware construction methods. Here, NBS, the global integrated platform provider, delves deeper into just what ‘environmentally [read more…]
Construction is one of the many industries in the UK where traditional methods have been gradually replaced by more digital alternatives. With many reluctant to switch from pen to paper to digital apps, we explored [read more…]
Following the announcement of a £15m capital grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge to bring globally leading capacity to the Glass Futures’ Centre of Excellence in St Helens, [read more…]
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