In some much needed good news for the construction industry, it has been announced that the number of accidents and injuries recorded by NASC members fell to an all-time low in 2019, with just 74 [read more…]
Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, has supplied the National Gallery of Ireland with security, ballistic and fire rated doorsets, for the refurbishment of a 150-year-old listed building. The [read more…]
As part of the UK Government’s announcement of a new five pillar plan to boost testing for Covid-19, AstraZeneca, GSK and the University of Cambridge have formed a joint collaboration to take action to support [read more…]
Regional contractor GF Tomlinson has been appointed as a partner for the Pagabo Major Works Framework, which launched on 19th April. In its second iteration, the Major Works Framework is open to all public and private [read more…]
CE Safety, the health and safety training provider, has submitted a Freedom of Information request to Welsh Fire & Rescue Service to find out the number of fires reported in the construction industry caused by [read more…]
Building and civil engineering contractor Farrans has successfully handed over three additional inpatient wards on its Altnagelvin North Wing Hospital project in Londonderry. The construction of these wards for the Western Health & Social Care [read more…]
International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) to manage the delivery of more than 1,000 new hospital beds for patients battling the novel coronavirus across [read more…]
The military-style planning used to deliver emergency NHS projects during the Covid-19 crisis should be used to inspire long-term industry reform, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Collaboration between engineers and military planners [read more…]
Foam sealants specialist ISO Chemie’s ISO-BLOCO ONE self-adhesive weather tight tape for window frames has gained British Board of Agrement (BBA) product approval certification. The news confirms that the tape, which offers rapid sealing of windows [read more…]
As concern increases for workforces across construction sectors and their vulnerability to infection if they can’t work in a socially distanced fashion, Harry Pearl, CEO of Sheffield-based Roadmender Asphalt, provides insight into the machinery that [read more…]
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