HS2 today (Monday 4th May) began the search for the specialist contractors that will deliver around 280km of state-of-the-art high speed track that will enable the UK to run some of the world’s most frequent [read more…]
The engineered timber industry has been founded on the principles of advancing sustainable building technology. Led by innovators such as B&K Structures, the use of timber technology in UK construction has undergone a renaissance in [read more…]
Compact, lightweight and powerful, the inverter-powered Caddy® Mig C160i and C200i are simple to operate, semi-automatic and ruggedly designed, bringing industrial welding performance to even the remotest locations. Both the Caddy® Mig C160i and the [read more…]
Leading engineering services sector bodies BESA and ECA have jointly developed two new guides to help contractors to manage Coronavirus-related issues on site. The new guides will be freely available to the wider industry during [read more…]
The man behind one of SuperFOIL Insulation’s newest products, SuperClose, is launching a new brand, Shire Construction Products. Inspired by the creative and entrepreneurial spirit at SuperFOIL Insulation, Robert Quinton is following his ambitions of [read more…]
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is working with the Construction Products Association (CPA) to monitor the manufacturing and distribution of their respective members in order to meet the needs of housebuilders, contractors and SME builders [read more…]
The construction industry can be transformed by adoption of the practices termed Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction. However, research at the University of Huddersfield has led to a warning that the smaller firms that [read more…]
SME civil engineering firm, Foran Construction, which has worked on projects at St Paul’s Cathedral and The Oval cricket ground has safeguarded jobs amid widespread construction site closures after receiving a time critical loan from [read more…]
Desperately-needed new social homes could go unbuilt unless councils are granted an extension to the time they are allowed to spend money from Right to Buy sales, the Local Government Association warns today (Tuesday 28th [read more…]
There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic will radically alter how every sector operates in the months and years ahead and construction is no different. Here Damon Culbert from SMAS Worksafe, SSIP accreditation scheme [read more…]
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