Sander van de Rijdt, co-founder and Managing Director of PlanRadar, explains how technology can bridge the language gap on increasingly diverse construction sites. Construction and migration have always been strongly linked. Large construction sites tend [read more…]
With the NHBC reporting the highest number of new home registrations since 2007, it’s good to see brick manufacturers continuing to increase production numbers, ensuring the supply of British-manufactured bricks keeps pace with demand. Brick [read more…]
Further broadening the sphere of its operations and to strengthen its industrial sector client base, John F Hunt Remediation are merging its activities with the John F Hunt Industrial business. Their expertise in complex Industrial [read more…]
Work has begun on the latest of four schemes that will see the delivery of 65 quality, affordable homes across the North-West in a contract worth a total of £6.2m. Liverpool-based construction and development company, [read more…]
The biggest ever single investment undertaken by SSEN Transmission is now transmitting renewable energy from the north of Scotland. The company’s Caithness-Moray HVDC transmission link, with a project value of around £1bn, is using the rooftop [read more…]
At a time when the skills shortage continues to loom large, Ryan Johnson, Campus Director for STEM and Construction at Stoke on Trent College, believes that the key to enticing young people into the industry [read more…]
ECIC, the specialist insurer for the building services sector, is warning roofing contractors working on major building sites and projects, that they may not be covered under the site’s project policy as they have been [read more…]
Atkins, a member of SNC-Lavalin Group, has been awarded a £5m contract for the Enabling Works Basic Design at the Sizewell C site. It will be the first programme of construction work to commence at [read more…]
Construction firm Stepnell has completed a £13.2m restoration on a Grade II listed hotel in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Hotel Indigo Stratford-upon-Avon, formerly known as The Falcon Hotel, has upgraded its internal facilities whilst preserving the heritage of [read more…]
With confirmation that Boris Johnson MP has secured the leadership of the Conservative Party, in the process paving the way for him to become prime minister, the UK construction industry has reacted to the news… [read more…]
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