Six months into the nationwide Construction Skills Fund (CSF) project, 1275 trainees have become site-ready to join the industry after completing their training at 20 new onsite hubs. Over 42% of learners have received job [read more…]
Vista, the specialist insurance broking business, has announced that it has won two new clients, Create Construction Ltd, the Building Contractors and Property Development firm, and HH Construction Groundwork Contractors Ltd, the Groundworks and Civil [read more…]
Bull Products, a manufacturer of life-saving fire protection equipment, has been contracted to supply an additional 10 of its renowned wireless alarm systems to the next phase of the UK’s largest power station, Hinkley Point. [read more…]
GMB, the construction union, has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve gender equality in the construction industry. The analysis, revealed at GMB’s annual Congress in Brighton today (Tuesday 11 June), shows at [read more…]
Pump hire specialist Sykes Pumps has enabled Essex Water to secure continuity of supply for the Norfolk villages north of Norwich by re-activating a disused pumping station in the village of Horning. The company supplied [read more…]
Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has thrown its weight behind an initiative to promote positive mental wellbeing in the UK construction industry. The company is supporting the work of the Mates in Mind charity by putting 12 [read more…]
Bouygues UK, the construction company building Cardiff University’s cutting-edge Innovation Campus, has welcomed its first higher education Ambassadors on site. Five student volunteers from diverse backgrounds and areas of academic study at Cardiff University have [read more…]
A group of developers, contractors and housing associations have today (Thursday 6 June) launched a new Building Safety Charter in a call to action to raise the bar for building safety. The Early Adopters Group, established last summer following Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, signed the Charter during its initial unveiling in London, where it was backed by the Housing Minister, Kit Malthouse MP. [read more…]
Kilwaughter Minerals Limited has welcomed Gary Wilmot as its new Chief Executive Officer. He has joined the company from his role as Managing Director of Andor Technology Limited, part of Oxford Instruments plc in which [read more…]
Knight Architects has completed St Philips Footbridge across the River Avon in Bristol; a new pedestrian and cycle bridge providing improved connectivity to Temple Island behind Temple Meads railway station, which will be developed into [read more…]
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