As befits a company that has been able to chalk up over 50 years of operation, Cumbria-based building contractors Cox and Allen (Kendal) Ltd has a strongly ingrained approach to delivering quality workmanship. This ethos [read more…]
The majority of UK construction companies are in surprisingly good shape to cope with any Brexit fallout, a new report from market analysts Plimsoll Publishing argues. Having carried out a financial health check on the [read more…]
Established in 1954 originally as a quantity surveying practice, Dublin-based KMCS embraced a project management and client representative role in 1993, emphasising the wealth of experience and expertise it can draw upon. Today the business [read more…]
Innovative technology that draws heat from the sea is proving effective in keeping one of Orkney’s newest buildings warm. The Warehouse Buildings – Orkney Islands Council’s multi-purpose facility in Stromness – are the first in [read more…]
Designing a switchgear system that can be used in earthquake-prone zones is a tremendous challenge for many panel builders, especially as this kind of project is typically not regular business. A new white paper from Rittal [read more…]
As construction makes up a total of 45 per cent of carbon emissions in the UK, sustainability is an important issue for the industry and one that should be addressed throughout every aspect of the [read more…]
Plans to transform a derelict brewery into a £100m education hub for construction and the built environment at the University of Wolverhampton have been given the green light. The redevelopment at the former Springfield Brewery [read more…]
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group have been doing some drain spotting, not train spotting, at Bolton Railway Station to help prepare for a £1bn electrification of rail services. The comprehensive line and level survey across [read more…]
The Portakabin Group has handed over the first phase of a £44m school campus for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, which will be the UK’s largest free school campus. Constructed using a Yorkon [read more…]
A dramatic switch from human guards to cost-effective smart technologies has been the trend in site security in the last year. Recent projects carried out by the construction specialist, VPS Site Security, have demonstrated savings [read more…]
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