The protection of vulnerable road users was at the top of its agenda when Tamdown ordered its first Mercedes-Benz truck. The Essex-based operator specified the 80-tonne gcw tractor unit with an optional Safety Pack which [read more…]
Dow Building Solutions’ XPS solutions have been specified for buildings at the Royal Wharf development in London. The multi-phase reshaping of the 40-acre site will include over 3,300 homes, shops, and other amenities, building on [read more…]
ProCon Partners, the leading project controls consultancy, has won a series of projects with Highways England to ensure the smooth delivery of smart motorway installations across England. The five projects, which have a combined overall [read more…]
Ryan Simmonds, sales director for framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, examines why there can be a significant difference between projected costs versus final costs and reviews how changing the approach to planning the project can [read more…]
Roof window manufacturer VELUX® has added three more sizes to its world’s first curved glass rooflight range. The VELUX curved glass rooflight, designed for flat roofs, is now available in eight different sizes and features [read more…]
The current skills crisis within the construction industry could be exacerbated even further post-Brexit unless more work is put into developing talent pipelines, according to One Way. An analysis by the specialist construction and rail [read more…]
Aggregate Industries has been awarded a prestigious new contract to provide its revolutionary Lytag product in the £60m modernisation of the 20 Old Bailey redevelopment in London. Located close to St. Paul’s Cathedral, the 1980s [read more…]
Sheffield-based SCX has completed the first year of a three-year project to construct a retractable roof for the new No.1 Court at The All England Lawn Tennis Club. SCX Special Projects, part of the SCX [read more…]
A recently released report further warns that any election manifesto pledges on housing or infrastructure will be deemed “redundant” if there are not enough workers in the construction industry. The report by the Federation of [read more…]
With a suggested £4bn in roadworks contracts, It is argued that now is the time to look at alternative solutions in the UK. With Highways England Chief Executive, Jim O’Sullivan, announcing an anticipated increase of [read more…]
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