On 26 November, our team attended the Highways Heroes Awards at the London Hilton, Park Lane – an event dedicated to recognising the people across UK highways who go above and beyond in the face of adversity.
Willmott Dixon is to set up the first of what it hopes will be a series of academies within prison environments that help former offenders find jobs on their release.
Workloads for SME construction companies have fallen for the first in six years, but expectations for the future are positive, according to research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Women in the West Midlands looking for a new job are being encouraged to join a 6-week programme linked to future opportunities in the construction industry.
Construction workers are to receive a pay rise of 2.75% for the year ahead thanks to pay negotiations by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and Unite the union.
Bentley Systems has announced Dr Nabil Abou-Rahme has joined the company as chief research officer for Bentley Institute’s Digital Advancement Academies.
Chris Grayling has announced the appointments of Dame Judith Hackitt and Stephen Hughes to the board as non-executive directors (NEDs) on the board of HS2.
Global construction output growth is expected to pick up marginally in 2019, reaching 3.4% from 3.2% in 2018, before rising to 3.5% in 2020, says GlobalData.
Willmott Dixon Interiors teamed up with Thames Reach to support their ‘Moving In, Moving On’ programme to equip women who experience long-term unemployment and homelessness with practical skills and training.
IKEA Greenwich has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM UK New Construction certification, a sustainability rating and accolade held by just 320 buildings around the world.
Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have announced the launch of the first phase of a new pre-qualification system designed to reduce inefficiencies that are costing the construction industry up to £1bn a year.
New research, commissioned by the Association for Project Management (APM) and conducted by PwC UK, has revealed the scale of the contribution the project management profession has on the UK economy.
