Tom O’Brien, director, O’Brien Contractors, reflects on the construction commitments made in last week’s Autumn Budget and why these need to go further.
HS2 has awarded a £36m contract to Bolton-based Booth Industries to provide high-pressure safety doors for the internal passages linking the high-speed rail tunnels.
Christopher Cox of Michael Gerard Solicitors explores why mediation is the best way of achieving a satisfactory outcome for all parties in most construction disputes.
Construction of the new housing development, Linden Gardens in Carterton, by property developer Taggart Homes, is well underway with the show home set to open to the public in October.
Bruntwood Works and Trafford Council are set to transform the former Kellogg’s site in Old Trafford, Stretford into a new neighbourhood, Lumina Village.
Concern over sustainability has never been greater and many are looking to construction and engineering to ensure structures from here on out are greener and more sustainable than structures of the past.
The i9 development has already become a prominent feature of Wolverhampton’s skyline and once finished in the coming weeks, work will begin on adding the brick-faced, pre-cast external façade.
Major schemes in the new agenda include a second arena, 634 new homes as part of the Northern Gateway scheme and 410 new homes in Varley Street, Miles Platting.
Gareth Burden, project director for London Power Tunnels, discusses the second phase of the National Grid project, challenges faced and the future for London Power Tunnels.
