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Waste company Viridor has said it expects to receive at least £64m from Interserve for remedial works on its Glasgow recycling and renewable energy facility.
Bouygues UK has appointed Mick George to commence enabling works on its £250m contract for the new University of Cambridge Cavendish III physics laboratory.
The Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub has announced that the inventor of a wood substitute building product made from industrial potato waste has been awarded the UK’s most promising young engineering entrepreneur.
Shares in Interserve fell 7% on 23 November after the contractor said debts this year would be higher than previously expected, reigniting doubts about the financial health of the firm.
The Government is backing greater use of digital manufacturing processes to deliver its £600bn investment in the UK’s roads, hospitals and schools over the next decade.
The value of new construction contracts in October hit £5.4bn, a 3.8% decrease compared to September, as housebuilding continues to prop up the sector with £2bn worth of contract value.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published new Affordable Housing Supply figures which show a 12% increase in affordable homes from 2016-17 to 2017-18.
Contractor Colmore Tang has selected the winner in its hunt for a start-up technology that it could collaborate with to help improve the construction industry.
Ten and 11-year-olds in Havering have been using their gaming skills to road-test and improve the design of one of London’s largest regeneration projects.
The Victoria & Albert (V&A) museum in London has started the tender process to select the main contractor for a £22m scheme to create a research centre and space for its collections.
