Global insulation products manufacturer Knauf Insulation will invest around €200m (£171.5m) in a new rock mineral wool factory to serve the UK market.
SFS Group Fastening Technology has launched a brochure outlining its NVELOPE® Capability range which supports rainscreen subframe systems, as well as the myriad design solutions to meet virtually any project’s requirements.
Carillion, the UK's second largest construction company, is set to enter liquidation after emergency talks with banks and the government ended in failure
The firm,...
The number of small businesses operating in the construction sector across the UK has increased by 32,000 in the last year, meaning there are now over one million, according to analysis of Government data by cloud accounting software provider, Clear Books
A new national housing agency, Homes England, to boost housebuilding by bringing together planning expertise and new land buying powers has been launched by housing secretary Sajid Javid
FP McCann’s Precast Weir Wall Chambers have been utilised on the £10 million design and build package of the M32 Metrobus Scheme
Products Supplied:Â Precast Concrete...
Mick George are awarded a £1million contract for the Waste Management provision on the IDT’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement scheme.
The A14 Cambridge...
The UK's £56.5bn construction product manufacturing industry is expected to slow in 2018 following a drop in activity towards the end of 2017
The Construction...
Amey has appointed former Balfour Beatty chief executive Ian Tyler as a non-executive chairman of its board
Tyler, who currently sits on the boards of...
Sir John Armitt is to temporarily lead the National Infrastructure Commission until a new chairman can be appointed to replace Lord Adonis
Sir John Armitt...
Belfast City Council has announced plans to reform its planning service to improve the quality and speed of the application process
Cllr Donal Lyons, chair...
Considerate Constructors Scheme announces winners of the first national Big Build Competition
Robertson Construction, Cedar Developments and Carillion Civil Engineering have been named as the...
Scape Group has named the contractors on its four-year, £1.1bn Regional Construction framework
The framework will provide construction services for public sector schemes in the...
An engineers' body has called for Sir John Armitt to replace Lord Adonis as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission following his resignation
Lord Adonis...
FP McCann’s structural precast concrete building and architectural facades division is working on the construction of The Lansdowne.
Site:Â The Lansdowne, Birmingham
Contractor:Â Interserve
Client:Â Seven Capital & Long Harbour
Products...
FP McCann’s ‘L’ Wall products form perimeter a boundary to new Coventry based speculative build
Products Supplied: Precast Concrete ‘L’ Wall
Site:Â Carbon 103, Middlemarch Business Park
Contractor: Benniman...
Allianz, Landsec and Stanhope have joined Build UK as the latest client members to join the industry's collective voice
Build UK is pleased to announce...
Construction business activity ended 2017 with moderate growth but it was an uneven recovery according to a new report
The Construction Purchasing Managers' Index from...
The London Assembly has asked the Mayor to hear Londoner’s voices and give them more power to decide where and when regeneration should take place in their areas
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
Kate Morement, head of risk and compliance, Assent, says much progress has been made by women in construction over the last 20 years, but there is still more to be done.
