Structural warranty provider reports five-year high
Structural warranty provider, Premier Guarantee has achieved its best quarter over the past five years in the first three months of this year.
Leadership changes at Keltbray’s engineering consultancy
Wentworth House Partnership, Keltbray’s in-house engineering consultancy, has appointed Stuart Vaughan and Tim Lohmann as joint managing directors of the company.
Glasgow gets record £120m to deliver affordable homes
The Scottish Government has allocated £120m to Glasgow City Council to help deliver new affordable housing.
Premier Modular delivers £2m special educational needs facility
Premier Modular has delivered a new £2m special educational needs facility at Nethergate Academy in Nottingham – an Ofsted Outstanding special school for children with autism, learning difficulties and disabilities.
Wernick retains place on LHC modular framework
Wernick Buildings has been reappointed to LHC’s £300m Modular Buildings (MB2) framework to deliver permanent, refurbished and temporary modular buildings.
BRE Trust appoints new chairman
The BRE Trust has appointed Phil Wilbraham as its new chairman, to replace Sir James Wates CBE, who has been chairman of the Trust since 2014.
Lovell gets go-ahead for two East Midlands schemes
Housebuilder Lovell Partnerships has been given the green light for two schemes in the East Midlands, the Branston Locks and Priors Hall Park scheme.
Amey wins place on £300m South East Wales services framework
Amey Consulting has won a place on a £300m technical and professional services framework to support training opportunities and employment in Wales.
Winners announced for 2021 KCACTF awards
Concluding its fifth year as a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) sponsor, Vectorworks, Inc. announces the winners.
GMI bags £40m student scheme in Leeds
GMI Construction has secured a £40m contract to deliver a major new 604-bed affordable student scheme in Leeds.
Mace Interiors lands Nottingham Government hub fit-out
HMRC has appointed Mace Interiors to deliver the 270,000 sq ft of category B fit-out at the new UK Government Hub in Nottingham.
Construction contract awards reach £9.1bn in April
In April 2021, construction contract awards increased by 58% compared to March, reaching £9.1bn for the first time since January 2020.
Network Rail takes on placements under Government’s Kickstart scheme
12 young people have become the first to join Network Rail under the Government’s Kickstart scheme, working across all areas of the business – including HR, communications, finance and project management.
CIH launches tool to help local authorities boost digital transformation
A new tool from the Construction Innovation Hub has been launched to help local authorities transform how they design, build and use their buildings digitally.
Modular construction: Initiatives, technology and the future landscape
Viewpoint explores how modular construction is currently being used alongside leading technologies in the UK to elevate and future-proof contractors and their projects.
Milestone as HS2 launches first giant tunnelling machine
HS2 launches ‘Florence’ – the first of 10 HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will dig 64 miles of tunnel on phase one of the new high speed railway.
£1m funding to commercialise construction waste bricks
Kenoteq, a spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has secured £1m in funding to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick, the K-Briq.
Balfour appoints former ITV chief executive as chairman
Charles Allen, Lord Allen of Kensington, CBE, has been appointed as the next chairman and a non-executive director of Balfour Beatty.
Ribuna AG uses Revu for sustainable and efficient data management
Taking on a crucial project in the midst of a pandemic is never easy, but it was made a lot easier for Ribuna AG by Bluebeam® Revu®.
New build home registrations on the rise
New build home registrations were up 10% in Q1 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, according to figures released today (13 May) by NHBC.
Builder jailed for failing to report serious incident
A builder has been jailed for 24 weeks after he failed to report a serious incident that resulted in a workers leg being amputated.
Manchester contractor appointed to Mayfield Park scheme
PP O’Connor Group has secured the contract to deliver Manchester’s Mayfield Park which will create 6.5-acres of green space, as part of the £1.4bn Mayfield development.
Artificial Intelligence: A game-changer for smarter, safer buildings?
Over the past decade, we have grown used to hearing of smart buildings and smart devices without there necessarily being any agreed definition of what they mean – the BSRIA explores why
Construction of new £16m Marsh Barton Station underway
Graham has commenced works on the construction of the new £16m Marsh Barton railway station in Exeter.
NFRC suspends BLM British Lead for one year
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has suspended HJ Enthoven Limited (trading as BLM British Lead) as a supplier member for one year, for breaching the competition clause of the NFRC’s Code of Practice.
Morgan Sindall to build leisure centre in Woolwich town centre
Morgan Sindall has been appointed as preferred bidder to deliver a new leisure centre in Woolwich for the Royal Borough of Greenwich.