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Mick George

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Waste Management Contract

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...
Construction Product Manufacturing

Construction product manufacturing industry set to slow in 2018

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...
balfour beatty chief

Amey names ex-Balfour Beatty chief as non-executive chairman

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...
NIC

Sir John Armitt to lead NIC while Lord Adonis replacement sought

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...
tower inquiry

KPMG quits Grenfell Inquiry role amid “serious questions” over conflicts of...

KPMG has stepped down from its role as an adviser to the Grenfell Tower inquiry after MPs, academics and campaigners raised "serious questions" about...
co-op food stores

Co-op plans £160m building drive to open 100 new food stores...

Co-op plans to invest £160m to build 100 new food stores across the UK in 2018 More than 20 new co-op food stores will open...
3D CAD software

Trimble acquires 3D CAD software and BIM content specialist Stabiplan

Trimble has acquired Stabiplan, a 3D CAD software and BIM content provider for the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) industries Laurence Smith, general manager of...
customer charter

Belfast City Council announces shake-up of planning service

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...
hitachi

Hitachi appoints construction chief for £10bn Anglesey nuclear project

Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe has appointed a project director to the team developing the construction schedule for the £10bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on...
big build competition

Considerate Constructors Scheme names winners of Big Build competition

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...
construction framework

Scape Group appoints contractors to £1.1bn Regional Construction framework

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...
national infrastructure commission

Engineers call for Sir John Armitt to lead National Infrastructure Commission

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

FP McCann scaling new heights with The Lansdowne building in Birmingham

FP McCann’s structural precast concrete building and architectural facades division is working on the construction of The Lansdowne. Site: The Lansdowne, Birmingham Contractor: Interserve Client: Seven Capital & Long Harbour Products...
FP McCann

FP McCann’s ‘L’ Wall products utilised in Coventry

FP McCann’s ‘L’ Wall products form perimeter a boundary to new Coventry based speculative build Products Supplied: Precast Concrete ‘L’ Wall Site: Carbon 103, Middlemarch Business Park Contractor: Benniman...
client members

Build UK welcomes three new client members

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

Construction business activity ends year with uneven recovery

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...
investigation

Financial regulator launches Carillion investigation

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched an investigation into Carillion's handling of announcements made in the run-up to its recent profit warning In a Stock...
fire detection

A change in the fire detection and alarm industry

The Fire Industry Association is evolving – and so is its training. Chief executive Ian Moore explains The whole world moves forward and change propels...
regeneration

Assembly wants Khan’s commitment to involve citizens in regeneration

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
road worker

Kier handed £1.8m fine for road worker death

Kier has been handed a huge fine of £1.8m following a Health & Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the death of a road worker...
new homes

Legal & General confirms new 515 home site

Legal & General has confirmed the acquisition of a 78-acre site in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire – with outline planning for 515 new homes
social housing

BSRIA calls for more social housing to combat homelessness

BSRIA has commented on the announcement by MPs that said homelessness in England is a "national crisis" and the government's attitude to tackling it is "unacceptably complacent"
AI in construction

AI in construction: What does it mean for the industry?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on the rise in construction as builders look to streamline delivery in order to meet ever-growing demand
structural warranties

Structural warranty market review: New NHBC undertakings in full effect for...

Following a major review, the Competition & Markets Authority has published its final decision on the operation of the market for new home structural warranties. Geoff Wilkinson, managing director of Wilkinson Construction Consultants, examines the outcome
rise in homelessness

DCLG accused of ‘lack of urgency’ on rise in homelessness

MPs have said that government departments are not working together effectively enough to address the rise in homelessness
design stage

RIBA and BIM: How design is fundamental to the process

Ryan Simmonds, sales director of framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, explains why it’s vital to invest more time in the design stage than at any other point in the process and how working with the right partners early on can change how a project develops