The Leaders Romans Group (LRG) is thrilled to announce the successful completion of another acquisition – GPS Property Management. Based in Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire, the business has been owned and run by husband and wife team, Garry and Sarah Peacock, for the...

A new purpose-built high school under construction in Perth has played host to a group of modern apprentices from Hong Kong. The site team from Robertson – which is delivering the new school at Bertha Park – welcomed the group of 15 apprentices from the Vocational...

Local housing provider Grand Union Housing Group (GUHG) is working with Parrott Construction Ltd to build its first market sale homes in the picturesque village of Oakley in north Bedfordshire. The £2.5m project has commenced at the Lovell Road site to demolish the...

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been selected by Brockton Capital to deliver the new, luxury 60 Curzon Street residential scheme. Located in the heart of London’s exclusive Mayfair district, Balfour Beatty will draw on its experience in...

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to build the onshore substation for Ørsted’s latest offshore wind farm, Hornsea Project Two on the east coast of England. When operational in 2022, the wind farm will supply clean electricity to over 1.3...

LONDON, England – August 2018 – Global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has appointed Jonathan Ross as Business Development and Marketing Director to join its London studio. Ross will utilise his experience to explore new opportunities in the UK and Europe...

Balfour Beatty VINCI today announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture. Mark Davies will take on the role from Mark Cutler who leaves after a short handover period to take on a new opportunity outside of the Balfour Beatty...

Operatives across the building services contracting sector will receive salary increases of more than 5% by 2020, following the latest round of national wage negotiations between employers and the trade union Unite. The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA)...

Ever found yourself looking online or in a store for a floor and been left utterly confused by the colours, surfaces, sizes and ease of cleaning of flooring? You may have to consider a family pet, young or older children and the mess or dirt that can come with them,...

NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has had a strong start to the year, with half year financial results showing a turnover of £160.86 million – an increase of 19 per cent (compared to H1 2017). Profits are also on the rise for the national engineering and...

An exciting open innovation challenge has been launched to create a new safety device which can detect when a tram driver might be about to lose consciousness or focus due to illness or fatigue, and then notify the operations control centre. Spearheaded jointly by the...

Providence at Zephyr Ridge expands company’s Florida portfolio to 4,338 units Balfour Beatty Communities, a national residential real estate investment and management company responsible for the ownership and operation of more than $6 billion in multifamily assets,...

Future Generation, a joint venture between Southern Grove and Tadhamon Capital, has today announced a £13.85m deal with Kier to build its new student accommodation scheme in Colchester, Essex. The deal is a significant addition to Kier Construction Eastern’s existing...

INTERNATIONAL construction consultancy Gleeds and specialist sporting architecture firm LK2 along with Couch Perry Wilkes and engineers BSP Consulting have secured a framework with UK sports charity the Football Foundation, providing services to improve hundreds of...

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded the ‘Hinkley 400kV Cable Works (Mendips)’ contract by National Grid plc as part of the ‘National Grid Underground Cable Framework’. The cabling works will form a critical part of the Hinkley...

Leading public services provider, Amey, has been awarded a new construction contract to provide power for a part of the build of HS2. The contract award will see Amey deliver the design, installation and construction of two new temporary substations to support the...

Two of the Tube station’s escalators will be refurbished Work starts on the first escalator on 9 August, the refurbishment of the second will start later in the year It means there will be no entry to the station between 07:30-10:00 on weekdays. At all other times,...

Leading public services provider Amey has been awarded the MOD ‘Gold Award’ for showing outstanding support for the armed forces community. Amey won for employing veterans, supporting individuals transitioning out of the armed forces into a new career and providing...

Award-winning developer Crest Nicholson has launched The Ridings, the latest phase of its sought-after Hunts Grove development in Gloucestershire. Ideally situated on the edge of the historic town of Hardwicke, this thoughtfully designed collection of 80 two, three...

A Northamptonshire company has invested around half-a-million pounds in new machinery which will allow the business to increase orders and improve productivity. Scotts of Thrapston, a high-quality timber product manufacturer for 98 years, has taken delivery of a new...

Four million people use Highways England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) each day. This is forecast to grow by a further 40% by 2040 with the cost of congestion expected to increase by 63% by 2030. Over the coming decades, both the SRN and local assets will require...

ECA holds successful event series introducing changes to the 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations Thousands of contractors and installers attended ECA’s #Project18 roadshow events during July, to learn about the changes introduced within the 18th Edition of the IET...

Peel Energy, the low carbon energy arm of Peel Land and Property, has announced plans to develop a district heat network at its ambitious Liverpool Waters development, under the name of Mersey Heat. The first phase of the network is centred on existing buildings...

The Met office issues an Amber weather warning and tells Britons to “stay out of the sun”. As temperatures reach near record highs of 33.3C, and are predicted to rise further, it is important that the risks to the health of construction workers associated with hot...

Earlier this year, VolkerFitzpatrick’s building division completed the construction of a new 155,000ft2 warehouse facility for Logicor. The team was challenged with building the new warehouse unit, filling in the space between two existing facilities. As well as...

Ian Rylatt, CEO of Balfour Beatty’s Highways, Investments, Plant & Fleet and Homes businesses, is featured in an exclusive with Partnerships Bulletin discussing the PPP market and why he believes it still offers plenty of opportunity. Ian explains that while reforms...

Regen 2018, St. George's Hall, Liverpool.  7 – 8 November 2018 May we please introduce you to Regen 2018 – the 5th Annual free-to-attend Exhibition, Conference & Networking Event for the UK Regeneration Industry. I have attached more information re-exhibiting for your...