Leading infrastructure and public service provider Amey is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Bamfield to its Highways Executive team. Peter joins as a Business Director, taking over the management of Amey’s highways maintenance and management contract with...

Last week (Thursday, June 6) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) awarded the Highways business at Amey two prestigious awards recognising the work undertaken to improve environmental and health and safety practices. RoSPA recognised the...

Firms across Great Britain are to be targeted in a new series of inspections focusing on dust control by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it has been announced today.   Over the next few weeks, HSE will be concentrating on industries such as construction,...

The S1 year group from Perth Grammar School have designed a village of ‘homes for the future’ as part of an ongoing partnership with leading infrastructure company Robertson. Following a series of twelve Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) focused...

The majority (65%) of the UK’s commercial landlords have undertaken work to improve the digital connectivity of their buildings, according to Cluttons’ annual Connectivity Report in partnership with YouGov launched today.   The key driver for making these...

Industry leaders and stakeholders recently joined together to learn more about the AIMCH project. This is a collaborative innovation project with the ambition to deliver high quality offsite homes faster, more reliably and at the same cost of masonry-built homes....

HOKO Design has taken its first steps in becoming the Uber of architecture after opening a debut office in Glasgow city centre and completing a successful recruitment programme, which has seen the start-up launch with a team of six.   Designer Danny Campbell has...

Fabric Living brings 22 more new homes to the market Families are getting set to move into a development of new shared ownership homes in Oldham after Fabric Living completed work on its first ever scheme. Fabric Living, which is part of housing association First...

(8 June 2019) Dr Louise Brooke-Smith, a strategic planning consultant at Arcadis, the leading global Design & Consultancy for natural and built assets, has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday...

Property developments are attracting investment into Suffolk town   The iconic Winerack on Ipswich’s historic waterfront, a £30 million residential and commercial development, has reached a milestone completing the first collection of apartments (3rd Quarter)...

The Wates Group is proud to confirm that its Chairman, James Wates, has been honoured with a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of his services to business and charity. Sir James, 59, previously honoured in 2012 with a CBE for services to the...

Transport for London’s (TfL) Siwan Hayward has been recognised with an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to transport and policing. Siwan, who is from Aberystwyth in Wales and now lives in Walthamstow, joined TfL in 2007 and is now the Director of...

Balfour Beatty has been commended at the Inspire Awards this week, securing the ‘Most Inspiring Contractor’ award. This award is the second in the past two weeks to recognise Balfour Beatty’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion. The award recognises...

Firms across Great Britain are to be targeted in a new series of inspections focusing on dust control by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it has been announced today.   Over the next few weeks, HSE will be concentrating on industries such as construction,...

Alistair McLaughlin, Programme Delivery Manager for Balfour Beatty’s Rail business and John Lambert, Head of Track Programmes for Transport for London (TfL) explore the intricacies of the London Underground track renewals works in the latest edition of Rail Technology...

Amey is delighted to announce that the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has exercised its contracted options to extend the Next Generation Estates contracts (NGEC). These contracts were let originally to CarillionAmey in 2015 and provide critical response...

TfL proposes to make all of its roads within the Congestion Charge Zone 20mph next year as part of the Mayor’s Vision Zero commitment to eliminate death and serious injury on London’s roads Speed is a factor in around 37 per cent of collisions where a person dies or...

Led by the United Nations since 1974, World Environment Day encourages awareness and action to protect the environment and is celebrated in 100 countries around the globe. Today (5 June) marks the announcement that Robertson joins leading companies including DHL,...

Worker fatigue is often an overlooked hazard in the construction industry. This is despite the fact that fatigue is a serious health and safety risk in construction; fatigue has the potential to significantly impair physical and cognitive capacities, as well as having...

Western Power Distribution (WPD) and Alzheimer’s Society Cymru has joined forces to promote a new campaign ‘£ on the pillow’ which has already raised over £1,200 since it was launched for people with dementia. Over 20 hotels, B&B’s and guest houses across Wales...

Amey and their supply chain partner Bagnalls, have been supporting Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to help prisoners turn their lives around. In September 2017, Amey instigated a maintenance programme to improve the living and working standards at...

TImelapse video shows overnight installation of replica Spitfire in the concourse of the UK's fourth busiest station.  There was a Supermarine surprise for passengers at London Bridge this morning as a full-scale replica Spitfire appeared in the station concourse...

Successful topping out event for new 256 bed purpose-built student accommodation development, Stanhope House, Portsmouth, on track and on budget for opening September 2019   Crosslane Student Developments (“Crosslane”), part of the Crosslane Property Group,...

Councillors from across the political spectrum in Edinburgh are adding their signatures to a UK-wide Charter for Trees, Woods and People today, the first local authority in Scotland to do so.   The Tree Charter, launched in 2017 on the 800th anniversary of the...

Balfour Beatty today announces that its Strategic Design Consultant Partnership (SDCP) and its Highways Delivery Community (HDC) have achieved the ISO44001 international accreditation for collaboration.   The SDCP is formed of Balfour Beatty, Atkins, Mott...

WHILE THE health benefits of plant-based diets are well documented, new research uncovers the lesser-known uses of the nature around us. The UK’s leading online florist, SerenataFlowers.com, has identified 10 plants that are more than just a pretty face, as they...

WHILE THE health benefits of plant-based diets are well documented, new research uncovers the lesser-known uses of the nature around us. The UK’s leading online florist, SerenataFlowers.com, has identified 10 plants that are more than just a pretty face, as they...

This spring, the British Heart Foundation is calling on building contractors across the UK to call on their professional services, when taking on a refurb. By letting the charity’s dedicated workforce take away any unwanted items of furniture, contractors will not...

Vivalda Group’s founder and chairman, Peter Johnson, has urged contractors and architects to tread carefully in the wake of James Brokenshire’s recent announcement to fund the recladding of 166 privately owned, high rise buildings. Earlier this month (May, 2019) the...

Trial will test how to achieve switch to public transport in areas of high car use Small, on-demand buses will operate over an area rather than a specific route, with customers benefiting from a guaranteed seat, USB charging and free WiFi A brand new form of public...

Major concerns weighing on the property sector amid continued Brexit uncertainty were quashed at the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show 2019, taking place between 28-31 March at the NEC, which welcomed 19 per cent of trade visitors and more consumer...

Houzz expands its robust offering for the design community with business management software Houzz Inc., the leading platform for home renovation and design, today announced the launch of Ivy, the fastest-growing business and project management platform for interior...

Balfour Beatty was commended at the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Inspiring Change awards this week as it secured the 2019 ‘Inspiring Change in the Workplace’ award. The award recognises Balfour Beatty’s Multicultural Affinity Network, set up in...

SSE part of the SSE Group, one of the UK's largest and fastest growing energy companies has taken delivery of a fleet of new Isuzu D-Max Pick-Ups. In total, 215 Isuzu D-Max Pick-ups have been ordered. The new vehicles will be used by its team of engineers to maintain...