The Mayor of London, the Greater London Authority (GLA), and Transport for London (TfL) have today [Monday 10th December] confirmed a financing package with the Government to deliver the final stages of the Crossrail project and open the Elizabeth line to passengers...

More than 6,000 traffic lights in London, with TfL working towards saving 15,000 hours for people each day by retiming signals This week marks 150 years since the world’s first traffic light was installed, located outside the Houses of Parliament Transport for London...

Balfour Beatty has today published its latest policy paper, “Road to resilience: delivering a robust local roads network”. The paper explores the importance of prioritising 2019 funding towards local road maintenance and the roles that both client and contractor must...

Keller has completed its first project in Canada using cutter soil mixing (CSM), a technique that eliminates the need for numerous rigs and saves a huge amount of time. We spoke to the team to find out more… When it’s finished in spring 2019, the Platform development...

Participating schools have achieved an average eight per cent reduction in car use on the journey to school Almost half of London schools are accredited to TfL’s STARS programme to encourage active and safer travel Research shows that a quarter of weekday morning peak...

Keller, the world’s largest geotechnical contractor, has been named Britain’s Most Admired Company in the Heavy Construction Sector 2018, taking top spot for the first time. Presented by The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine at an awards ceremony in London last night, Keller...

A hard-hitting report from the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee has backed the building engineering industry’s calls for tougher action on late payment. The committee, which carried out a wide-ranging inquiry into small...

Following on from the Big Build’s success in 2017, the Considerate Constructors Scheme teamed up with CITB’s ‘Go Construct’ to make this year’s competition even bigger and better. This year’s competition saw many wonderful models ranging from giant, menacing robots to...

Network Rail has announced the award of the first multi-million-pound contracts for Control Period 6 (2019-2024), worth a combined £645m. Story Contracting has successfully acquired ‘Lot 2’ covering renewals and enhancements work in Scotland valued at around £135m,...

VolkerFitzpatrick has been awarded a £20 million contract to construct a new National Maritime Systems Centre in Portsdown Technology Park, on behalf of leading science and engineering company QinetiQ. The works are due to begin in early 2019 and continue for 18...

A major new office development has been handed over to Clyde Gateway – ahead of the first SMEs moving into the building later this year.   Robertson has officially completed work on the Red Tree Magenta development, following a construction programme which began in...

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has completed the repayment of its £252.7 million convertible bond from available cash resources within the Group. As a result of the repayment, Balfour Beatty has now paid down 45% of its...

Waste not want not In 2017, the Board of Directors of design led developer, Bewley Homes, in an effort to decrease their environmental footprint and reduce expenditure took the strategic decision to employ Reconomy Waste Management to handle the segregation and...

A topping out ceremony was held on the site of Scotland’s first purpose-built Justice Centre in Inverness on Thursday 29 November. SCTS Chief Executive Eric McQueen, Grampian Highland and Islands Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle and Robertson Project Director, Jeff Hedley...

35% of UK landlords rely on brokers to guide their financial choices, while 41% admit they lack knowledge of the options available to them New research by Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has explored the vital role of financial brokers in assisting property investors...

Construction is officially underway on a pioneering project designed to save the Hill House – regarded as Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s domestic masterpiece.   Robertson has started building a unique ‘Box’ which will envelop the famous building in Helensburgh to protect...

The new walking map directs users to their nearest Tube or Rail station and closest Santander Cycles docking station TfL walking routes The Capital Ring and Jubilee Walkway are now included on the Go Jauntly app Transport for London (TfL) has teamed up with Go...

More than 300 signs are being installed across London in advance of the new zone starting in April next year Signs are the latest stage in a large-scale communications campaign to advise drivers of the 24-hour Ultra Low Emission Zone in central London ULEZ will...

Leading infrastructure and highways company Amey, has secured a two-year contract extension with Kent County Council to maintain their highways portfolio. The contract, which will run until 2020 will be worth over £35million per annum and comes on the back of a...

Business owners struggle to get good in-building mobile coverage, despite 89% saying it is important to their business  NOVEMBER 2018, Reading, UK – Just 17% of businesses have access to full bar mobile coverage in their buildings, according to a new report, ‘Building...

The £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme reaches its half way point this week. Construction work to upgrade 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon started on Monday 28 November 2016 and is on target to be completed by December 2020....

North Midland Construction Plc (NM Group) and its subsidiary Nomenca Limited are transitioning for the future with one name, one brand and one logo – nmcn [www.nmcn.com]. The company has a growing £700m project pipeline, securing a series of major built environment...

(UK, 27th November 2018): Littlehampton-based The IPG is proud to have been recognised by Arun District Council as 2018’s Business of the Year (10 or more employees). The 21st Arun Business Partnership Awards ceremony took place on the 15th November and saw several...

Councillors voted unanimously in favour of new application Application sought permission for 58 new units and a village hall Completion of legal agreement next step in process   Audley Group, the UK’s leading provider of luxury retirement villages, today announces the...

State-of-the-art technology will be installed in the Saltash Tunnel over the coming months to ensure the safety of the thousands of people who use the underground route in Cornwall. Highways England is starting a scheme next week to upgrade the incident detection...

There has been a 65 per cent increase in reports, resulting in 1,500 arrests, since the Report It to Stop It campaign began Reports, witness statements and CCTV can all help to build a case against an offender Report by texting 61016 or call 101 Transport for London...

Leading industry professionals recognised by FSA for their outstanding contributions Two outstanding individuals from the fire, emergency and security industry have been recognised by the Fire & Security Association (FSA) for changing the sector for the better at...

An infrastructure firm with its roots in Moray held a topping out ceremony today at the Poseidon P-8A Strategic Facility, just 10 miles from Elgin, where it first opened for business more than 50 years ago.   Robertson’s founder, Executive Chairman Bill Robertson,...

More than 120,000 penalty charge notices were given out to motorists stopping in yellow box junctions last year Motorists urged to avoid stopping in these junctions to reduce the number of penalty charge notices imposed Yellow box junctions vital to keep junctions...

The Kier-VolkerFitzpatrick joint venture (JV), has been awarded a £160 million contract to deliver new infrastructure to ready RAF Lakenheath as the first permanent home in Europe of the US Air Force F-35 Fighter Jet. The F-35 Beddown Programme, which is part of a...