Museum design consultancy, Mather & Co celebrate successful exhibition stint in Boston, USA Touring exhibition has already been hosted in Singapore, New York, Sydney and Toronto As Downton Abbey, the popular British historical period drama, is set to feature on...

Senior industry figures have welcomed the Scottish Government’s pledge to publish a consultation on the regulation of electricians – but have also urged them to make it happen soon. The announcement in the 2019-20 Programme for Government was accompanied by an...

The deputy branch manager of a Portsmouth builders merchant who is suffering from a non-curable condition has raised more than £10,000 for charity - by taking on a 100km two-day running challenge. Sylvia Herring, who works at the Selco Builders Warehouse branch at...

In April this year, Amey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) completed a multi-million pound housing refurbishment project for Service families at Warminster. The project began in November 2018 and has seen fifty properties transformed from old,...

New high-quality Cycleways will bring even more people within easy reach of London’s rapidly expanding cycle network, adding 20km of protected space New routes include an extension to Cycleway 6, which now connects Kentish Town to King’s Cross and central London...

John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, has visited Merkinch Primary School coinciding with the completion of a state-of-the-art Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) structure. This is the first primary school in the Highlands...

A landmark moment in the project to upgrade Bank Tube station was reached this week, with the roof on the new station entrance, located on Cannon Street, ‘topped out’ and now complete. The new entrance will provide customers with direct access to the Northern line, as...

Volunteers from Ramboll have travelled to Lombok to commence the construction of low-cost, sustainable bamboo housing for the earthquake-prone Indonesian island, in partnership with University College London (UCL) and a local NGO.   Lombok-based charity...

Phil Clifton, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty’s Highways business is featured in Highways Magazine discussing the importance of embedding digital and innovative ways of working when delivering modern road projects for Highways England and road users. The article...

We’re a nation of entrepreneurs who are willing to take risks in business as we are to building our own homes and developing our own properties. According to the latest visitor survey from the Homebuilding & Renovating Show, over one in four self-builders and home...

TfL publishes consultation report showing public support for lower speeds in central London Work will begin later this year to make 8.9km of TfL roads 20mph Part of the Vision Zero commitment to eliminate death and serious injury from London’s roads TfL will begin...

More than one in 10 SMEs in the construction industry supply chain say their cash flow will not be able to cope with controversial changes to the way VAT is collected, according to major new research carried out by Hudson Contract. The domestic reverse charge comes...

New way of working led to a significant increase in safety, with incidents reduced from 20 to zero Annual maintenance on the A2 helps to keep traffic moving safely along one of London’s most important arteries Working with full closures saved 38 nights of disruption...

Plans to deliver a new £28m Castlebrae High School have taken a huge step forward. Planning permission has been approved for the brand new 700 capacity secondary school (with the potential to extend to 1,200) and the City of Edinburgh Council has announced the team...

Leading bespoke joinery firm, The Deluxe Group, has recently completed work on the newly constructed Cambridge Mosque - the first purpose-built mosque within the city of Cambridge and the first eco-friendly mosque in Europe.   Sub-contracted by Gilbert-Ash,...

Robertson has strengthened its Residential Group business with three senior appointments, including new CEO John Low. A well-respected figure in the Scottish housing industry, John will be responsible for growing the Robertson Residential Group – the standalone...

The Xella Silka Element Challenge A one-bedroom apartment block will be built in just one day in a world first construction demonstration, the Xella Silka Element Challenge, for visitors to see at the South East Construction Expo in Ardingly, Sussex on September 26....

Work is well underway to deliver the next phase of development at The Royal Liver Building which will combine high quality office space alongside amenities, health and wellbeing activities.   Following planning approval in 2018, contractors are now on site and...

New research identifies a nation confused by payslips, tax codes and who is responsible for taking home the right pay   Intuit QuickBooks launches new Advanced Payroll solution   London (UK), 2 September 2019: At the start of National Payroll Week1, new...

National commercial property and investment company LCP has appointed a new asset manager for its London office.   Tim Bromley-Martin joins the asset management team based in Millbank Tower from Lawson & Partners LLP where he was Partner.   After 12...

With the arrival of Stage V requirements, many manufacturers have simply changed their engines to achieve the necessary particulate matter, particulate number and NOX targets. Mecalac, however, has taken a decidedly different approach. We spoke to Paul Macpherson, UK...

Earnings for freelance tradespeople in the construction sector declined by just 1.7 per cent last month, according to latest figures released by Hudson Contract. Analysis of August payroll data for more than 2,200 construction companies in England and Wales reveals a...

Building services specialist MPACT Group Ltd is continuing its campaign to tackle the “hidden secret” of mental health problems in the construction sector with an in-house training course that has already led to direct intervention for one member of staff potentially...

Brits wait 11 months before sharing house keys with their partners, but wait 15 months before sharing their Netflix accounts Women are less trusting than men, waiting a month longer before handing over their passwords Couples in Manchester share Netflix accounts the...

Help other self builders like you avoid overpaying VAT by answering our quick survey. The National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA) is conducting a Value Added Tax (VAT) survey to obtain a detailed look at the number of people self building in the UK....

Leading developer contractor, Higgins has signed the Armed Forces Covenant and pledged to actively support the armed forces community and continue to recognise the value serving personnel, both regular and reservists, veterans and military families contribute to the...

Research by The Nottingham revealed that Brits believe they will be 41 years old before they move into their Forever Home, despite the average age actually being 36 Gardens, garages and an en-suite were the most coveted features for a Forever Home One in five Brits...

Route 335 will directly connect new homes in Kidbrooke to North Greenwich from October New route is part of TfL’s plan to invest in more services in areas of demand and growth This is the second of seven new routes planned for outer London this year Travel options for...

Starting from Monaco on the 30th December 2018, the 11th Edition of the Africa Eco Race consisted of 15 days of intense competitive adventure full of surprises and challenges following the tracks of Dakar founder Thierry Sabine. Competitors covered a total distance of...

- Report published by infrastructure experts outlines growth potential - A report outlining the substantial economic, social and environmental benefits to be gained from greatly enhanced 4G and 5G capability across Scotland has been published today (26 August 2019) by...

You have probably heard about VAT changing for the construction industry later this year, but some of the information about those changes can be very complex for non-tax-experts. This article aims to give you a high-level and simplified explanation of the changes, to...

Young people in Chesterfield have been given a hands-on insight into engineering and construction on Britain’s new railway, High Speed 2 (HS2). In an interactive workshop run by HS2 Ltd, members of the Derbyshire BME Forum were tasked with taking on the role of bridge...

In a move that consolidates Vivalda Group plc as the UK’s largest independent supplier of architectural facades, the business has appointed former SIG plc divisional managing director Chris Williams as a non-executive director. A senior industry figure with more than...