Leading infrastructure consultancy Amey has announced the opening of a new design hub in Cardiff, which it says will create 60 new jobs in Wales, out of a total of 500 jobs at the peak of the Cardiff Valleys transformation works over the next four years. The...

4G phone signal will allow customers – for the first time – to check emails, plan meeting up with friends and keep in contact while traveling through the tunnels or on Jubilee line platforms in east London Hundreds of miles of cabling now installed across the network...

Balfour Beatty Living Places Managing Director, Steve Helliwell, is featured in Highways Magazinediscussing how a close collaborative relationship between Balfour Beatty Living Places and Southampton City Council resulted in the reconstruction of Millbrook Roundabout...

Higgins has delivered the final phase of 225 brand new homes as part of the major regeneration of the award winning Ocean Estate, Stepney Green, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The completion of the regeneration works was marked with a celebration event in the...

Workplace consultants and interior design specialists, Blueprint Interiors has appointed Charlotte Barnett as a Business Development Manager. Charlotte, who lives in Ashby de la Zouch, has over ten years sales and marketing experience having previously worked in...

Leading contractor Thomas Sinden has appointed Howard Buckley as Head of Pre Construction. Howard has joined the senior management team from Mears Group plc where he was Head of Pre-Construction, having previously worked for The Apollo Group, Morgan Sindell and Kier...

A major project to build a new bridge across the A90 near Kirkliston has reached a key milestone, as the initial foundations are laid.   The £3m scheme to replace Burnshot Bridge got underway in April, following the demolition of the original structure due to...

NATIONAL construction firm Clegg Food Projects is celebrating after receiving the prestigious Gold Medal in the 2019 RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Health and Safety Awards. Held last week (6 June) in Birmingham, the designer, constructor and...

BESCA, the UKAS accredited certification body of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), has launched a scheme to help ventilation hygiene specialists demonstrate competence as part of the industry-wide campaign to improve safety in buildings. With...

Balfour Beatty today announces that it has been awarded a £37 million contract to deliver two community hospital facilities in Scotland on behalf of hub North Scotland; Badenoch & Strathspey Community Hospital and Health Care Centre in Aviemore and the Skye,...

In a year when the construction industry is facing heightened levels of uncertainty, on the back of one of the biggest growth periods in several decades, leading lights in the industry will be joining together in Sussex this September to share their expertise and...

Region & Route: Southern South East The rebuilding of London Bridge station has been awarded top marks in the prestigious CEEQUAL scheme. The £1bn project, delivered as part of the government sponsored Thameslink Programme, received a 97.3 per cent CEEQUAL score....

The next generation of Manchester tradespeople have been handed a training boost after a donation of drills from a leading builders merchant. Trainee carpenters and joiners at Manchester College’s School of Construction have received Bosch Combi GSB 18V-21 drills to...

A Croydon builders’ merchant has undergone a branch refurbishment as part of a £10 million nationwide programme. Selco Builders Warehouse is in the process of modernising a host of its longest-standing branches, including its Croydon site on Mitcham Road. The branch...

Commenting on the new construction output figures published by the ONS today which show a slight growth in May 2019, Clive Docwra, Managing Director of leading construction consulting and design agency McBains, said: “The construction industry will give a cautious...

John Norfolk has been elected to serve as President of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) for 2019/20. He was confirmed in his role at last week’s annual general meeting and takes over from Tim Hopkinson of E Poppleton & Son, who served for two...

Following a recent trial of hydrogen and electrically powered vehicles, Sheffield's highways delivery partner Amey announced today it is taking further steps to reduce its carbon emissions and footprint in the city. Amey is one of the UK’s largest infrastructure...

The number of homeowners choosing to improve their properties rather than move has increased by 12% over the past 5 years (over 4 million UK households). Interestingly, giving the entire house a fresh lick of paint can add more than £7,000 to its value (3.1%)....

A digital home assistant as well as a smart heating device are the smart home products Brits most expect to own in five years’ time at 41% each Contrastingly, Brits have the least desire to buy a smart oven, with only 17% wanting the appliance in their kitchen five...

Government target of building 300,000 homes a year will remain a pipe dream based on current trends, says leading construction agency New official figures published today show a decrease in the number of new build homes being started or completed in England over the...

A Scout campsite has been given a much-needed makeover – thanks to the generosity of a leading builders merchant. The Rammey Island Scout Campsite, in Waltham Abbey, has been significantly improved after Selco Builders Warehouse stepped in with £1,000 worth of...

Getting ahead in life takes determination, and 22-year-old HGV driver, Paul McCarthy from Abingdon, has it in lorry-loads.   In just 18 months, Paul has earned the keys to a 32-tonne HGV – as well as those to a new home in nearby Sutton Courtney. He’s due to move...

GRAHAM is pleased to announce the official opening of a new construction training hub at its Tilbury2 site at the Port of Tilbury.   The Thurrock Hub has been created in partnership with the South Essex Construction Training Academy (SECTA) for the CITB...

This week, boutique property agency Redwing Living, was joined by Vermont Construction Group and Peel L&P at Princes Dock, to witness the topping out of the £21 million residential development, Plaza 1821.   The first development to reach this stage at...

A ‘no deal’ Brexit could result in soaring material prices and lower workloads and enquiries, according to the latest research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). When asked about the impact of a ‘no deal’ Brexit: Key results from the research include: Over...

Work to complete new southbound Northern line tunnel is progressing well New station building on Cannon Street also beginning to take shape Project will increase capacity at vital station by 40 per cent The modernisation of Bank Tube station has reached a landmark...

A south London hospice is busy planning a garden revamp after scooping the £5,000 top prize in a national competition. Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice beat off stiff competition from 11 other finalists to win a public vote and be crowned champion in the Selco...

Leading design consultancy, Mather & Co, is celebrating a record month, which will see the firm open six projects in the space of four weeks.   The company, established over 20 years ago, specialises in museum, leisure, retail and entertainment experiences,...

This follows Keller Group’s trading statement in May 2019 which stated additional action would be taken in response to the further deterioration in the market and the restructuring of the Waterway business announced in November 2018. “Waterway has incurred significant...

Bouygues Batiment International and its subsidiary, Dragages Singapore, are delivering the highest towers ever built in modular construction, the Clement Canopy buildings. The construction industry is at a turning point due to both industrialization and...