Category: News
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Alan Titchmarsh calls for compensation over M25 junction roadworks
Matterson added: “Whilst we’re grateful for the new road and the positive difference it is now beginning to make following months of disruption, going back to our original objections it continues to be a flawed solution that increases car miles around junction 10 by some one million kilometres per annum, affecting the Special Protection Area.…
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RIBA calls for principal contractors licencing scheme
“As the professional body for architects, we have taken significant steps since June 2017 to enhance training and education, including but not limited to our mandatory Health and Safety test and our Principal Designer Register. As recommended, we are reviewing these measures, ensuring our members maintain the highest standards of professional competence. View the original…
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Housebuilder pauses construction to protect migrating birds
An affordable housebuilder has paused the construction of one of its developments to protect the local bird population. Vivid Homes said it stopped works at Victoria Quay in Portsmouth to avoid disrupting migrating birds that make the Solent coast their home during the winter, including Brent Geese, Redshanks, Oystercatchers and Lapwings. Brent Geese are protected…
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Winners named for £800m Pagabo public sector framework
Several FM arms of tier 1 contractors are among the 27 companies appointed to a new public sector framework. The Total Facilities Management Framework has an estimated value of £814m and will run until January 2029 across eight UK areas. It will be managed by procurement provider Pagabo on behalf of contracting authority Red Kite…
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BCIS forecasts 17% building costs increase over next five years
Dr David Crosthwaite, chief economist at BCIS, said: “Industry sentiment data continues to present positive readings, although since the autumn budget these are now less optimistic than at the time of our previous forecast in September, when the headline S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index reached a 29-month high. View the original article and…
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Strabag trials artificial ground freezing at Sizewell C
Strabag UK’s managing director, Simon Wild, said: “As a business, we pride ourselves on developing innovative solutions to the challenges of delivering major projects. Together with Züblin, our industry-leading ground engineering experts, we are committed to working with Sizewell C and all stakeholders to take full advantage of the benefits that this ground-freezing approach can…
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Caroline Gumble steps down as CIOB CEO
The changes that Caroline Gumble brought about at the CIOB became apparent so quickly that I wrote to congratulate her just a few months after her arrival. To my surprise, she responded immediately, and I remember well the conversation we had about challenges in the construction industry in general and in professional institutions in particular.…
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MottMac JV to design major nuclear submarine site expansion
Rolls-Royce Submarines infrastructure director, Terry Meighan, said: “The expansion work we have planned is of critical national importance as it enables us to safely increase our speed of manufacture, helping to deliver Dreadnought and the new SSN-AUKUS attack submarines at a much faster rate.” View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Kier and Willmott Dixon among suppliers in £500m NHS decarbonisation scheme
Director of frameworks at Willmott Dixon, Chris Farr, said: “The NHS is investing significantly in decarbonisation, and we’re ready to provide practical, impactful solutions tailored to individual project needs. Our approach involves simplifying the process but still delivering the required results, made possible by bringing together our experts in decarbonisation, development and construction.” View the…
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Skanska to use 3,000 slag cement slabs in ‘ultra-sustainable’ London project
Skanska is using 3,000 precast planks made from 50% ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) in its 105 Victoria Street scheme, which the contractor calls “London’s most sustainable office building”. Laing O’Rourke is designing, manufacturing and supplying the precast slabs for Skanska through its pre-assembly concrete manufacturing facility near Worksop, called Explore Manufacturing. Severfield, which is…