Category: News
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Skanska to use 3,000 slag cement planks in ‘ultra-sustainable’ London project
Skanska is using 3,000 precast slabs 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…
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Competition watchdog extends investigation into housebuilders
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is extending its ongoing investigation into suspected breaches of competition law by seven major housebuilders. The CMA launched a probe last February following concerns that the companies may have exchanged competitively sensitive information with other housebuilders, which could be influencing the build-out of sites and the prices of new…
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17,000 fragments of Roman pottery found at Kier project
More than 17,000 fragments of ancient pottery, two kilns and the remains of buildings were discovered throughout 2024 at the Arne Moors project in Dorset, where Kier is delivering a compensatory habitat scheme. All the discoveries relate to the manufacture of a particular type of Roman pottery, called black-burnished ware, characterised by its dark colour.…
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York Minster’s new solar panels switched on during blessing ceremony
Alex McCallion, director of works and precinct at York Minster, said: “Extreme weather, brought about by climate change, is the greatest threat to the fabric of York Minster. These solar panels signify a significant step forward in our decarbonisation journey and is a significant project of our Neighbourhood Plan. View the original article and our…
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Tier 1s project urges construction to treat mental health like H&S
The Tier 1 H&S Leadership Group, which includes over a dozen directors from contractors such as Sir Robert McAlpine, Mace and Balfour Beatty, wants the industry to treat mental health with the same seriousness as physical health and safety through the introduction of proactive measures based on academic research. View the original article and our…
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BSI to explore covid’s impact on construction’s ‘hybrid generation’
The British Standards Institution is asking young people who began working in the built environment sector during the covid-19 pandemic to share their experiences, as part of research into the ‘hybrid generation’. BSI is exploring the impact of the restrictions on younger workers and how transformed ways of working have shaped their careers, including for…
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Huge Roman coffin unearthed during A47 upgrade works
A Roman stone coffin was unearthed during works to upgrade a section of the A47 in Cambridgeshire. It was found in a small Roman roadside cemetery discovered during National Highways’ scheme to upgrade a section of the A47 between Wansford and Sutton near Peterborough from a single to a dual carriageway. Archaeologists from Headland Archaeology…
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Heads of the Valleys road project nearing completion after 23 years
There simply isn’t enough whitewash in Wales to do justice to this, though this article tries hard. The last phase of the dualling of the A465 from Llandarcy to Abergavenny has, like its immediate predecessors – between Dowlais Top and Abergavenny – left knowledgeable spectators open-mouthed at the criminal waste of public monies from project…
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Luton Town FC’s new 25,000-seat stadium gets go-ahead
2020 Developments’ chief operating officer, Michael Moran, said: “Having already secured outline planning consent in 2019, we have worked through a complete redesign of the stadium concept alongside bringing forward the wider site where we are busy now with groundworks and putting the necessary infrastructure in place.” View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Miller Architects & Builders Announce Completion of Hickey Memorial Chapel
New Lenox, IL — Miller Architects and Builders are excited to share the completion of the New Hickey Memorial Chapel. The Hickey family, who started the business in 1928 and have owned and operated the company over four generations, decided to relocate to a new facility in Calistoga-Berkots Plaza of New Lenox to better serve…