Category: News
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Consultants appointed to oversee UK prison expansion
Under a four-year contract, AtkinsRéalis, Arcadis and Mott MacDonald will deliver a range of services including project and programme management, information management and health and safety advisory resources across the expansion programme. This includes the upgrade and expansion of current facilities as well as the design and building of new facilities. View the original article…
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CLC publishes new Gateway 2 guidance to help with applications
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published a new guide to help the industry with Gateway 2 applications. The 34-page document is structured around seven guidance notes and provides the baseline principles to help those involved in submitting and assessing applications for building control approval of higher-risk buildings. It also includes practical recommendations on the…
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Kier CEO to step down in the autumn
Kier’s chairman, Matthew Lester, said: “I would like to thank Andrew for his exceptional leadership over the last six years, which has transformed Kier. We proudly remain one of the UK’s leading infrastructure services, construction and property groups. Under Andrew’s leadership, the group has increased its resilience, strengthened its financial position and currently has a…
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Industry welcomes publication of ‘vital’ infrastructure pipeline
“The pipeline paints a picture of potential,” said Chris Ball, AtkinsRéalis president for the UK and Ireland. “[But] there is more still to do. Public money won’t be enough for the level of funding required over the next 10 years – we will need new public-private partnerships, new funding models and a focus on attracting…
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Revamp of east London’s ‘hidden gem’ begins
Sports facilities construction specialist Blakedown Landscapes has started the main phase of the £3.5m upgrade of Hackney’s West Reservoir Centre, in east London. The centre, described by the mayor of Hackney as one of the borough’s “hidden gems”, is used for open swimming and watersports such as sailing and kayaking. The scope of works includes…
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New law will require high-rise cladding remediation by 2029
The government is bringing forward a new Remediation Bill requiring landlords of buildings 18m or more in height with unsafe cladding to complete remediation by the end of 2029. The law will also set a 2031 cladding remediation deadline for owners of buildings 11-18m in height. Under the new legislation, those failing to comply without…
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Joinery firm fined £10,000 after surprise inspection
Abbey Joinery and Manufacture Ltd, of Whorlton Road in Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £4,428 in costs by Teesside Magistrates’ Court. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Kier promotes CIOB member to construction leadership team
Rebecca Boundy MCIOB has joined Kier’s construction business leadership team after being promoted to managing director for clients and markets. Boundy has worked for more than a decade at Kier, starting as a senior bid manager and progressing to senior roles, including head of bid management and public sector director. While at the strategic projects…
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Gas fitter jailed after doing botched job while suspended
A gas fitter from Norfolk has been jailed after carrying out unsafe gas work in a residential property while suspended from the Gas Safe Register. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that 52-year-old Antony Clifton, from Wymondham, had fitted a cooker at the home in Drayton that left gas leaking from…
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Hackitt: “Industry is making a big deal of Gateway 2 delays”
“What I fear most at this stage is that we will go backwards, and that would be a travesty because what I see in here is industry making a big deal of the delays that are currently taking place at Gateway 2. I recognise that, but I also recognise that they play their part in…