Tag: Firm
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Firm fined after worker falls from roof and fractures skull
A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire. Dewi Williams Ltd had appointed the man to complete the installation of roof sheets onto a barn that was under construction at a site in Oswestry. On 2 September 2023, the worker was standing on…
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Amid uptick in M&A, OpenSpace acquires progress tracking firm
Dive Brief: OpenSpace, a construction technology firm focused on reality capture, announced that it has entered a deal to acquire Disperse, a progress tracking startup, according to a Tuesday news release. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move comes subsequent to a partnership between the two firms, announced in June, for an…
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Path21 Merges with National Architecture Firm HCM
Hord Coplan Macht (HCM), an award-winning integrated architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and planning firm with offices across Maryland, Colorado, Metro DC, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina, is pleased to announce the addition of Denver-based healthcare and commercial architecture design firm Path21. With a focus on healthcare design in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain…
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Caterpillar to Acquire Australian Mining Software Firm RPMGlobal
Caterpillar Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RPMGlobal Holdings Limited, an Australian mining software company headquartered in Brisbane. RPMGlobal provides data-driven software solutions for all stages of the mining lifecycle and has been in operation since 1977. The acquisition will complement Caterpillar’s existing technologies in asset management, fleet management, and…
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Highways firm handed £1m fine after worker death
A construction company has been fined £1 million after a road resurfacing project ended in tragedy in May 2022. Robert Morris, who was working on the project in Haringey, north London, was struck and killed by a reversing road-sweeper. Marlborough Highways Ltd, Morris’ employer, was handed the fine earlier this month following a joint investigation…
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Zachry Construction acquires Texas water infrastructure firm
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Zachry Construction, a San Antonio-based infrastructure builder, has reached an agreement to acquire Plano, Texas-based Crescent Constructors, a move that will help the contractor hone in on in-demand water projects, according to a Tuesday news…
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Immigration compliance: is your firm violating visa rules?
Construction employers must remain compliant to ensure visa sponsor licences are not revoked. Over the past year, there has been a record increase in the number of licences revoked, with Home Office data showing more than double the revocations from the previous year – rising from 937 to 1,948. This confirms that immigration compliance has…
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6 labor and employment issues that are in flux, according to law firm Littler
The beginning of President Donald Trump’s second presidency has already included “dramatic changes” in labor and employment policy and law — and more are expected, Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute said in its 2025 Labor Day Report, released last week. “In less than nine months, the new administration has transformed more than six decades of labor…
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How one firm uses digital twins to develop large transportation infrastructure projects
Digital twins’ use in construction management goes back about a decade, but project leaders might not realize the many roles they can play. Bibhuti Aryal, Bentley Systems senior director of transportation, described in an interview with Smart Cities Dive how his infrastructure engineering software company has used them in big transportation infrastructure projects to help…