In pictures | The best images from April

Mace turned some of its major projects red for a day last month – including the £330m restoration of Manchester Town Hall – in support of Become, the national charity for children in care and care leavers.

A consortium of Bouygues, Saipem and Boskalis designed, built and installed the 71 wind turbine bases of France’s first offshore wind farm in Normandy.

Bouygues said that the project was the first in France to use gravity-fed foundations, a technique adapted to the depth ranges and geotechnical conditions of the area.

Twenty-one apprentice bricklayers, spread across seven teams, spent a day completing challenges testing their practical skills, time management and ability to fulfil a brief. The competition used London Bricks donated by building products manufacturer Forterra.

A Vertex rope access team installed a peregrine falcon nestbox and cameras (inset) at the top of the 61 metre tall clock tower of Bradford’s City Hall. The logistics were particularly challenging because of the location’s very tight access.

The installation marks the culmination of over two years of planning and preparation by the team involved in the conservation project.

BAM has completed the New Kingsway and Destiny Bridge, two important elements of the Perth Transport Futures infrastructure project linking the A9, the A93 and the A94 by providing a crossing over the River Tay. 

The £150m project started in early 2022 and has been delivered on time and on budget, said BAM.

A hoarding outside a Deconstruct project in central London has incorporated a letterbox from the charity Children’s Book Project for book donations to be distributed among children in Soho.

The contractor is demolishing and reconstructing both the substructure and superstructure of 91 Dean Street for client Melford Capital to redevelop the site into a
750-bed hostel.