CIOB Community CIOB Ireland conference to examine future of construction Housing, sustainability and infrastructure will be on the agenda of the CIOB Ireland conference
News Mace Consult, Arcadis appointed to £2.5bn Luton Airport expansion The team will provide programme, project, cost and commercial management services.
People Costain doubles apprentice intake to 50 Infrastructure firm says record intake will help build the skills pipeline needed to deliver the UK’s major projects
News £60,000 if you can prove diesel-free equipment works on construction sites Four SMEs will get £60,000 each if they can prove diesel-free equipment can work on water infrastructure sites.
Digital Construction City transport infrastructure feasibility tool launched A free tool has been developed to sketch out a bus, tram or metro route across a city to determine whether it’s worth building.
Opinion Whatever the plan prime minister, please, please… just stick to it With 17 housing ministers in 16 years, is it any wonder there’s a housing crisis?
News Willmott Dixon to build new fire station in Bath after ‘unfortunate loss’ of old one Some wanted to save the 1938-built classical Art Deco building but the fire service said it wasn’t fit for purpose.
News Industry leaders urge new PM to commit to infrastructure plans Construction industry leaders today urged the incoming new Prime Minister to recommit to the current 10-year infrastructure strategy as well as speed up reforms to accelerate project delivery.
News ‘Tunnels in eight years’: Shetland council votes to pursue fixed links Councillors voted to pursue the idea of a tunnel between Yell and Unst, approving up to £200,000 to progress the project.
News Kier wins next construction phase of Bridgwater Tidal Barrier The Environment Agency and Somerset Council have awarded a £101m contract to Kier for the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier.
News FM Conway lands £1.25bn Westminster highways and public realm contract FM Conway, with WSP, will deliver a £1.25bn highways and public realm contract over the next 8.5 years.
News Low-carbon road job: Emissions cut in half with hydrogen and electric gear plus recycled asphalt The approach prevented 630 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, a 50% improvement on conventional methods.
News Into the deep: Barhale picked for £12.5m tunnel inspection contract for Thames Water Contractor to examine nearly 48km of tunnels for the utility.
Technical Resin injection provides quick fix for Kier’s rotting-tunnel problem Geobear had two weeks to stabilise a soggy tunnel meant to support a new railway.
News Shetlanders mull ditching ferries for subsea tunnels between islands Study concludes that tunnels are both “buildable and investable”.
News It’s on: Work on Universal theme park to go ahead after £6.3bn deal agreed Group’s first major European destination to create 8,000 construction jobs, including for road and rail upgrades.
News McLaren and Phoenix ME to start predevelopment of 140MW data centre north of Heathrow Work starts next month to prepare the site in Buckinghamshire for developer Corscale.
News C-suite openings at Balfour Beatty amid divisional shake-up Balfour Beatty is looking for new executives as it reconfigures its UK transport, energy and defence divisions.
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