Matt Paradise MCIOB, senior commercial manager at Laing O’Rourke, tells CIOB People how he hopes a case study at Hinkley Point C will help to improve productivity in construction

Mosey joins from Laing O’Rourke, where he spent 16 years in a range of senior positions, most recently as head of procurement for Europe and previously head of health, safety and environment.

One of the UK’s largest Passivhaus buildings is under construction in the heart of historic Oxford. Kristina Smith visited Laing O’Rourke’s Schwarzman Centre project

Sir John Parker has announced he will be stepping down as Laing O’Rourke’s chair after eight years in the role.

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

As buildings get taller, what does that mean for elevator design and installation? KONE’s Sascha Brozek looks at the challenges of fitting elevators in tall buildings.

Standardising data – via digital product passports – is key to meeting net zero goals, declares Lars Fredenlund of Cobuilder.

New facility aims to deliver skilled, digitally capable workforce to help transform sector productivity

A project update shows the installation of a hybrid pitch at Everton FC’s new stadium ahead of its completion and handover by the end of the year.

Construction equipment company Conquip has worked with Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke subsidiary Select Plant Hire to design, manufacture and test a set of accessories to improve the safety of concrete skips.

New research strongly suggests that asset managers are not being involved early enough in the development of digital twins – and that twins being handed over to asset managers are not optimised to their needs.

Two Kier joint ventures, Laing O’Rourke and Bowmer and Kirkland are among the six contractors appointed by the Ministry of Defence for a new ‘alliance’ to build single living accommodation for the Army using MMC.

Laing O’Rourke’s Ben Hardie tells CIOB People how he was drawn into construction – and what the industry can do to attract a younger generation with digital skills

Laing O’Rourke digital engineer Ben Hardie was crowned Digital Rising Star of the Year, sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Building, at the Digital Construction Awards 2024 last night (2 July).

ONE Engage address the complex challenge of managing digital information in the residential sector for landlords, residents and fire and rescue services, and the judges picked the platform as the Product Innovation of the Year at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

The Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology has set out its vision for a construction project in 2030 – and digital transformation, performance measurement and digital and technological skills are key.

Following BIMplus’s recent interview with Thomas Flannery, head of digital construction at McLaren Construction, here Acumine director Daniel Maddocks describes the consultancy’s role in the contractor’s digital transformation.

A new secondment scheme is helping to grow emerging talent through the Alliance 4 New Prisons