Laing O’Rourke’s Matthew McKirgan on what construction managers share with school governors.

A selection of the best images in construction from the summer.

Laing O’Rourke is to give all employees access to at least six months of parental leave at full pay, regardless of how they become a parent.

Laing O’Rourke has given partial possession of the Royal Liverpool Hospital to the NHS trust that will run it.

Lynch Plant Hire used technology and engagement with its staff to meet targets set by the Skanska Costain Strabag JV on HS2, and thus secured victory in the Delivering Net Zero with Digital Innovation category, sponsored by Zero, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (12 July).

Laing O’Rourke is to provide free construction skills training and jobs to local people on its new Everton Stadium project.

A total of 15 companies, including Laing O’Rourke and Multiplex have become founding members of the new ConcreteZero programme.

Laing O’Rourke has installed the first 18t internal ‘super column’ in the north-west corner of Everton FC’s new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.

80 Goodhall Street is a mixed-use development in west London. Architect airc.design had to respond to some challenging design changes that affected the project in RIBA Stages 3 to 5, so it leaned on Archicad.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served improvement notices to contractors Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke after a scaffold worker fell from height.

A selection of the best images in construction from the past month.

A selection of construction industry images from the past month.

The world’s biggest crane has lifted a 347t liner steel ring onto the Unit 1 reactor building at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.

Suspension of sponsorship deals with Russian firms will have “no material impact” on the build of Everton’s new Bramley Moore Dock stadium.

Laing O’Rourke’s concrete frame and substructure specialist Expanded has completed a complex staircase at the London College of Fashion, inspired by an orange peel.

A new style of vaulted floor that cuts concrete usage by up to 75% could replace solid slab floors as construction moves towards its net zero targets.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past seven days.

Welcome to the first in our series of interviews counting down to International Women’s Day on 8 March.