Day: March 2, 2022

Bishop & Taylor discuss the vacant chair at the Construction Leadership Council, the Pallet Loop scheme and the lurking perils of expiring PFI contracts. 2nd March 2022: Episode 95: Listen online  www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/podcast Re:Construction Podcast: A fortnightly podcast in which veteran construction industry journalists Bishop and Taylor have...

The new North East Hub Health & Care Centre in Parkhead will serve communities in the east of end of Glasgow. It will be delivered by Bam Construct UK for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership. Bam was...

The association had issued guidance to its members ahead of the new legislation on 1st April, which will remove the construction sector’s entitlement to use red diesel and rebated biodiesel. But with the escalating situation in Ukraine, it is now calling on the government to...

The site in Flanshaw, near WakefieldSocial housing landlord Stonewater chose Equans for the £17m project, building 140 affordable homes in a former quarry near Wakefield. The homes will be powered by both solar electricity panels and air source heat pumps. Equans regional director Nathan Brough...

Group chief executive Dean Finch In the year to 31st December 2021 Persimmon made a pre-tax profit of £966.8m, up 23% on 2020’s £783.3m and just a shade shy of 2019’s £1,041m. Turnover was £3.61bn (2020: £3.33bn; 2019: £3.65bn).       During the year Persimmon built 14,551...

Vistry Group financial results for the year to 31st December 2021 show group revenue up 30% to £2,359m (2020: £1,812m), with total completions up 24% to 11,080 units (2020: 8,954). Pre-tax profit grew more than threefold to £319.5m (2020: £98.7m). This time last year it...

The NAV1 section on Lake Lothing heads towards the bridge construction site. (All photos: Suffolk County Council)The north approach viaduct (NAV1) section arrived at the construction site on Lake Lothing on Tuesday March 1st by barge following a 32-hour crossing from Ghent. Civil engineering contractor...

Cornish Fixings, RedruthCornish Fixings will join with RGB (formerly Rawle Gammon & Baker), the west country chain that Cairngorm bought last year, via Grant & Stone Group. The Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has grown rapidly by acquisition to become the largest independent builders merchant...