Day: April 13, 2022

Bishop & Taylor discuss the British Energy Security Strategy, talk innovation with Transforming Construction Challenge director Sam Stacey, and approve of a promised crackdown on fly-tipping. They also reveal themselves to be on Michael Gove’s side in his battle against construction product manufacturers. 13th April...

Despite many good intentions in the 2017 Housing White Paper, Fixing Our Broken Housing Market, very little has happened. The paper set out policies intended to reactivate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the sector, but the industry remains dominated by a handful of big...

Work on the project at the Outer Hebrides’ main port is expected to start in the coming weeks. Initial work to develop the new facility will include piling activity, blasting of 750,000 tonnes of rock and dredging. The terminal will provide facilities for a variety...

Craigmillar Castle HES is the public body responsible for 336 historic buildings and sites. It is rolling-out the new programme of hands-on condition surveys in response to concerns over the deterioration of high-level masonry caused by factors including the materials used during construction, age, physical...

The two A-Listed Victorian Palm Houses and a modernist range of 1960s glasshouses at the heart of the RBGE will be restored. The grant will fund the re-display of RBGE's rare and endangered historic plant collections, create new interpretation displays and deliver innovative new activities...

To enable connection of the new substation to the existing Beauly to Denny overhead line which passes the site, Balfour Beatty have also commenced the construction of temporary towers that will for approximately 18 months, divert the line until the substation is ready to be...

LJA was appointed by Sovereign Centros and has developed the proposal has to complement Glasgow’s City Centre Strategy. The strategy encourages improved links between the city centre, the river front and surrounding areas, whilst enhancing city centre life by creating a ‘20-minute city’ with a...

The building safety scandal came to light after the Grenfell Tower fire nearly five years agoMichael Gove, the ‘levelling up’ secretary of state, has agreed a solution with the housing industry that will see developers commit a minimum of £2bn to fix their own buildings...

Billington chief executive Mark Smith In a trading update today, the board of Billington Holdings said that it had “taken the prudent approach to make an exceptional provision of approximately £1.1m against receivables on a contract the company was undertaking”. Billington remains in “in extensive...

Gurmit Properties Limited was fined today for safety breaches at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South Elmsall in Wakefield in 2018. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that, Gurmit Properties Limited (GPL) owned the site and had previously taken delivery of aggregate, which was deposited on...

Simon Bourne, now chief operating officer, joins the Marshalls plc boardLeadership changes at Marshalls also see the appointment of a managing director for a newly combined landscape and building products operation. Group operations director Simon Bourne gets a new job title, chief operating officer, and...