Day: June 22, 2022

The concrete rebar lobby has challenged the sustainability credentials of cross laminated timber; asphalt suppliers are switching from hot to warm mix recipes; and the trade gap in construction products and materials has doubled when it was meant to have halved. Bishop & Taylor discuss...

Mactaggart & Mickel's planned Kilmacolm developmentThe money is made up of £10.5m cash paid on completion and a deferred cash consideration of £35.8m to be paid proportionally as homes are sold over the next five years. The acquisition will be funded from Springfield's internal resources...

The new contract could be also extended by up to three years. Under the contract, Skanska will provide a variety of hard FM services, looking after the council’s properties in the south of Edinburgh, providing mechanical and electrical engineering, including building maintenance and repairs. The...

SWI is developing a site in Falkland, FifeSWI seeks to showcase the history of, and educate people about single malt Scotch whisky, as well as promote investment in the commodity. The international business, which is involved in the whisky asset management sector, has a licence...

Berkeley Group posted a profit before tax for the year to 30th April 2022 up 6% at £551.5m (2021: £518.1m). Revenue for the year was up 7% at £2,348.0 (2021: £2,202.2). This was from the sale of 3,760 homes across London and the southeast  (2021:...

Nottingham Crown Court heard that on 8th August 2018, an employee of David Sharp Studio was using the cement mixer at the company’s premises in Alfreton to prepare the concrete mix for casting garden ornaments.  He attempted to stop the machinery to retrieve something from...

Malahide Viaduct collapsed due to scour in August 2009 (image from Rail Accident Investigation Unit report)Myra Lydon at Queen’s University Belfast has developed an initial prototype sensor in partnership with Somni Solutions and testing has now completed. Dr Lydon hopes it will be installed on...

Image courtesy of Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal Delivery AuthorityThe survey work is a precursor to the massive restoration programmes that is planned for the Palace of Westminster. Heritage specialist DBR (London) has been appointed principle general contractor for the intrusive survey by the...

The value definition and measurement stream produces a unique value profile for a project, balancing the client’s various desired outcomesThe Value Toolkit is described as “a suite of tools that will be used by industry to embed value-based decision making in the built environment sector”....