Day: June 23, 2022

Tarmac’s Tunstead cement plantOn 4th March 2022 Tarmac sent the Mineral Products Association (MPA) cement clinker production volumes for its Tunstead plant in Derbyshire for the dates 2016 to 2021. The information was sent accidentally as part of another communication to the MPA, on a...

Mark ReynoldsFollowing what is described as an open recruitment process, a panel comprising members of the CLC’s senior advisors group and government officials recommended Mark Reynolds for the top role. Richard Robinson, chief executive of Atkins UK and Europe, takes the newly created deputy co-chair...

Wei YangMembers of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) have appointed Wei Yang as deputy chair to Justin Sullivan. Dr Yang will take over as chair in June 2023 for a standard two-year term. The Construction Industry Council (CIC) was established in 1988 as a forum...

Main contractor Galliford Try will start work on the £90m National Highways scheme later this year. The 2.6 km dual carriageway will be built 70 metres to the south of the existing A47, with two new junctions and bridges for the B1140 and to connect...

Greendykes Gardens, which once stood on the site, was built in 1960s and demolished in 2012 (photo credit - Richard Webb of geograph.org.uk)The investment of just over £620,000 from the Vacant & Derelict Land Investment Programme will allow the latest phase of the Council-led regeneration...

According to payroll services company Hudson Contract, construction labour rates averaged £918 a week in May 2022. This was 2.8% up on April’s £893, but April was a shorter working month because of the Easter holidays and April's average pay rate was 7% down on...

Bechtel womenBechtel UK now has an official ISO certificate proving its diversity and inclusivity while Kier Highways is now official a Master of Diversity. Bechtel Limited, the UK company which is part of the US Bechtel group of companies, has become the first in its...

Numbers from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities show 40,720 new homes were completed between January and March this year, compared to 45,610 between October and December last year – a drop of 10.7%. However, the number of new homes started did see...

The five-year deal, worth £80m on a 50:50 joint basis, will focus on residential developments on urban brownfield sites, initially in southeast England. The partnership will acquire sites with or without full planning permission and aims to build 2,000 homes for sale and rental by...