Day: September 2, 2022

In the wake of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, developers, contractors and indeed the whole construction supply chain have been wading through impediments to make high-rise blocks of flats safe.  The insurance industry has been a persistent impediment. The hope is that the new model...

The new owner plans to use CPS as a launch pad for acquisitions in the building services sector. “Several active acquisition discussions are currently underway,” HIG said. CPS, formerly Cambridge Piped Services, provides installation and maintenance services across heating, cooling, ventilation and electrical systems to...

Balfour Beatty has agreed that, from January 2023, all electricians employed under the terms of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) or Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), the appropriate industrial agreements for electricians, will get 32 full days holiday pay Currently the workers receive full holiday...

The £7.4m extension marks the third phase of the Leeds PIPES network and means that more buildings in new areas of the city will be able to hook up to the district heating network. Leeds City Council has secured £3.06m of grant funding from the...

Illustrative view of the new access road for the Fairham developmentFirst task for O’Brien Contractors at Fairham is to improve an existing access road and create a new route into the development site, south of Clifton. The works are part of £100m of infrastructure improvements...

By 2025, all analogue telephone services accessed by the public switched telephone network (PSTN) will be switched off as the UK moves towards a digital telecommunications future. As well as impacting businesses phone systems, the move to a digital phone network will have an effect...