Day: October 7, 2022

Chief executive Jon Dunwell Morris & Spottiswood, which specialises in fit-out, housing and mechanical & electrical (M&E) contracting, turned over £93.2m in 2021, an increase of 30% on 2020’s £72.9m. Pre-tax profit was up 41% to £1.0m (2020: £708k.) Directors attribute the rapid recovery to...

The acquisition gives Aggregate Industries new sites in Devizes, Theale, Faringdon and Fairford. Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials recycles 150,000 tons of construction & demolition waste each year into aggregates and concrete with its material recovery system, boosting Aggregate Industries’ circular economy aspirations. In the year...

Close-up of Decom's ChopsawDecom’s development is the next step up from its C1-24 Chopsaw that has proved itself on the decommissioning of a North Sea platform. Cookstown-based Decom has developed a range of cold cuttings saws that can cut through materials up to 24 inches...

J-strut removes the need for manual adjustment of the collarHaving experienced the pain of using traditional Acrows props himself on a renovation project, Grove Design managing director Austin Owens challenged his colleagues to come up with a solution that would transform the time-consuming process to...

Peter Grierson Peter Grierson joins JS Wright from building products manufacturer Wolseley to take over from Phil Leech. Phil Leech has now become chairman, after three years as managing director, in succession to Marcus Aniol. Marcus Aniol had been managing director of JS Wright from...

Managing director Ray Hutchinson Gilbert-Ash turnover increased by 24% in 2021 to almost £219.3m from just under £176.2m.  an increase of £43.1m while pre-tax profit rose 13% to £12.4m, up from £10.9m in 2020. Current projects include the £36m redevelopment of the National Portrait Gallery...

Ann Bentley As well as being a board member of RLB UK and a global board director, Anne Bentley has been prominently involved with numerous industry organisations including the Construction Industry Council and the Construction Leadership Council. Taking her place on the RLB global board...

Herzog & de Meuron's plan for Liverpool Street station concourseSellar, the developer of London Bridge Quarter and Paddington Square, has teamed up with Network Rail and Elizabeth Line's Chinese operator MTR to commission a masterplan for redevelopment Heritage and conservation bodies are against the proposals...

TBM's Carolina and Shushila on the starting lineTBM Shushila is made by Herrenknecht in Germany and operated by Skanska Costain Strabag JV (SCS JV). She will bore  five miles non-stop for 22 months, except Christmas Day and bank holidays, from West Ruislip to Greenpark Way...