Day: November 3, 2022

Mark Hoyland Mark Hoyland will join Osborne next spring from social housing developer Orbit, where he has been chief executive for six years. He was previously managing director of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services for a couple of years, joining from Peverel Property Services. He has...

Images from Smytheman ArchitecturalThorpe Park amusement park in Surrey is planning is planning to build its first new rollercoaster since The Swarm opened in 2012. The new rollercoaster, currently known as Project Exodus, will stand 72 metres (236 ft) high. Subsidiary peaks will be at...

An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found that Mullberry Homes Limited failed to plan, manage, and monitor health and safety work on construction sites across England. Mullberry Homes Limited was given a series of notification of contravention (NoC) letters outlining how it...

RICS headquartersThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Construction & Infrastructure Monitor for Q3 2022 indicates that construction activity is expected to start slowing down in the year ahead. While workloads are actually still rising, this growth is starting to slow and is expected...

Tracking cost increasesA survey by construction consultant Gleeds has found that escalation of costs is regarded as the biggest threat to the industry – 77% of contractors believe that growth is suffering as a result, Gleeds found. Contractors were asked about opportunities to tender. In...

Gravesend by twilightThe Gravesham Community Investment Partnership has been set up to help the council build hundreds of affordable homes across the borough. The strategy is to ‘unlock’ brownfield sites for regeneration. Andy Hill, chief executive of The Hill Group, said: “By combining expertise in...

John Duguid Partnership vendors Graham Kerr (left) and Robert Muir (right) flank Hardies senior partner Danny McArthur John Duguid Partnership owners Graham Kerr and Robert Muir now become consultants in Hardies with two other staff members joining the Hardies’ team. John M Duguid & Co...