Day: January 18, 2023

The chosen five are: AmcoGiffen, Bam Nuttall, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Octavius (formerly Osborne Infrastructure) and Vinci subsidiary Taylor Woodrow. The contracts cover essential renewals to buildings and structures, like bridges, tunnels and drainage, as well as supplying and maintaining electrification and plant across Network Rail...

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) 2023 Construction Skills Network (CSN) report says that 224,900 extra workers will be needed to meet UK construction demand between now and 2027, at an average of 44,980 new entrants a year. That total is 15% lower than what...

Lord Colin MoynihanLord Moynihan takes over as Amey chairman from former Balfour Beatty boss Ian Tyler, who had the role since 2018. The announcement follows the recent acquisition of Amey by One Equity Partners and Buckthorn Partners. Moynihan is also chair, and a partner, of...

Mace Consult COO Davendra DabasiaPreviously Mace’s managing director for international consultancy, his new role as a chief operating officer comes with a seat on the Mace executive board. His global responsibilities include for boosting Mace’s delivery capability and growth, transforming the consultancy service offer, and...

Classic Lifts is HIG's second UK building services acquisition, with more promisedHIG has acquired Yorkshire lift maintenance specialist Classic Lifts Limited for an undisclosed sum. The Classic Lifts acquisition comes just three months after it bought Cambridgeshire-based CPS Building Services. HIG said then that intends...

CGI of the Integral industrial parkSGI has submitted an outline planning application to develop the 60-acre Brown Moor site in east Leeds, which is alongside Thorpe Park. The development, if approved, will be called Integral and have a range of buildings for companies of different...

A report by construction cost consultant Currie & Brown says that inflation, recession and supply chain uncertainty are jeopardising the viability infrastructure projects. Currie & Brown’s 2023 Infrastructure Cost Predictions Report puts the total cost of Britain’s National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) at £483bn by 2026,...

Professor Malcolm CookProfessor Malcolm Cook, a specialist in building performance analysis and indoor air quality, gets the job permanently after a period as acting dean.  He has researched low energy building design and ventilation and over the years has worked on some of the world’s...

Millennium Mills, derelict for 40 years, was once a Spillers flour factory. It is now the centrepiece of Silvertown's planned renewal Regeneration plans centred on the derelict Millennium Mills flour factory have been submitted to the London Borough of Newham by the Silvertown Partnership, which...