Day: January 24, 2023

Belfast City Hall Construction companies in Northern Ireland are plenty busy enough at the moment, but there is growing pessimism about market opportunities over the coming year, their trade body has found. The Construction Employers Federation’s latest construction survey collected data from firms with headquarter...

Neil HolmNeil Holm, programme director of Transpennine Route Upgrade since January 2021, has now been made managing director. The £12bn Transpennine Route Upgrade includes the electrification of the 70-mile route between Manchester and York, a fully digital signalling system and doubling tracks and station upgrades...

Banner Plant has seen record levels of trading activityWith its construction division trading ahead of expectations and strong sales from its land division, Henry Boot plc says that its underlying profits reached new heights last year. However, due to a fall in UK property values...

MSL on siteMidland Survey Ltd (MSL) will continue to trade under its own number under the ownership of Lucion Services and David Johnson remains managing director. However, former owners Duncan and Karen Rone-Clarke have resigned from the board. MSL’s specialist surveying services include building surveys,...

Approximately 7,000 piles will support the factory base slabBauer Keller Joint Venture (BKJV) has been appointed by SeAH Wind to install approximately 1,500 bored piles and 5,500 continuous flight auger (CFA) piles. The factory is being built on a 90-acre site at Teesworks’ South Bank...

The Valero oil refinery in PembrokeEmployers Altrad and Jenkins & Davies Engineering have agreed to increase bonus payments from 15 pence an hour to £2.06 an hour to workers that are employed under the terms of the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI)....

University staff call Spot to heelLiverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has become the first university in Europe to buy a Spot – the robot dog from Boston Dynamics that comes fitted with a Trimble 3D laser scanner. Spot is a remoted-controlled mobile scanning machine. The...

The towers have been designed by architect SimpsonHaughDowning plans to build a development of 1,790 apartments for rent across three buildings up to 45 storeys in Manchester’s First Street. Precede Capital and Japanese bank Nomura have approved a £227m loan to finance the construction of...