Day: December 5, 2023

Balfour Beatty's new operational control hub Balfour Beatty’s existing six-year term on Lincolnshire’s highways had been due to expire in 2026 but, in a deal worth £330m to the contractor, it will now run until  spring 2032. Earlier this year Balfour Beatty opened an operational...

Some of the project team pose with one of their 'printed' drawpitsFinland’s Hyperion Robotics, working with building materials supplier Tarmac and engineering company Mott MacDonald Bentley, made four 3D printed versions of a drawpit for Esholt wastewater treatment works. A traditional drawpit, used to allow...

Image by Jacqueline Macou (Pixabay)As part of a plan to cut annual net migration by 300,000, home secretary James Cleverly yesterday announced that work visas would only be available to those being paid  £38,700 or more. The current threshold is £26,200. An exception is being...

Artist's impression of McLaren Living's Watford plansMcLaren is planning a mixed-use development with build-to-rent apartments and commercial space on the site, purchased from the Police & Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire Constabulary has moved to new premises. McLaren is first undertaking decommissioning works and expects...

Caddick will build a block of flats in Birmingham's Icknield Port Loop, surrounded by canalsCaddick Construction Group has been appointed to build the next phase at Port Loop, a joint venture development by Urban Splash and Places for People in Birmingham. The £14m contract will...

Paul Reilly Recent arrival Paul Reilly becomes deputy chief executive of WSP UK in January 2024, stepping up from his current position leading the planning, advisory & local government business at the firm. He will report to Mark Naysmith, regional chief executive for Europe, Middle...

Liam Fisher (East Devon District Council), Doug Higson (Glencar), Ben Gwilliam (Stoford), Cllr Sam Hawkins (East Devon District Council), Daniel Gallagher (Stoford), Tim Western (JLL) and Robbie McGee (Glencar)Stoford has appointed Glencar to construct a 42,500 sq ft industrial/warehouse development at its Exeter Logistics Park...

Scott CairnsScott Cairns spent 26 years with the Donaldson, where he was group managing director from 2011 to 2020 and has more recently been a non-executive director. National Timber Group was set up by Cairngorm Capital in 2018 to consolidate the timber trade, acquiring Thornbridge,...