With the Building Safety Act 2022 now in force, Bishop & Taylor wonder how much of it was needed and why there aren’t more Rick Willmotts in the industry to speak out. They also discuss bid rigging in the demolition industry. Finally, with Genie being...
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Lee RowleyHousing minister Stuart Andrew, MP for Pudsey, Horsforth & Aireborough, submitted his letter of resignation at noon today. Business minister Lee Rowley’s letter – a joint resignation along with levelling up minister Neil O'Brien, culture minister Julia Lopez, education minister Alex Burghart and local...
The latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers indicated not just another slowdown in growth but also a sharp decline in business expectations for the year ahead. June data indicated that growth projections are now the least upbeat since July 2020. At 52.6 in June,...
Chris BrowneChris Browne will join Kier’s board on 15th September 2022 and be a member of the environment, social & governance Committee, the nomination committee, the remuneration committee and the risk management & audit committee. She is currently a non-executive director of Vistry Group, Norwegian...
James Harris (left) and Cathy TraversJames Harris takes over on 1st August 2022 in succession to Mike Haigh, who is retiring after 42 years with the firm. On the same date Cathy Travers, currently managing director of Mott MacDonald’s UK and Europe region, will take...
Cockcrow footbridge will have a 25-metre wide strip of vegetationCockcrow green bridge, to be built as part of the forthcoming M25 Wisley interchange scheme, will be much wider than originally planned to provide a bigger corridor for local wildlife. The bridge will be the UK’s...
Opening day in Great BarrKeyline’s new branch in Great Barr, its 45th across the country, covers a three-acre site with extensive warehouse and external storage space Regional manager Arron Jameson said: “The Midlands is currently experiencing significant change. In particular, there’s demand for new infrastructure...
The visionThe loan is to cover enabling works to prepare they way for regeneration of a still-derelict part of London’s old docklands. The Silvertown Partnership (TSP), a joint venture of Lendlease and Starwood Capital, have plans to build 6,000 new homes and 1.8 million sq...
Andrew Reynolds, RLB UK chief executive and global chairmanAndrew Reynolds takes on the new position this month alongside his existing role as chief executive of RLB UK. He takes over from Kenneth Kwan, who is chairman of RLB’s Hong Kong and China practice and will...
Morrison Water Services and Northumbrian Water have been trialling new leak-detection technology, VariSim Delta, since March in a bid to reduce leakage from the clean water network. VariSim was developed by Leeds-based Hydaulic Analysis with its sister company Simulation Software. Leakage in the pilot areas,...
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital - just another 18 months to goCarillion started work on site in Smethwick in January 2016 under a private finance initiative contract and was supposed to complete in October 2018. In January 2018, Carillion went into liquidation. When Balfour Beatty took...
OCU is a Stockport-based utilities contractor that turned over £300m last year. Founded in 1994 by brothers Tim and Tom O’Connor, OCU has more than 3,000 employees. Triton Partners is based in Germany but owns companies across Europe, including traffic management firm Chevron and geotechnics...
Market Gate Bridge is designed to be more than bog-standardThe £9.7m bridge over the railway line will be a permanent replacement for the former Jumble Lane level crossing, which was closed as part of Network Rail’s level crossing risk reduction programme. The bridge is designed...
Costain will work with London Underground to make the signalling system between Heathrow Airport and Baron’s Court is compatible with both the existing trains and the new fleet of 24TS passenger trains that enter service in 2025. As part of the commission, which came through...
The ground breaking ceremonyGlencar, a specialist in big shed construction, is putting up three units for Trammell Crow Company’s first European project. US commercial property developer Trammell Crow Company (TCC), a subsidiary of CBRE, launched in Europe last year and has so far acquired three...