A North East utility infrastructure business has secured its first £1million contract. The work, on a major mixed use town centre regeneration project for Yorkshire based Dransfield Properties, comes at a time in which Services Connections Ltd. is experiencing unprecedented growth. It will see the Northumberland based company project manage and deliver the gas, water,
A new poll conducted by a leading business insurance website has discovered that over three quarters of employers within the construction sector have witnessed an increase in the number of women working in traditionally male jobs within the past twelve months. Furthermore, ‘earning potential’ and ‘apprenticeship opportunities’ emerged as the most popular reasons why the
A Hemel Hempstead scaffolding firm has been fined after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he fell from the roof of a barn. The company, Hemel Hempstead Scaffolding Ltd, was on site at Gaddesden Home Farm, Bridens Camp, on Red Lion Lane on 25 July 2013 to prepare for the installation of solar panels to
Scottish concrete contractor Corecut has completed key infrastructural work on the £60 million Glasgow Queen Street Station tunnel upgrade. Having been awarded the track-slab replacement contract for the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP), Story Contracting chose the drilling specialist to lead the removal of 10,000 tonnes of existing concrete slabs as the station’s tunnel
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Mabey Hire has worked in conjunction with two of its customers to launch two new products which increase site health and safety, improve project productivity and reduce man hours. Q-Kap, which has already been short-listed for an award, was developed and launched into the construction market in conjunction with Kitchin Plant Hire. The second product,
Glen Irwin, MEP & sustainability manager at Stepnell looks at the factors influencing the lack of progress in the retrofit industry Any building professionals who have the basic ability to do a few ‘back of an envelope’ calculations will have worked out where the vast majority of carbon emissions emanate from in buildings: the existing
There are renewed calls for the construction industry to create more apprenticeships and to bridge the skills gap by attracting more workers into the sector after new research reveals more than half of firms are struggling to hire tradespeople. According to IronmongeryDirect’s More Skills Required report, one in six people (16 per cent) said it
The main aim of insulating your home is to reduce home heating bills and the amount of fuel you need to stay warm and comfortable all year round. So in a way, all insulation is an eco-friendly option, but there is a new wave of materials that not only prevent heat lose but are also
As pressure mounts to achieve the government’s housebuilding objectives, the effective regeneration of brownfield land is becoming increasingly important. Builder & Engineer takes a look at the challenges of regenerating contaminated land THE Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) recently analysed figures from 53 councils in the government’s brownfield register pilot scheme and found that
The Housing Minister has called on young people to consider a construction career as he welcomed the first apprentices to a brickwork academy. ]Lewis said the sector was booming again thanks to efforts to get the country building and this represented a “great opportunity to carve out a successful and well-paid career.” The housebuilding industry
Greenpeace has warned that fracking will undermine the housing market, potentially wiping tens of thousands of pounds off the value of nearby properties and making them harder to sell. A survey carried out by market research agency Redshift on behalf of the environmental pressure group has revealed the fears of estate agents about the impact
Meeting the government’s 2016 target for BIM adoption will require a culture change, says Tony Ryan – and one sector needs to lead the way Hindsight is a marvellous thing. It is all too easy for us to sit here today and judge the businesses that failed to grasp the significance of the online revolution
Two construction companies have been fined for “appalling” standards at a building site in the London Borough of Merton. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted principal contractor, Kubik Homes Ltd, and the subcontractor, Bellway Developments Ltd after visiting the site in Wimbledon on several occasions. Kubik Homes Ltd, of High Street, Wimbledon, pleaded guilty
Water ingress can be a significant risk factor for underground cable installations but innovative DOYMA technology from Germany can be used to address that risk. At Victoria Underground Station, where Transport for London is investing in a significant upgrade programme, the electrical installation includes connecting a new build ‘North Ticket Hall’ to the existing South
More than 900 jobs will be created and thousands more secured after transport secretary, Justine Greening, approved a £4.5bn contract to supply Britain with the next generation of intercity trains. Some 596 railway carriages will be built at a brand new train factory in the north east of England. Agility Trains, a consortium made up
The building of the £18 billion Hinkley Point power station in Somerset has been thrown into doubt after the government decided to put the project on hold, just hours after developer EDF had given it the go-ahead. The South West reactor was expected to become Britain’s first new nuclear plant for a generation, but in
Construction of a new ‘dementia-friendly’ home aimed at learning how better to support those living with the condition will begin on the BRE Innovation Park this Autumn. The 100sqm Victorian house will be adapted to cater for different types, and stages, of the debilitating illness, and is aimed at allowing sufferers to live independently by
Building Information Modelling (BIM), says Neville Glanville, should not be just about 3D data but about ensuring that every organisation has rapid access to the in-depth information required to drive effective cooperation and collaboration at every stage of the design, build, and operate lifecycle The government’s commitment to Building Information Modelling (BIM) is about driving
Construction has started on the Basketball Arena as Shona Robison MSP, Minister for Public Health and Sport in Scotland, visited the Olympic Park with the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), John Armitt.The Basketball Arena will play a key role during the Olympic Games, with 12,000 seats for the Basketball preliminaries and quarter-finals, as
In January, the government announced a £1.2 billion starter home fund to prepare brownfield sites for new homes. It believes this will fast-track the creation of at least 30,000 new starter homes and up to 30,000 market homes on 500 new sites by 2020 – helping deliver the commitment to create 200,000 starter homes over
The latest Government house building figures show that levels of new supply remain far below that needed to hit its ambition of one million homes by 2020. Overall, 139,030 new homes were built in England in the year to June 2016, an increase of six per cent over the previous year, according to the latest
Ramboll has completed the redevelopment of the Lighthouse building in Kings Cross. The final elements of construction work marked the end of a renovation project on the historic seminal building in London, which now boasts an additional storey and a mezzanine level. Situated adjacent to Kings Cross Station the iconic Grade II listed building, which