“Hitting the sweet spot: value for clients delivered by valued suppliers. How small changes in approach to procurement could have a big impact on the construction industry” is the topic of the JCT Povey Lecture 2017, which will be given… Continue Reading →

Building products giant Marshalls has bought pre-cast concrete specialist CPM Group Limited for £38.3m. CPM specialises in underground water pipes and associated products for new housing and infrastructure sites. CPM employs 350 people operating from two manufacturing sites at Mells,… Continue Reading →

Palmers Scaffolding UK is supplying a bespoke scaffolding service and modern access solutions for Vinci’s £34.5m Devonshire Park re-development project in Eastbourne. The project to create a nationally important cultural and tennis destination involves restoration of three listed buildings, improved… Continue Reading →

Morgan Sindall has won the contract to build the Government’s new HQ for applied marine and freshwater science and research in Lowestoft. The redevelopment of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, better known as Cefas, will see some existing buildings, including a… Continue Reading →

Dartford Borough Council has picked regeneration specialist Muse to lead the £75m redevelopment of the town’s Westgate area. The mixed-use development proposal involves building a six-screen cinema at the heart of a new social neighbourhood with restaurants and bars. It will be created… Continue Reading →

A builder from London has been given a six month prison sentence suspended for eighteen months after an employee fell from height. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 11 November 2016, James Gibson was undertaking a refurbishment project when a… Continue Reading →

The former Brymbo Iron and Steel Works, and Fossil Forest near Wrexham will receive a National Lottery grant to transform it into a major visitor attraction. Brymbo Heritage Trust has received a National Lottery grant of more than £800,000 to… Continue Reading →

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be damaging to the NI construction sector, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key findings from the research include: • Over half of construction SMEs… Continue Reading →