Sir Robert McAlpine’s special projects division has secured the scaffolding contract and pre-construction service agreement for a three-year programme of essential works to conserve the Big Ben tower in Westminster. Extensive repair and modernisation work on the Elizabeth Tower, the… Continue Reading →

Around 15 housing associations in the north east have selected contractors to deliver housing maintenance services over the next four years. Eighteen national contractors have secured places on the NE Procurement framework including Mears Group, Keepmoat Regeneration, Mitie Property Services (UK) and… Continue Reading →

A real estate lettings company was sentenced this week for safety breaches after a self- employed builder suffered 1st and 3rd degree burns to his face, hands, neck and chest. The injured worker 50 year old Michael Phillips suffered an… Continue Reading →

Liverpool John Moores University has gone back to the drawing board after the costs of a major student scheme soared by over a third. The University had appointed Lendlease to deliver the £100m-plus project to convert the former Royal Mail sorting office… Continue Reading →

Global professional services consultancy Turner & Townsend has cost managed the conversion of the former Commonwealth Institute building into London’s new Design Museum which opens to the public on 24 November 2016. The Design Museum, which was previously based in… Continue Reading →

Following the sharp falls in the construction sector after the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, the residential sector in October unexpectedly reached a massive £2.3 billion worth of construction contracts on the month. According to the November edition of… Continue Reading →