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Brexit fears send site wages soaring to £1,000 a week
Skills shortages and fears over the Brexit vote have seen bricklayers’ wages hit £1,000 a week as competition for site workers intensifies. A survey of construction recruitment firms by the
Small firms urged to chase school refurbs
Smaller contractors are being urged to apply for places on the Education Funding Agency’s new £6bn schools framework. The agency is currently consulting on the new deal after previous framework
Contractors needed for £135m regen plan at Dover Harbour
The Dover Harbour Board is calling up contractors to bid for a £135m job to build a new cargo terminal, waterfront development and marina. Construction of Dover Harbour’s Western Docks programme
Window fitter falls during flats revamp
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have been fined for safety failings after a worker fell a total of three metres while installing glazed
ISG bags Oxford University revamp
ISG has scooped the job to refurbish and extend the University of Oxford’s Tinbergen Building to create new chemistry teaching laboratories. Designed by Sir Leslie Martin and named after Nikolaas
New look for famous film studio
Weston Homes will start construction work next week on a £120m residential transformation of the Denham Film Laboratories in Buckinghamshire. Demolition of ancillary buildings will take six months ahead of
Grade II theatre refurb for Oldham
Gilbert-Ash has finally agreed a £20.6m price to deliver a new theatre and heritage centre in Oldham. The project is a collaboration between the Oldham Coliseum Theatre and the Arts & Heritage
80% of builders will base EU decision on broader personal beliefs, says FMB
More than 80% of bosses of small construction firms will overwhelmingly base their decision to remain or leave the EU on their broader personal beliefs instead of their business interests,
Novus On Track To Deliver Tyre Centre Upgrade
Novus Property Solutions is progressing well with the refurbishment of two industrial buildings at the Michelin Tyre plant in Stoke-on-Trent as part of a large-scale £12 million investment programme. The
Galliford Try bags two student projects for £102m
Galliford Try has been selected as preferred bidder for two new major contracts in the student accommodation sector. Existing Newcastle University student flats will be demolished and replaced by six
