Network Rail recruits new Southern MD

Dave Hooper Dave Hooper will join Network Rail Southern from Siemens Mobility on 1st May 2025.…

Timber firm fined for repeated wood dust failures

HSE inspectors visited Timbercraft three times over 12 years Timbercraft Windows & Doors Limited, which also…

Government fleshes out plans to remove roadblocks

Rare species like this great crested newt are to be stripped of their power to prevent…

Highways specialist puts new roller to work

North Herts Surfacing’s JCB CT430-140 North Herts Surfacing has put its new tandem vibratory roller to…

UK Power Networks and Falco trial e-diggers

Takeuchi TB20e excavator ready towork in London A pair of fully-electric Takeuchi TB20e mini excavators are…

Swedish green cement makes UK debut on Sunbury warehouse

Laying the slab for the new Storex self-storage facility in Sunbury Capital Concrete has poured Cemvision…

New MD for HG Construction

Greg Purkiss Commercial director Greg Purkiss has been promoted to managing director at HG Construction in…

Utranazz secures Imer dealership

Utranazz commercial director Will Harris (centre) flanked by Marco Scuratti (left) and Michele Sebastiani (right) both…

Milestone finally set to start on Botley bypass

Funding approval for the Botley bypass final phase was agreed by Hampshire County Council’s cabinet in…

Story targets energy sector

Alan Boyle Story Scotland, the Scottish civil engineering division of Story Contracting, is launching a specialist…

London sees build-to-rent construction slowing

Build-to-rent (BtR) homes under construction in the capital fell by 11% between the third quarter of…

New roof for National Maritime Museum

The new glazed roof that has been installed in the National Maritime Museum Willmott Dixon Interiors…

Persimmon launches training house

The launch attended by suppliers and contractors who contributed to the build of the model home…

Company fined after steeplejack fatality

St Nicholas’ Church in Kings Norton David Clover was employed by Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd to carry…

Planning reform comes too late to save Norwich road scheme from bats

The 6.1km Norwich Western Link scheme includes a 670-metre viaduct over River Wensum The government is…

Plans in for Bo’ness expansion

Cala house types Cala Homes (West) is developing a 38.3-acre site on Crawfield Road in Bo’ness…

Work starts on Worcester’s new arts centre

Stakeholders assemble to celebrate start of work A new arts and entertainment centre is being created…

Hospital building programme pushed back 10 years or more

Boris Johnson promised 40 new hospitals by 2030; it now transpires that roughly half of them…

Construction starts rose 20% in 2024

Glenigan monitors construction activity and contract awards across the UK The January 2025 edition of Glenigan’s…

Etag recruits former Saint-Gobain chief

Mike Newnham , Etag’s new chair Mike Newnham has joined Etag from Saint-Gobain, having been chief…

Sheppey leisure centre to get £15m makeover

artist’s impression of how the Beachfields leisure site might look Transformation of the Beachfields leisure site…

Balfour Beatty sells Omnicom to Hitachi Rail

Omnicom captures railway data Balfour Beatty said that the sale to Hitachi Rail would support Omnicom’s…