GMI group MD Gareth Jones advocates ‘prudent business practices and a risk-averse strategy’ The group said…
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Reeds to the rescue
Work has started on an ambitious 12-month project to restore one of London’s oldest thatched buildings.…
Harding leaves SRML for McLaren
Harding has 38 years experience with leading contractors A chartered surveyor with 38 years’ experience with…
Costain starts 2025 with £5.4bn of work
This marks a significant increase from the previous year’s £3.9bn pipeline of work. The company said…
More solar farms for Lincolnshire
Boosting biodiversity and saving the planet The West Burton solar project for Island Green Power will…
Fork lift reaches new heights
The new attachment is designed for use with Palfinger’s heavy TEC range The forks are designed…
Yanmar opts out of Bauma 2025
Bauma is the world’s biggest construction equipment exhibition The Japanese manufacturer said it will focus instead…
South Mimms on course to get Europe’s largest data centre
Construction of the DC01UK data centre could begin in 2027 If built, DC01UK would be Europe’s…
Lawyers warn of escalating disputes over right of light
With loss of light issues resolved with neighbours, construction of a £500m extension to the British…
Stonemason fined for slab storage failure
The moment before the quartz slabs toppled Three slabs of quartz stone fell from a stillage…
Travis Perkins fined £2m after stray plank kills motorist
Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited admitted three health & safety offences at Hove Crown Court yesterday…
CMA drops admixtures probe due to lack of resources
The CMA suspected foul play in the cement additives market The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA)…
Folkestone brickworks redevelopment moves forward
Remediation work has prepared the site for development After lying derelict for decades, new homes and…
Selco enhances parental leave
Selco Builders Warehouse has introduced 16 weeks of full pay for colleagues on maternity or adoption…
Costain engineer becomes ICE Fellow at 30
Georgia Thompson CEng FICE (and below) The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has confirmed that Georgia…
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…