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Islington’s largest ever housing revamp completes
Friday, 27 January 2012

An Islington resident of 23 years has celebrated her home being one of the final properties to be upgraded in the biggest ever revamp of properties in Islington.

Bicester scheme to get underway
Friday, 27 January 2012

Bowmer & Kirkland will start demolition work next week on the £70m shopping centre redevelopment in Bicester.

Scaffolding firm fined after man falls through roof
Friday, 27 January 2012

A construction firm has been prosecuted after a scaffolder suffered multiple injuries when he fell seven metres through a roof in Stoke-on-Trent.

Mansell gets green light for Thetford Academy
Friday, 27 January 2012

Mansell has received planning permission for the £16.9m redevelopment of Thetford Academy in Norfolk.

Councils get new powers to control road works
Thursday, 26 January 2012

New powers to help councils cut the disruption caused by road works were announced today by Transport Minister Norman Baker.

Government seeks permission to appeal to Supreme Court over FIT ruling
Thursday, 26 January 2012

The Government has announced that it plans to take its case to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling which found that plans to slash Feed-in-Tariff subsidies were “legally flawed.”

Willmott Dixon takes Keynsham regeneration
Thursday, 26 January 2012

Bath & North East Somerset Council has selected Willmott Dixon as its delivery partner for a £34m scheme to regenerate Keynsham town centre.

45,000 construction jobs to go this year
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

A new report out today forecasts that the construction industry will shed 45,000 jobs this year and output will shrink by 3%.

Construction decline adds to economic woes
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

The UK economy has fallen by 0.2% in the final quarter of 2011 following growth of just 0.6% in the previous two quarters, according to GDP figures published today by the Office for National Statistics.

Wates takes Hammersmith Grove office deal
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Development Securities has appointed Wates as contractor at its 275,000 sq ft prime office development in Hammersmith Grove, West London.

Bam Nuttall wins £500m waste incinerator
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Bam Nuttall has won a contract to carry out civil engineering work on a £500m waste incinerator in King’s Lynn for energy-to-waste company Cory Wheelabrator.

Three fined £336,000 after worker falls from roof
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Three Dundee companies have been fined a total of £336,000 after a worker fell six and a half metres through a roof light onto a concrete floor.

Vinci to build Cardiff student housing and fire station
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Vinci Construction UK has won a £23m contract from developers Cambrian Holst for the new build of a large student accommodation block and fire station in central Cardiff.

Staffordshire pumps extra £20m in road maintenance
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Staffordshire Council has announced plans for an extra £20m to be invested into improving the county’s highways network.

Union Square first phase gets go-ahead
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

The first phase of Muse’s £350m regeneration of Union Square in the centre of Swindon is to start in late spring following the approval of plans to progress the scheme.

Avocet Hardware falls into administration
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Yorkshire-based hardware and fixing supplier Avocet Hardware has gone into administration.

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Editors Choice

2011-12-22 16:42

Has the Government scored an own goal on solar energy?

The sun has got his hat on and he’s heading out the door; the old song gains a less than jolly twist when it comes to the Government’s reduction in Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs), slashed by half this month, so is that it for solar electricity’s sunny disposition? Mark Cantrell reports.

2011-12-22 16:35

Year in review

January
Construction starts the year in the doldrums. The Glenigan Index shows project starts had dropped by 29% year-on-year in the three months to December.

2011-12-22 16:14

Peak performance

Eurosafe Solutions has landed a contract to test the one of the highest fall protection system in the UK.

2011-12-22 16:09

Lifting safety standards

In 2010, the Lift and Elevator Industry Association made improving workplace safety one of its top
priorities. A year later, what has been achieved?

2011-12-14 15:57

Greenwich M&E scheme completes

Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has completed the delivery of a major mechanical and electrical (M&E) scheme at Crown Woods College, in Greenwich.

2011-12-14 15:35

Norwich City Academy takes shape

Mortar from CPI EuroMix has been specified for the extensive facing brickwork at Norwich’s new City Academy.

2011-11-28 17:05

Wayne’s way

Wayne Hemingway made a name for himself with Red or Dead, the fashion label that he created with his childhood sweetheart and now wife Gerardine, but nowadays he is better known for designing houses. He talks to Michelle McKenna about his strong opinions on urban design

2011-11-28 16:29

Driving change

Peter Söderberg, group promotion manager at Parker Hannifin, Hydraulics Group Europe, looks at how the latest hybrid technology can enable construction vehicle operators to achieve significant cuts in fuel consumption.

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