Category: News
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Industry welcomes publication of ‘vital’ infrastructure pipeline
“The pipeline paints a picture of potential,” said Chris Ball, AtkinsRéalis president for the UK and Ireland. “[But] there is more still to do. Public money won’t be enough for the level of funding required over the next 10 years – we will need new public-private partnerships, new funding models and a focus on attracting…
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Revamp of east London’s ‘hidden gem’ begins
Sports facilities construction specialist Blakedown Landscapes has started the main phase of the £3.5m upgrade of Hackney’s West Reservoir Centre, in east London. The centre, described by the mayor of Hackney as one of the borough’s “hidden gems”, is used for open swimming and watersports such as sailing and kayaking. The scope of works includes…
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New law will require high-rise cladding remediation by 2029
The government is bringing forward a new Remediation Bill requiring landlords of buildings 18m or more in height with unsafe cladding to complete remediation by the end of 2029. The law will also set a 2031 cladding remediation deadline for owners of buildings 11-18m in height. Under the new legislation, those failing to comply without…
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Joinery firm fined £10,000 after surprise inspection
Abbey Joinery and Manufacture Ltd, of Whorlton Road in Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £4,428 in costs by Teesside Magistrates’ Court. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Kier promotes CIOB member to construction leadership team
Rebecca Boundy MCIOB has joined Kier’s construction business leadership team after being promoted to managing director for clients and markets. Boundy has worked for more than a decade at Kier, starting as a senior bid manager and progressing to senior roles, including head of bid management and public sector director. While at the strategic projects…
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Gas fitter jailed after doing botched job while suspended
A gas fitter from Norfolk has been jailed after carrying out unsafe gas work in a residential property while suspended from the Gas Safe Register. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that 52-year-old Antony Clifton, from Wymondham, had fitted a cooker at the home in Drayton that left gas leaking from…
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Hackitt: “Industry is making a big deal of Gateway 2 delays”
“What I fear most at this stage is that we will go backwards, and that would be a travesty because what I see in here is industry making a big deal of the delays that are currently taking place at Gateway 2. I recognise that, but I also recognise that they play their part in…
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McAlpine to revamp England’s largest Victorian water tower
The specialist heritage arm of Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed for a £6m restoration of the largest surviving Victorian municipal water tower in England. The Balkerne Water Tower in Colchester, known locally as ‘Jumbo’, was built in 1882 using around 1.25 million bricks and 142 tonnes of cast iron. It was decommissioned in 1984.…
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Skanska, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Top Out Campus Building
Skanska and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) celebrated the topping out of the Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology (AIQB) building at CSHL. This marks a key milestone of Phase I of CSHL’s Foundations for the Future campaign that aims to invest in the institute’s infrastructure so that research and educational programs are supported to confront scientific…
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Skanska wins £153m upgrade of Thickthorn Interchange
National Highways has appointed Skanska to deliver a £153m upgrade of the A47/A11 Thickthorn junction near Norwich. The contract includes the construction of a new 1.6km free-flow link road connecting the A11 northbound to the A47 eastbound through two new underpasses, and a second local link road of around 1km connecting Cantley Lane South with…