Category: News
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Developer fined after young worker crushed to death by concrete blocks
Piper Homes has been fined £300,000 after a 33-year-old kitchen fitter was crushed to death by a pack of concrete blocks at a site in the Cotswolds. Martin Dunford, from Pocklington in Yorkshire, had been working near Chipping Campden where Piper Homes was the principal contractor on the construction of a residential development. The Health…
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Camp Nou contractor to build Luton Town’s new stadium
Gary Sweet, chief executive of Luton Town FC, said: “This is a transformative opportunity for the club, helping us realise our ambitions to be a Premier League club again one day. We are united with the supporters on the need for a new stadium to move our Luton Town forward and we are delighted to…
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BSI publishes first MMC standard for residential developments
The UK’s leading standard-setting body has published a new modern methods of construction (MMC) specification for residential developments. The British Standards Institution’s (BSI) PAS 8700:2025 is the first PAS to set out comprehensive requirements and processes for the deployment of MMC in residential building projects. In 2023, the government commissioned BSI to draft a new…
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BSI publishes first MMC standard for residential developments
The UK’s leading standard-setting body has published a new modern methods of construction (MMC) specification for residential developments. The British Standards Institution’s (BSI) PAS 8700:2025 is the first PAS to set out comprehensive requirements and processes for the deployment of MMC in residential building projects. In 2023, the government commissioned BSI to draft a new…
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Hydrogen diggers can now use UK roads
JCB chairman, Anthony Bamford, called the news “historic”. He met the Future of Roads minister, Lilian Greenwood MP, who signed the statutory instrument allowing the government to make the changes to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 for this provision. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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84 Lumber continues expansion with new locations in Colorado
84 Lumber is adding two new locations in Colorado, allowing the company to expand its services to customers in the region. The company has opened an 18,324-square-foot store north of Denver in Greeley, Colorado. The new store, which includes a lumberyard, is located at 14902 County Road 64, sits on 9.8 total acres and has…
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Tribunal dismisses subcontractor’s CITB levy appeal
An employment tribunal has unanimously dismissed an appeal against the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) levy brought by a residential kitchen and bathroom refurbishment subcontractor. 3D Force Ltd challenged the imposition of the training levy on three grounds, including that the company was not in the category of businesses subject to the levy; that the…
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In pictures | Leeds United’s new Elland Road Stadium design
Leeds United Football Club has published images of the design for the revamp of its Elland Road stadium. Last September, the club outlined plans to modernise its home ground and increase capacity from 37,645 to up to 56,500. (Image: Leeds United) The estimated final capacity of the design in progress is approximately 53,000. Leeds City…
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In pictures | The best images from April
A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month. Image: Richard Storey Mace turned some of its major projects red for a day last month – including the £330m restoration of Manchester Town Hall – in support of Become, the national charity for children in care and care leavers. Image: Jacques Basile…
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Prison sentence for Keltbray managers who took £600k in bribes
Three former Keltbray site managers who were found guilty of taking bribes totalling more than £600,000 over a six-year period have received prison sentences. Arben Hysa, owner of Tony Demolition Workers Ltd, was convicted in February of bribing Keltbray managers Michael McCarthy, Simon Lacey and John Burke between 2012 and 2018. Hysa’s company benefited from…