Category: News
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Chartered company achieves health and safety milestone in major project
More than 2,500 people have been inducted into the project. The project has recorded more than 12,500 training hours, over 600 ‘toolbox talks’, 7,000 daily briefings and biannual safety stand-downs. An entrance tunnel is decorated to focus on site safety and ‘getting home safe every day’. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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In pictures | How Mace’s retrofit of Euston Tower will look
Mace has revealed new designs of the Euston Tower redevelopment it is delivering for client British Land. The project involves refurbishment of the 1960s 31-storey building, retaining “considerable amounts” of the original structure, including the foundations and core. Mace said the new 372 sq m office development will be all-electric in construction and operation. The…
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‘Potential gamechanger’: industry reacts with relief to spring statement
Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement yesterday (Image: Gov.uk) Organisations across the built environment have mostly welcomed Rachel Reeves’s economic update delivered yesterday (26 March) in Parliament. The chancellor reiterated the government’s previous commitment of £625m towards the training of up to 60,000 new workers and the creation of 10 new Technical Excellence colleges across…
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Houck Group joins the Roofing Alliance as new Governor Member
The Houck Group has joined the Roofing Alliance as its newest Governor Member. The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based company is the 204th member to join this esteemed group, strengthening a collective of forward-thinking leaders dedicated to shaping and advancing the roofing industry’s future. Houck has been a leader in building envelope solutions, specializing in roofing, flooring, masonry…
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76 FENCE expands in Tennessee with two new franchise locations
76 FENCE proudly marked a new chapter in its expansion in Tennessee with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting on March 25. The event, attended by local officials, business leaders, and community members, celebrated the opening of two new franchise locations in Mt. Juliet and Hendersonville, reinforcing the company’s growing presence across the state. 76 FENCE…
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BOND Building Construction tops off Massachusetts Maritime Academy STEM Building
BOND Building Construction recently celebrated the “topping off” of a new Science, Technology, and Engineering building for Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA). A traditional ceremony representing the placement of a construction project’s final beam, the gathering marked progress toward completion of construction on the 36,000 square-foot facility, scheduled to open by summer 2026. BOND Building Construction…
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240,000 new recruits needed to meet housing targets, says HBF
Research undertaken by HBF found that for every 10,000 homes the industry builds, 30,000 new recruits will be needed. To deliver on the government’s housing targets, homebuilding needs to increase by 80,000 units a year based on the most recent net additions figures. That equates to 240,000 extra people needed across a broad range of…
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Company and operations manager fined after fall from height death
Surface Technik (Old Hill) Ltd, formerly of Deepdale Lane, Dudley, which is now in liquidation, was found guilty by a jury of a breach of Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £90,000 and ordered to pay costs of £28,956 at a hearing at Wolverhampton Magistrates…
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How BAM’s big data boosts productivity
Fannon and his team looked at other elements on their dashboard. Overdue issues, specifically non-completion of workflows, caught his eye. “It’s important when you have a data set that actions are concluded,” Fannon notes. There were more than 6,000 incomplete workflows, suggesting that project teams didn’t appreciate the importance of closing out issues. View the…
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Building Safety Levy pushed back to autumn 2026
The Building Safety Levy will come into effect in autumn 2026, the government has confirmed. Although the Remediation Acceleration Plan, launched in December 2024, set an implementation date of autumn 2025, the government announced the new date today (24 March) in its response to the levy’s technical consultation. The Building Safety Levy aims to collect around £3.4bn…