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  • Network Rail plans big maintenance worker job cuts
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    Network Rail plans big maintenance worker job cuts

    By on 2022 ,March, 08

    Talks are due to start on Thursday with unions about plans to reduce operation costs as Network Rail chiefs prepare to transition to Great British Railways next year. According to union TSSA, representing professional, clerical and managerial workers, the rail infrastructure company is proposing large cuts from its maintenance and works delivery...[READ MORE]

  • Vistry Partnerships tops February contracts league
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    Vistry Partnerships tops February contracts league

    By on 2022 ,March, 08

    Vistry Partnerships has taken top position in February’s Contracts League table for most work secured during the month The partnerships arm is now ranked as a contractor and secured pole position with a major multi-phase project worth £270m to build a new civic centre for London’s Ealing council alongside nearly 500 flats. [READ MORE]

  • Preparing for the Next Generation of Construction Companies in Africa
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    Preparing for the Next Generation of Construction Companies in Africa

    By on 2022 ,March, 07

    The projects created by construction companies in Africa, such as towering buildings, transportation infrastructures, residential properties, and other types of structures help make the lives of people more convenient. But regardless of the size of a construction company, or the sophistication of its operations, the company's people and personnel are its greatest...[READ MORE]

  • Intel to Construct Large Chip Plant in Ohio Using Sustainable Building Practices
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    Intel to Construct Large Chip Plant in Ohio Using Sustainable Building Practices

    By on 2022 ,March, 02

    Intel has announced plans for an initial investment of more than $20 billion to construct two chip factories in Ohio, which will be built with green building principles and use all renewable electricity. The initial project will be on a 926-acre site in Licking County near Columbus and will also aim to achieve net positive water use and zero total waste to landfills...[READ MORE]

  • Intel to Construct Large Chip Plant in Ohio Using Sustainable Building Practices
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    Intel to Construct Large Chip Plant in Ohio Using Sustainable Building Practices

    By on 2022 ,March, 02

    Intel has announced plans for an initial investment of more than $20 billion to construct two chip factories in Ohio, which will be built with green building principles and use all renewable electricity. The initial project will be on a 926-acre site in Licking County near Columbus and will also aim to achieve net positive water use and zero total waste to landfills...[READ MORE]

  • McAlpine wins bid race for £77.5m Carlisle Citadel campus
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    McAlpine wins bid race for £77.5m Carlisle Citadel campus

    By on 2022 ,March, 02

    University of Cumbria has chosen Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) to build its new Carlisle Citadel campus project. SRM won the tender for the £77.5m scheme with a winning bid “focussed as much on the social benefits of the new campus, such as jobs and training opportunities,...[READ MORE]

  • £6.8bn Lower Thames Crossing to be net zero ‘pathfinder’
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    £6.8bn Lower Thames Crossing to be net zero ‘pathfinder’

    By on 2022 ,February, 26

    National Highways has set itself the target of making the massive Lower Thames Crossing the greenest road ever built in the UK. As a ‘pathfinder’ project Highways England will target carbon neutral construction where possible. The roads agency aims to draft on a broad range of partners from major engineering companies to small businesses and...[READ MORE]

  • Housebuilder submits plans for 600 homes on Yorkshire scheme
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    Housebuilder submits plans for 600 homes on Yorkshire scheme

    By on 2022 ,February, 26

    Yorkshire-based housebuilder Beal Homes has submitted plans for a further 600 homes at its £150m regeneration scheme on Rawcliffe Road in Goole. A reserved matter application has been submitted for the project called The Greenways, which will include a variety of two, three and four-bedroom homes and public space. A total of 800 homes are set to be...[READ MORE]

  • Levelling up cash boost for 20 towns and city centres
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    Levelling up cash boost for 20 towns and city centres

    By on 2022 ,January, 31

    Wolverhampton and Sheffield will be the first of 20 places to get an injection of Government levelling up funding to support regeneration projects. Under plans set out in the Levelling Up White Paper, due to be published this week, derelict sites in towns and city centres will be transformed creating new homes,...[READ MORE]

  • Constructional steelwork volumes to jump 10% this year
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    Constructional steelwork volumes to jump 10% this year

    By on 2022 ,January, 31

    Despite volatile prices for over 18 months, consumption of constructional steelwork in 2021 rebounded with a near 17% increase to 803,000 tonnes, according to the independent market research company Construction Markets. The strong rebound is expected to continue this year with a further 10.5% uplift in demand before settling at 2% growth in 2023 to 905,000...[READ MORE]

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