A contractor has been handed 100 hours community service and ten days Rehabilitation Activity after labourers disturbed asbestos and worked dangerously at height while refurbishing…
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Category: Construction Blogs
London Square deal for three new towers at Nine Elms Park
Developer London Square has struck a series of deals at the Nine Elms Park site in south west London which will see the construction of…
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Groundworker suffers burns during poorly planned dig
A contractor and its groundworks subbie have been fined £400,000 after unsafe excavation work left a worker with serious burns to his hand and arm.…
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Hill gets nod for 420-home East Cambridge phase 2
Hill Group and joint venture partner Marshall have secured planning for the 420-home second phase of the Marleigh development in East Cambridge. This new phase…
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Government pumps cash into £93m Aston Expressway repairs
The Government has agreed to fund the £93m strengthening and repair programme to a key viaduct on northern section of the Aston Expressway between the city…
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Keltbray wins two more tunnel HS2 shafts
Keltbray has secured a £12m extension to its current C1 Shaft contract for the HS2 Align joint venture. The deal builds on awards for the…
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Midgard bags world’s tallest octagonal resi tower job
JRL-owned main contractor Midgard has scooped the job to construct the world’s tallest pure octagonal residential building at the Paradise site in Birmingham. Under a…
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52 jobs axed as industrial coating specialist goes under
Staffordshire-based specialist Industrial Coating Services has fallen into administration with the loss of 52 jobs. ICS, which specialised in the surface preparation and application of protective…
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First pier poured for UK’s longest rail viaduct – video
Construction of the UK’s longest railway bridge has taken a major step forward with completion of the first of 56 giant concrete piers to support…
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Skanska wins £53m Slough data centre job
Skanska has signed a £53m contract to build a new data center in Slough for developer Virtus. The LONDON11 data centre design and build job…
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