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Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne Group in administration
Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has entered administration and has ceased all construction work.
Bobcat to show portable compressor at Executive Hire Show
Unit with optional generator to make UK debut
Video: Balfour Beatty installs six offshore liners at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant
UK-based civil engineering contractor Balfour Beatty has installed six offshore liners at the major new nuclear power station under construction at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.
UK launches its most expensive road project
Construction is underway on England’s €1.2 billion A428 upgrade
€130m ammonia terminal for UK port
Green energy terminal to support liquid ammonia from Saudi’s NEOM facility
GAP places ‘substantial’ JCB order
Deal “solidifies” relationship with British OEM.
Video: ‘Big Carl’ crane lifts dome for Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building into place
The world’s biggest crane, known as ‘Big Carl’ has lifted the dome for the first reactor building at UK nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C into place.
UK construction professionals report worsening thefts and trespass incidents on jobsites
More than half (60%) of UK construction professionals have seen crime on energy, infrastructure and commercial construction projects worsen over the past year.
Leicester City FC wins approval for King Power Stadium expansion
Leicester City Football Club in the UK has won formal approval for a hybrid application to expand the King Power Stadium as part of a wider masterplan.
UK government unveils €2.3 billion hydrogen investment plan
Initial funding set to generate more than 700 jobs and reduce CO2 across 11 projects
CIOB CEO: ‘Wherever I go in the world, people have a problem with a lack of skilled workers’
CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble tells Andy Brown how she hears of skills shortages in construction everywhere she goes, and why the organisation wants to drive quality, diversity and sustainability in the sector.
Are construction courses giving prisoners the tools to go straight?
The Lighthouse Club charity, a roofing trainer and a roofing contractor are joining forces to encourage former prison inmates into the construction industry
Government minister visits Kiverco headquarters
Waste recycling specialist reveals key role it played at COP28
National Highways awards £1.34bn Lower Thames Crossing contract
The £9bn Lower Thames Crossing contract for tunnel boring is the final major award for the road link between Kent and Essex
Building inside mountains: Global demand for pumped hydroelectric storage soars
How mountain lakes are being used to store the world’s excess renewable energy
Holtec wins £30m grant from UK government to advance small modular nuclear reactor
Energy technology company Holtec has won £30 million in grant funding from the UK government to take its small modular nuclear reactor concept through the first steps to assessing its suitability for construction.
Strabag in ‘world record’ for longest single bored tunnel drive
Austrian contractor Strabag’s UK arm has claimed a world record for the longest single tunnel boring machine (TBM) drive, for a tunnel under the North York Moors.
What sanctions could companies found to be ‘dumping’ cheap machinery into EU and UK face?
With probes into alleged ‘dumping’ of Chinese construction equipment ongoing in both the UK and Europe, what could the possible sanctions be?
UK construction buyers report steepest fall in purchasing costs for more than 14 years
UK construction buyers have reported the steepest decline in purchasing costs across the construction sector for more than 14 years, amid falling demand.
Why are some construction workers now being asked to wear body cameras?
Why is an insurance giant requiring construction contractors to wear cameras and how will it work?
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