Jones Bros wins retendered £14.5m Wigan Link road
North Wales contractor Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co has secured the Wigan link road four years after plans were given the green light.
Wigan Council was forced to rebid the road scheme after initially awarding the design contract to Galliford Try in June 2015 but then failed to agree a final build price.
Jones Bros secured…
Subcontractors wanted for south coast sites
Main contractors in the south of England are looking to boost their supply chains at a major ‘Meet the Buyer’ event this week
Constructionline is hosting the event in Brighton where local subcontractors can discuss upcoming projects with some of the south’s largest building contractors and public-sector authorities.
It takes place at t…
New national research suggests 1 in 10 suspect illegal drug use by workplace colleaguesNew national research suggests 1 in 10 suspect illegal drug use by workplace colleagues
One in five don’t take any action if they suspect a friend, family member or colleague of using illegal drugs
Regional variations show that almost twice as many Londoners suspect colleagues of drug use compared to…
FIRST LOOK AT LIVERPOOL WATERS’ VISION FOR THE FUTUREIncredible new visuals for the £5 billion Liverpool Waters project, which will transform Liverpool’s Waterfront, have been released to show how the 60-hectare development will look once completed.
The new CGI’s bring to life Liverpool Waters’ vision to completely restore the city’s northern docks, regenerating the 2 million sqm sit…
Garage, barn, outbuildings, do they increase your property value?Lots of people wonder if a garage, barn, outbuilding increase their property value, and if so, by how…
Retentions Bill second reading pushed back to June
The second reading of the private members Bill to overhaul the hated cash retentions system has been pushed back seven weeks.
Tory MP Peter Aldous was due to deliver the Bill’s second reading tomorrow but now the process has been put back to 15 June.
The change comes after concern that tomorrow’s crowded parliamentary schedule risked it…
Sainsbury’s-Asda merger heralds £600m refit and IT spend
The proposed £13bn mega-merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda is expected to trigger a £600m refit and computer integration programme across the UK store network.
While Sainsbury’s said there would be no store closure programme because of the merger, with both brands to operate side by side, the competition authority is expected…
Construction activity falls 3.3% in first quarterConstruction activity slid by 3.3% in the first three months of 2018, impacted by Carillion’s collapse and bad weather.
The fall contritubed a 0.2% fall to UK GDP, which grew by jus t0.1% during the first quarter.
It is the first preliminary estimate of GDP by the ONS and incorporates 45% of total data for the quarter, so be subject to further…
Construction’s most considerate contractors revealed
The country’s best performing construction sites have been confirmed at the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s 2018 National Site Awards.
The winners at the London presentation
The coveted title of Most Considerate Site went to:
Minton Lane – Northern Gas Networks (project value under £500k)
Lovell Partnership Norwich – Overbury…
Ransomware: how to avoid falling victim to the global threat of malicious malwareRansomware is a growing cyber-threat that finally hit mainstream headlines in 2017, due to the Petya and WannaCry attacks that throttled the NHS and caused huge financial losses for globally-recognised businesses.
The aftermath of the attacks proved the most costly for two of the most high-profile victims of t…