B&K restarts stalled Leeds hotel projectBowmer & Kirkland has restarted work on the stalled Hilton hotel project that stopped midway through construction with the collapse of builder GB Building Solutions three years ago.
The half-finished scheme has been redesigned by developer Select Property, which will invest £56m to turn the site into 273 student flats, under its Vita Student…
Union demands direct employment on HS2Unite is calling for all HS2 workers to be directly employed and an end to using payroll and umbrella companies on the project.
Unite kicked-off its campaign with a demo outside the offices of the Costain-Skanska Joint Venture
The union staged a demonstration yesterday outside the headquarters of Costain-Skanska Joint Venture (CSjv), who ar…
Chemical giant to invest £500m in two new plantsChemical giant INEOS has unveiled plans to build a £350m steam and power plant at its Grangemouth site in Scotland.
Tobias Hannemann, CEO O&P UK said: “This investment forms part of our wider plans to secure a bright future for manufacturing at Grangemouth and will continue its renaissance as a world class petrochemicals site.”
INEOS…
MPs demand review of working at height dangersMPs are demanding a major review of working at height in a bid to cut the number of deaths and accidents caused by falls.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Working at Height has published a new report calling on the Government and industry to undertake a major review of working at height culture.
It also wants to see improved…
Why Every House Should Have a ToolboxA few generations ago, the toolbox was a staple in the home. Your Mum, Dad, Gran and Grandad all know how to fix the odd problem around the house, but do you? More recently, there has been a crisis in DIY. Millennials, on the whole, don’t have the time, don’t know how or plain just don’t want to do it, with things as simple as bleeding a radiator or…
Nottingham Forest unveil stadium revamp plansNottingham Forest have revealed plans to redevelop the City Ground in a move that will see it become the largest stadium in the East Midlands.
Architect Benoy has designed the revamp
The club have been drawing up redevelopment plans for 18 months with the aim of starting at the end of next season.
Plans include building a new Peter Taylor…
Paragon Interiors goes into administration Fit out and refurbishment specialist Paragon Interiors Group Plc has recently gone into administration.
The Midlands based contractor is in the hands of administrators from Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery.
The joint administrators are now seeking offers for the business in order to preserve jobs and maximise the return to…
GPD Decline Hitting UK ConstructionAccording to recent figures, the UK economy’s been grinding
its gears hard lately – and now it’s actually slipped into reverse. The Office
for National Statistics is reporting that growth in Gross Domestic Product (the
value of all the country’s goods and services produced) shrank 0.4% in a month.
In fact the 2018 figures show that growth in the UK…
Let’s Get More Women Into Engineering – an International Women’s Day plea from training provider DTLAttracting more
women into construction and engineering must become a higher priority for
government and employers, urges Develop Training Ltd (DTL).
The training company says
redressing the gender imbalance is not just desirable from an ideological
viewpoint but also a means of helping to…
Ways the UK construction industry is adaptingThe last few years have been difficult for many industries,
but for the construction industry, it’s been particularly trying. Since the
2016 referendum, ongoing uncertainty within the sector has meant construction
businesses have had to deal with the world’s hesitation to tie themselves into
a British project of any kind.
Brexit isn’t t…