Scaffolder hit by two tonne weight at nuclear plantEDF and Trillium Flow Services Ltd have been fined a combined total of £633,333 after a scaffolder was seriously injured by a falling two-tonne counterweight at Dungeness B power station.
Scaffolder, Colin Dell, 62, was carrying out work in the vicinity of the main cooling water discharge valves at the site in Kent when the accident…
Go-ahead for 860,000 sq ft East London medical campusNHS Property Services has secured planning for a major new medical research campus around the Royal London Hospital site in the East End.
The vast Whitechapel Road Development in East London proposes six new and repurposed buildings rising from 3 to 12 storeys that will provide 860,000 sq ft of lab, research and teaching space.
Designed by…
Site labour rates hit record high as cost inflation returnsLabour rates hit a new high last month, reaching £1,048 per week for self-employed tradespeople.
Latest figures from the industry’s biggest payroll provider show average earnings for self-employed tradespeople increased 1.9% to £1,044 per week during October.
Average pay to freelance trades
The return of inflationary pressure in…
Morris & Spottiswood acquires part of ISG fit-out divisionMorris & Spottiswood Group has acquired part of the collapsed ISG fit-out business saving more than 100 jobs.
Acquiring the former ISG Cathedral business will extend Morris & Spottiswood’s presence further south in the UK with the addition of offices in Whitstable, Bristol and Huntingdon.
The move sees 111 former ISG staff join t…
SRL set for growth with expansion of leadership teamSRL Traffic Systems has signalled ambitious expansion plans with four appointments to newly created senior leadership positions.
Dublin-based John Mason has become SRL’s first managing director of Ireland and will take responsibility for developing and overseeing the implementation of the company’s strategy to increase its capabilities and…
Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail schemeThe Government has unveiled details of the proposed East West Rail project following its commitment to fund the project in the last Budget.
Plans include a new section of railway between Bedford and Cambridge, including building new stations at Tempsford and Cambourne, and upgrades to the existing railway between Oxford and Bedford.
Bowing to…
Infrastructure to get £80bn boost from public sector pensionsPublic sector pension ‘megafunds’ will be created to unlock £80bn of investment in infrastructure projects.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled radical pension reforms which will create megafunds through consolidating defined contribution schemes and pooling assets from the 86 separate Local Government Pension Schem…
Bidders wanted for £800m building safety frameworkFusion21 has started renewal of its national Building Safety and Compliance Framework which is worth up to £800m over four years from next April.
Bids are now being invited from interested suppliers providing regional or national coverage.
Winning firms will help landlords manage and maintain safe buildings and demonstrate compliance across t…
Motts/Jacobs JV to design £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass TransitConsultants Jacobs and Mott MacDonald have secured the job to design the £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass Transit Programme.
The Jacobs – Mott MacDonald consortium will support the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in further developing the mass transit programme’s first phases, which includes Light Rapid Transit.
The government has…
Muse signs landmark deal to redevelop Sollihull shopping centreMorgan Sindall’s urban renewal arm Muse has signed a deal to regenerate Mell Square shopping centre in the heart of Solihull town centre.
Plans for the wholesale redevelopment of the 6.4ha site will now be lodged in the New Year promising what is expected to be a 10-year-long building programme.
Solihull Council chose Muse as t…