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Lendlease veteran is latest new McAlpine director

Sir Robert McAlpine has appointed Paul Sims as its new Operations Director. Sims joins from Lendlease where he has worked for more than 40 years. He will now work closely with Commercial Director Glen Harding to boost McAlpine’s growing pipeline of work. Sims was most recently the Operations Director at Lendlease Europe, where he worked

VolkerFitzpatrick wins £30m logistics job

VolkerFitzpatrick has been chosen by logistics developer Prologis UK to design and build five new distribution units at Prologis Park Hemel Hempstead, within Maylands Business Park. Enabling works are now underway on the £30m scheme which is scheduled for completion in August 2025. It is the second project VolkerFitzpatrick has worked on at Prologis Park

Sewage Spills Signpost Blue Roofs for SuDS

FOLLOWING the revelation that there were 3.6 million hours of sewage spills into UK rivers and seas in 2023, ACO Building Drainage is urging local authorities to consider how they can protect their areas from sewerage system overflows. At the end of March, the Environment Agency published its findings that sewage spills last year increased 54%

25 groundworks firms win £100m Places for People deal

Housing group Places for People has picked its line-up of groundworks contractors to deliver new-build homes projects homes across England and Scotland. Around 25 firms have secured places on the groundworks panel of firms across four main regions for the affordable homes provider. M&J Evans Construction, Carmac (Building & Civil Engineering), Churngold Construction and John

£400m South Cambridge science park approved

Joint developers Bridgemere Land and Foundation Capital Ventures have secured outline planning for a £400m landmark science and innovation park in South Cambridge. The Cambridge Discovery Campus, designed by BCR Infinity Architects, will provide over 340,000 sq ft of science and innovation space over six detached, laboratory-enabled buildings. It will be built on the site