The scorching heat of the summer is often welcomed after a long winter. While a warm summer day can be enjoyed outdoors, when you’re inside, you want a cool place to seek refuge from the sun’s rays. If you work or live in a building that’s made from steel or other metals, the interior can…
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Turner & Townsend has strengthened its senior team across the UK, with a trio of promotions to support future growth and ambitions. The UK senior leadership shake-up will see James Corrigan promoted to UK managing director of Infrastructure. Before he headed up the Programme Advisory division in the UK, which under his leadership grew from
VolkerStevin has agreed terms to deliver Sunderland’s £31m ‘smart pedestrian and cycle bridge’ project crossing the Wear. Work will now start within weeks on the high-level crossing, which will connect both sides of the Wear at Riverside Sunderland. It will be fitted with creative lighting and augmented reality, allowing people to use their smartphones to
National Highways has given contractor Skanska a start date for the delayed A428 Black Cat dualling job after legal proceedings against the scheme came to an end. Last week the Court of Appeal refused climate campaign group Transport Action Network’s final available legal challenge to planning consent for the 19km dualling job from the A1
Over 1,000 school building improvement projects will receive the green light today as part of plans to boost the condition of the school estate. In total 859 academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided schools will receive a share of the £456m Condition Improvement Fund to refurbish and repair dilapidated school buildings. The funding will ensure
The average base salary for project professionals in construction has risen by 10% in the last two years to become one of the highest paid sectors in the UK. The 2023 Association for Project Management (APM) Salary and Market Trends Survey reveals project professionals in construction currently receive an average salary of £57,500 – a
Construction subcontractors are reporting long delays and even being cut off from HMRC’s CIS helpline as 400 tax workers continue strikes organised by the PSC union. The 400 HMRC customer service advisers are planning more action this week with industrial action set to last until June 2. Ian Anfield, managing director of Hudson Contract, said:
Thirty-two firms have bagged a spot on a £600m modern methods of construction framework for new home building. Procurement body LHC has awarded the four-year framework, which is the successor to its offsite construction of new homes framework – NH2. This involved a dozen firms but the nationwide 3rd generation framework has been expanded and
The Keys to Energy Savings and Decarbonizing the Built Environment
