Industry veteran Ray O’Rourke will step down as chief executive of the contracting business he founded five decades ago at the end of this month. He will hand over the reins to his son Cathal O’Rourke, a graduate civil engineer who ran the Australian arm of the group for over a decade, and recently returned
If you’re thinking about building a structure to protect cars, trucks, or other vehicles, you may be weighing the pros and cons of metal buildings and carports. Carports and metal buildings can both provide protection from rain, snow, hail, and other natural elements. While both structures can give you a place to park your vehicle,
TAPEREDPLUS, a specialist in flat roof design and insulation, has secured a £5.5 million investment from BGF to support its plans for growth. The deal, which also provides an exit for original investor Comhar Capital, enables the Tees Valley-headquartered business to bring a greater technology-led focus to its operations, while improving customer experience and strengthening
GAF Energy plans to build a state-of-the-art solar roofing testing facility in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories — with support from the U.S. Department of Energy — to enhance understanding of solar shingles’ benefits for heating and air conditioning efficiency.
An upstate New York roofing contractor was sentenced for attempting to cover up an employee’s death by moving the victim and instructing others to clean the scene to hide the lack of workers’ compensation insurance.
The Roofing Alliance, the philanthropic arm of the National Roofing Contractors Association, announced a three-year, $150,000 grant to promote roofing in SkillsUSA, a national organization supporting technical career education.
THE INSTALLATION of new wall cladding on the Main Stand at Raith Rovers (RRFC) stadium begins today, 24 June. The stand has remained largely untouched for almost 100 years, aside from the installation of a new roof in 1999. The club says the new signature deep blue cladding will revitalise the stand ready for the upcoming
AROUND 40 JOBS are under threat as a Bristol roofing contractors has called in the administrators. Bristol based Davis Roofing supplied roofing, cladding, and insulation services under a five-year framework, which comes to an end in October 2025. Davis Roofing, which was as established in 2006, had a place on two lots in the Crescent
Insurance giant AXA has given main contractor Multiplex the go-ahead to start main works on its 650,000 sq ft 50 Fenchurch Street office tower in the City of London. Kelbray finished enabling work last month allowing piling to get underway on what will be one of the lowest carbon and most biodiverse high-rise towers in
Birmingham City Council is planning to appoint up to five specialist contractors to deliver a £265m programme of energy efficiency upgrades to 3,000 homes a year in the city. In an unusual step, the council said it also aims to charge the selected firms an annual fee. This charge would cover the council’s costs in
