A COMPANY DIRECTOR was given a suspended prison sentence after an employee lost his life at a building site in St Helens. Uldis Sankans died after being crushed between a girder and the basket of a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) while working for RM Gibbons Ltd. The 30-year-old, from Latvia, had been operating the
DON & LOW’s new MultiTX® Maxi underlay has achieved BBA certification, making it the only heavy-duty barrier roof underlay holding the BBA Agrément Certificate. Part of the extended MultiΤΧ range, MultiTX Maxi is a high vapour resistance, air and liquid barrier underlay for use in pitched roofs. Weighing 190gsm, it provides durability and protection against
Deep-level underground wartime shelter tunnels in London’s High Holborn area are set to become the Capital’s latest tourist attraction. City of London Corporation planners have given the thumbs up to a £220m scheme to convert the warren of tunnels into a visitor and cultural attraction. In developing the underground site, buildings at 38-41 Furnival Street
Multi-utility infrastructure specialist OCU Group has bought Scottish civil engineering contractor RJ McLeod. Based out of Glasgow and Dingwall, RJ McLeod has over a seven-decade history of delivering complex engineering projects. The acquisition increases OCU Group revenues to over £800m and grows the capability and capacity for work in supporting the critical UK energy transition.
Construction output fell sharply in April marking the third consecutive monthly fall since a small uplift was recorded in January. The 1.4% contraction in activity was caused by decreases in both new work (- 1.9%), and repair and maintenance (-0.8%). According to fresh data published this morning by the Office of National Statistics, survey returns
Scottish developer Drum Property Group has lodged plans for its first major scheme in Leeds to build 390 flats. The developer plans to demolish Morgan Sindall’s old offices at Evolution House, off Springwell Road in Holbeck, to make way for the residential scheme. The project will consist of two brick buildings configured in L-shape. One
Student and residential specialist Fortis Developments Limited has gone into liquidation. The Cheshire based developer has been in business since 2012 with 15 successful schemes under its belt containing 3,800 apartments. Fortis had a construction division called Beaumount Morgan Developments which went into administration two years ago owing subcontractors and suppliers £7m. Begbies Traynor is
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has launched a probe after a runaway track trolley hurtled towards a team of workers. In the early morning on Sunday 26 May a track trolley ran away on a descending gradient towards a site of work and a team of track workers. The trolley came to a stop after
Two brothers take lessons learned from previous generations to run a small roofing company, repairing and replacing various popular roof systems throughout the Salt River Valley.
Firms have been put on alert for the tender race for places on a new £1.5bn framework to deliver the programme of on-going repairs and improvements to the Houses of Parliament and wider estate in London. The new Parliamentary Construction Partnership Framework will replace the existing MEPFS (Mechanical, Electrical, Public health, and Fabric Safety) Framework,
