CONSTRUCTION SITE wages were up by an average of 1.6% in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter, and up by 7.0% on an annual basis. According to the latest figures from Hays/BCIS Site Wage Cost Indices, compared with Q4 2023, skilled building trade workers’ wages showed the strongest growth across the data. Plant operatives’ and
Gunner Roofing’s Andrew Prchal shares how roofing contractors can stand apart from the competition by working with homeowners to help them increase the value of their property.
Developer Helical has confirmed Mace as the main contractor on the redevelopment of a City of London office at 100 New Bridge Street, next to Ludgate Circus. Located adjacent to City Thameslink station, the 1990s office building will be renovated to create 200,000 sq ft of space in a project understood to be worth towards
Prefabricated metal buildings are engineering structures with structural steel as the primary load-bearing system.Steel structures mainly comprise steel beams, columns, trusses, and other components made of section steel and steel plates. Welds, bolts, or rivets usually connect each component. Applications of prefabricated metal buildings: Industrial buildings: factories, warehouses, etc. Commercial buildings: shopping malls, conference and…
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The Government has selected Wylfa on Anglesey as the preferred site for the next large-scale nuclear power plant after Sizewell C. The site was bought by ministers for £160m from previous developers Hitachi who abandoned plans for a new reactor in 2019. The government is exploring building a gigawatt-scale nuclear power station, similar in scale to Hinkley
Sheffield based A Catlow Civil Engineering Ltd has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The specialist contractor works with clients throughout the UK and Ireland providing civil engineering and high voltage cabling services. Its client base includes leading utility companies and many civil engineering firms. A Catlow has been in business
Derby-based building contractor Bowmer & Kirkland saw profit slide in a challenging year of subcontractor insolvencies and tricky jobs. The building arm was supported by developer Peveril Securities which made a strong contribution to group profits in the year to August 2023. Revenue over the year rose 8% to £1.24bn but inflationary pressure and market
Piling specialist Van Elle is planning further wave of job cuts and cost-saving measures as it faces lower levels of demand from housing and infrastructure. In a year-end trading statement this morning, chief executive Mark Cutler said revenue would be 6% down on the previous year at £140m, including five months contribution from the acquisition
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India’s second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer, has inaugurated state-of-the-art hydrant facilities at the newly established Manohar International Airport in North Goa. The inauguration was led by Sukhmal Jain, Director (Marketing) at BPCL, in the presence of Kanwarbir Singh Kalra, Deputy CEO of GMR Goa International Airport Ltd (GGIAL), along with
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Construction for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai has officially commenced at Thoppur, following environmental clearance from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Tamil Nadu, as announced on Tuesday. The ceremonial event marking the start of construction was attended by key officials from AIIMS and L&T. Phase one of the
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