The world’s most advanced wind turbine blade and drive train testing centre will be built in Blyth, Northumberland following an £86.5m funding deal. The new facility will be based at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre. Construction is scheduled to start this summer on the 150-metre blade test facility that will
Allen Bontrager Carpentry expands its reach with a new location in Muncie, Ind., offering services to east central Indiana.
Victors Home Solutions, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Detroit, provides a new roof for Detroit resident and Coast Guard veteran Kevin Hill.
A bizarre tale out of Midland, Mich.: a woman dubbed the “rooftop ninja” lived in a grocery store sign’s roof space for a year.
A ROOFING CONTRACTOR in Manchester has been fined £20,000 after an employee fell through a rooflight and suffered serious injuries. The 24-year-old worker, employed by Hightech Roofing N/W Limited, was repairing a roof on a building in Blackburn. Roofers on the project were using orientated strand boards (OSB) as crawl boards to move around the
NEARLY HALF of specifiers are still unsure of the responsibilities attached to the Building Safety Act 2022. It’s a worrying sign that a high number of ‘knowledge gaps’ persist within the industry, according to a study by NBS specification platform. Findings from NBS’ Building Safety Survey showed that half of respondents were either unsure or had
BLACKPOOL ROOFER Josh Morrison from JR Roofing Lancs Ltd., has won a special category, the ‘Local Hero Award’, at the National Federation of Roofing Contractors’ (NFRC) annual awards. The category, sponsored by SIG Roofing since its conception, encourages nominations from the roofing community and looks for individuals who have made an impact in their local
THE CONSTRUCTION Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey for the first quarter of 2024 showed a mixed performance for product manufacturing. A seventh consecutive quarterly fall in sales for heavy side firms contrasted with growth reported by firms on the light side. Manufacturers’ forward-looking expectations were the strongest in two years, but the strength
Engineers on the London Super Sewer project have successfully connected the new infrastructure to the capital’s existing sewer system. Ahead of the two-week connection job, a thick concrete wall separated the 25km super sewer from the 6.9km Lee Tunnel, which links Abbey Mills pumping station to Beckton sewage treatment works. Now, those two tunnels are
Developer Soller has submitted plans for a distinctive 18-storey tech office project in Manchester that incorporates several buildings at street level. The main tower will be cantilevered to allow the floorplate to widen as the building rises in height. Designs by architect Howell for the NXQ scheme retain and restore 19th century buildings on the
