HS2 main works contractor EKFB has started a year-long bridge slide to push almost half a kilometre of deck into position high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire. The Wendover Dean Viaduct will be the first major railway bridge in the UK to be built with a ‘double composite’ approach. The increased strength of the
DaVinci Roofscapes announced the seven winners of its 2023 DaVinci Masterpiece Contractor Project of the Year Awards, including six residential and one commercial project nationwide.
Road-rail equipment specialist TXM Plant has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. Staff at the Wigan based business are now looking for new jobs following the news. Latest accounts for TXM show the company had a turnover of £38.9m for the year to April 29 2022 generating a pre-tax loss of £2.1m
NFRC HAS ANNOUNCED a one-week extension for entries into the UK Roofing Awards 2024. The new deadline is Friday 19 January. NFRC says the extension is a result of popular demand from busy contractors, in order to allow as many firms as possible to submit their entries. Companies who make the shortlist benefit from industry recognition,
ROCKWOOL, the UK stone wool insulation manufacturer, has launched a new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module to help roofing contractors and specifiers assess and mitigate potential fire safety risks for flat roofs used as additional functional space of a building. Flat roofs are a common construction, especially in busy urban environments where space is at
Hitesh Pattni, Specification Manager at SFS, discusses how to simplify the specification process for rainscreen subframe systems solutions whilst attaining the optimal thermal performance the faster and easier way. So how can specifiers and engineer’s create better buildings? Simplify the Specification Process As the leading manufacturer of rainscreen support system solutions, SFS works to simplify
INNOVATION has run through the Proctor family since its earliest records, and since taking over in 2012, our Managing Director, Keira Proctor has continued this tradition, building on this foundation of trust, honesty, and hard work from the very same desk where her father and grandfather made us the company we are today. The A.
Wates has secured the job to convert a grade-II listed landmark building in central London into a hi-tech life sciences hub. The Victoria House scheme is the brainchild of joint venture developers Oxford Properties and Pioneer Group. They plan to convert the 300,000 sq ft Bloomsbury Square building into Grade A wet lab-enabled life sciences
Britain’s second biggest house builder has seen trade contractor tender price inflation all but disappear as orders slide. In trading statement covering 2023, the firm said UK completions were down a third to 10,438 from 13,773 in 2022. Despite ongoing market and planning challenges, chief executive Jennie Daly said full-year operating profit would be at
London and south east based contractor Diamond Build plc and its specialist Diamond Fire Safety division have ceased trading. Both firms are heading for liquidation while other parts of the wider Diamond Build Group are unaffected. Accountants at MHA are now working with the companies ahead of their planned liquidation later this month. MHA said:
