Engineering teams have lifted the 245-tonne steel dome capping the first Hinkley C reactor building. The delicate 90-minute heavy lift by the Big Carl crane saw the dome, wider than St Paul’s cathedral, lifted onto the 44m tall first reactor building. EDF’s nuclear island director Simon Parsons said it as a fantastic night with smiles
Steel buildings are some of the most versatile and durable structures available. As more people have begun to recognize the value and functionality of steel buildings, the demand for pre-fabricated and customized metal buildings has risen. Steel buildings provide ample room for workshops, manufacturing facilities, livestock, sports and fitness facilities, and many other industrial, agricultural,
MOST ROOFING contractors – 86% – say they have trouble getting paid retentions owed on local authority projects. Just 14% say there are no problems. The latest quarterly State of the Roofing Industry survey by Glenigan for the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) asked roofing and cladding contractors about their experiences of cash retentions
Owens Corning secured its spot on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the 14th consecutive year, also on the DJSI North America Index for the sixth year.
ALUMASC GROUP plc, has been cleared for its proposed £10m acquisition of ARP Group Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary Rainwater Online Holdings Limited. The acquisition was first announced in July and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) began an investigation into the company’s plans in October 2023. The organisation examined whether the acquisition would result
HS2’s Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture has secured an extra £200m funding for its first phase southern tunnelling section of the high speed route. It is the second extra payment since July when the three-way joint venture secured £300m in extra funding for planned and agreed changes to the scope of works. Skanska’s share of
Newport City Council has been fined £2m after a highways worker was killed on a road resurfacing job. Stephen Bell was barrowing tarmac from the back of the local authority’s tipper lorry when he was struck by a farm vehicle passing the road works. The 57-year-old’s wife Jenny said how the events of 18 July
Developer Regal London has secured planning consents this week for two major projects bringing forward a total of 1,580 student beds and 200 affordable homes in the London Boroughs of Southwark and Brent. The largest of the two schemes, known as Devonshire Place, is for 940 student rooms and 200 on-site affordable homes at a site at
WARRINGTONFIRE, a Fire Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) business, has announced plans to open a new facility in Warrington, UK. Expected to open in 2025, the new facility will be the largest in the UK and provide fire testing, technical and certification services. Customer demand for Warringtonfire’s product testing is set to grow due to
Remediation, groundworks and RC frames contractor Statom Group has acquired tower crane hire specialist Trident Lifting Solutions Limited. The £19m-turnover Trident business will become part of the wider Statom Group which enjoyed revenue of £144m in the financial year 2022/2023. Stan Nikudinski, Group Managing Director of Statom Group said: “The acquisition of Trident Lifting Solutions
