The Government has set out plans to introduce a 30-month period of grace to allow the industry to prepare for the second staircase rule on 18m-plus buildings. Under the transition plan developers will get the two-and-half-year transition period starting from when the details of the new rules are published in Approved Document B. For already
Somerset County Council has picked Kier to takeover core highways maintenance works when Milestone Infrastructure completes its term at the end of March. Under an eight-year deal worth around £225m, Kier will deliver key maintenance works across a 4,172-mile road network. In a change to the way it delivers services, the council has divided up
The 2024 IRE is expected to cover more than 180,000 square feet of exhibit space, hosting over 600 companies, and features eight educational tracks covering 45 topics across over 100 sessions.
Texas-based private equity firm Six Pillars Partners has recapitalized Royalty Roofing and its sister company, Majestic Facility Experts to support their collective growth.
Developer Berkeley Group’s St William division has submitted plans to restore the UK’s largest surviving cluster of Victorian gas holders to create 2,100 new homes within the heritage site. The Bromley by Bow Gasworks site in east London comprises seven disused Grade II listed gasholders. Seven gasholder frames will contain 10-storey blocks with six extra
Three companies have been fined a total of £420,000 after a falling slate tile fractured the skull of a three-year-old child. The slate came off a roof at a construction site at the Moonfleet Manor hotel in Weymouth, Dorset, and struck the young girl on 13 June 2019. She had been leaving the hotel with
Balfour Beatty has started the hunt for subcontractor partners to deliver key packages on the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade project. The contractor is heading the procurement for the delivery joint venture, which includes Kier and Keltbray which will deliver different sections of the route. The firms are to work under an enterprise-wide collaborative working
HS2’s London tunnels contractor, Skanksa Costain Strabag joint venture has lifted new TBM cutting heads into place as they prepare for the next stage of tunnelling under the capital. Major components of the first machine called Emily have now been lifted into the 25m deep ancillary shaft at the HS2 site in Ealing to prepare
OSHA has proposed more than $134,000 in penalties for a Wisconsin-based roofing contractor for fall prevention and other safety violations.
Developer Landsec has submitted plans for its next big office scheme in London. The 20-storey mixed-use tower will replace Hill House, a 1970s concrete building on a site just North of Fleet Street. Should planning permission be granted, construction is expected to start in 2025. Three London contractors – Mace, Multiplex and Skanska – are
