A person died yesterday at a former Henry Construction site in west London. Eye witnesses reported a fleet of emergency vehicles outside the site on Wednesday afternoon. 12 ambulances (incl. “incident response ambulances”) along Kensington High Street outside a construction site. Paramedics with a stretcher and hard hats entering the site. pic.twitter.com/ywEOfGLOgj — Amelia Harper
Gary Neville’s £400m landmark St Michael’s development in Manchester is set to move to main construction in weeks. Launching the iconic tower scheme, Neville said the start by contractor Domis would mark the culmination of 15 years of hard work to transform an underused area of the city. The mixed-use scheme is being brought to
Manchester City Council’s new wholly-owned development company, This City, has awarded its first housing project to Wates. The builder will deliver 118 flats across two buildings and 10 town houses overlooking Ancoats Green in the city. The Rodney Street development has been designed by architect Buttress and will benefit from a wider £32m investment package
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MEMBERS of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) are at the Houses of Parliament this evening (5 July) to talk to MPs and Lords about retentions. NFRC and other industry representatives will be raising the politicians’ awareness of the problems caused for sub-contractors by cash retentions. Retentions is the construction industry term for monies
Beacon recently announced four new locations opened, including one in Tennessee, one in Florida and two in Texas. So far, in 2023, the company has opened 14 new greenfield facilities.
ABC Supply has opened a new location in its home state of Wisconsin, expanding into the Milwaukee market.
A BOOKLET, Guide to Graded Battens, has been released by SR Timber to provide clarity on roof batten grading, and what to look for to meet British Standard BS 5534. The booklet focuses on the four key areas which the supply chain, including contractors, should look out for to ensure that their roofing battens follow BS
Standards body BSI haslaunched a new whitepaper on how to minimise risks in infrastructure projects. Experts suggest that a better approach to scope development and managing risk and contractual change could save up to £25bn a year on projects. BSI worked with industry experts and researched existing practices to identity key challenges, then considered how
