Cemfree Masonry Mortar, an ultra-low carbon construction material, is set to be used on its first major project at the expansion of the ExCeL London, saving over 11,000 kg of CO2e. McLaren Construction and Lyons & Annoot specified just over 100 tonnes of Cemfree Masonry Mortar, for what formed Cemfree Masonry Mortar’s largest project application
Contractors on HS2 have completed a ‘marathon’ bridge build at Streethay near Lichfield involving 18 specialist construction companies. Work involved excavating 14,000 tonnes of earth, building a 140 metre retaining wall and moving a 2,600 tonne bridge deck 130 metres into place under the South Staffordshire freight railway. The work was carried out during a
House builder Crest Nicholson has warned that housing sales have plunged more sharply than expected with full-year profits now forecast to be around £50m rather than £74m as forecast at the half-year. The profit warning amid poorer-than-expected trading conditions came as the firm also warned it had raised provisions for its complex loss-making mixed-use scheme
Data centre construction specialist AC Plc has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The notice was lodged with the courts last Friday. Bedfordshire based AC specialises in all aspects of data centre construction across the UK and Europe including the manufacturing and installation of cladding, roofing and curtain walling. Latest results for
Sisk has promoted Steven McGee to a new expanded role as chief operating officer for both Ireland and UK businesses, having joined the group just over 12 months ago from ISG where he was London MD. McGee presently COO of Ireland will continue to lead Sisk’s Irish business as well as taking on leadership of
Groundworks specialist Allma Construction and its sister company Centre Plant Limited have collapsed into administration with the loss of more than 180 jobs. Stuart Robb and Michelle Elliot, partners with FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators of the firms which were founded in 1991 and based in Barrhead near Glasgow. Allma specialised in the
Leading provider of commissioning management services Straightline Consulting has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Graham Drummond as Operations Director for EMEA. Craig Eadie, Managing Director of Straightline said: “Bringing Graham in to the business will bring even more talent to our amazing team delivering data centres across EMEA. “We have enjoyed great
Domis Construction has started works on the long-awaited regeneration of the old Boddingtons Brewery site to create 556 homes in Manchester city centre. Groundworks are now under way on the site acquired by Domis parent developer Salboy in December 2022. The housing-led £195m mixed-used scheme involves five new buildings, including building a 20-storey tower and
National Highways’ plans to improve congestion at three bottlenecks on the A38 around Derby have got the green light after receiving development consent. Contractor BAM still needs to get the go-ahead to start construction of the £250m, which involves major upgrades to roundabouts at Kingsway, Markeaton and Little Eaton. National Highways’ proposals were initially granted
Costain will donate £55,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after polluting the River Don during a major upgrade to the A19 in South Tyneside. An investigation by the Environment Agency found that the company had breached its environmental permit when contaminated water was washed down highway drains and into the River Don. It submitted an Enforcement
