Commercial building and civils work helped construction output rise in May despite a continuing drop in the house building sector. The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 51.6 in May, up from 51.1 in April and above the neutral 50.0 mark for the fourth successive month. Construction buyers reported inflation easing to
ConWize, the cloud-based platform that simplifies the bidding and cost estimation process, has launched a new BIM takeoff module which enables seamless integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud. The new integration allows users to extract a bill of quantities (BOQ) from 3D models stored in Autodesk Build, Autodesk Docs, or BIM 360Ò to calculate quantities automatically.
House builder Weston Homes has exchanged on a new site in Barking, East London to deliver 147 apartments and around 10,000 sq ft of ground-floor commercial units. The £50m Town Quay Wharf scheme will be delivered in partnership with Be First London, working on behalf of Barking and Dagenham Council. Designed by PRP Architects, Town Quay
The country’s largest brickwork and scaffolding subcontractor Lee Marley Brickwork has strengthened its senior team to meet forecast growth from large-scale regeneration schemes. The brickwork specialist has hired house builder financial veteran Matt Sheehan as chief financial officer. Sheenan brings 20 years’ experience in finance with volume house builders and joins from Countryside Partnerships, where
Construction leaders have committed to eliminate diesel from most sites by 2035. The Construction Leadership Council’s CO2nstruct Zero task force has today published a broadly based route map towards diesel-free operation as part of the wider plan to decarbonise the industry. Accepting the scale of the challenge, it sets out the first practical measures to
The Government has agreed £200m funding to build a new station in south Cambridge for the East-West Rail line. Following funding approval, contractor J Murphy has started site compound and enabling works at the site located next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, home to the Royal Papworth Hospital and AstraZeneca headquarters. A main contractor is
Latest results from Hercules Site Services show a pre-tax loss for the six months to March 31 2023 despite an 85% jump in turnover compared to the same period last year. The AIM-listed labour supply specialist saw revenue increase to £37m but the bottom line saw a pre-tax loss of £246,000. The firm’s main revenue
Student campus developer and operator UPP has teamed up with sustainable architecture specialist Architype to develop greener student accommodation for universities. The first of the next-generation sustainable campus designs will be delivered by contractor Graham at UPP’s ground-breaking University of Exeter’s Clydesdale and Birks Residential project. This will provide 1,700 Passivhaus-grade student rooms following project
Work has stopped on a £5m education job in Birmingham being built by MAC Group after the contractor’s main Irish operation sought protection from its creditors. An Interim Examiner was appointed to fit-out and construction firm MAC-Interiors Ltd last week. MAC has offices in Birmingham, Dublin, London and Newry. Site sources told the Enquirer work
A mile-long debris shelter tunnel is to be built to protect vehicles from landslips on one of Scotland’s most famous tourist roads. Expected to cost around £470m to build the protectect tunnel is now the preferred option to protect vehicles from falling rocks on the Rest and Be Thankful section of the A83 in Argyll.
