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

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

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has confirmed the Bouygues UK-Equitix consortium as preferred student accommodation partner for 2,000 new student homes on its Bankside. The development arm of Bouygues UK (Linkcity), working in consortium with Equitix, will provide investment and develop plans for the build. The new accommodation will be positioned

The Government today announced backing for 11 major projects to produce commercial scale green hydrogen at projects spread across the country. Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis of water using renewable electricity rather than blue hydrogen extracted from fossil fuels. Under the new deal to produce clean energy, the Government has agreed a guaranted price

Concretene is linking-up with piling specialist Roger Bullivant to supply its graphene-enhanced admixture that reduces embodied carbon in precast piles. Funding for the precast project has been provided by Innovate UK with trials starting immediately ahead of commercial deliveries which could start in Q4 2024. Concretene reduces the carbon footprint of concrete by improving compressive,

Northumberland County Council has picked BAM to build a super school in Seaton Valley taking pupils from Astley High School and Whytrig Middle School. The £50m project will see the two schools rebuilt on a new shared campus for over 1,000 students opening in September 2025. Sports facilities including a fitness studio, swimming pool and

Construction materials group GRS has acquired ground stabilisation and enabling works contractor Soil Science Ltd. The bolt-on acquisition complements GRS’s growing portfolio of contracting services for the construction industry, which includes enabling works, earthworks, civil engineering and land remediation. Berkshire-based Soil Science has a £6m turnover and has pioneered a low carbon, zero waste and

Contractor Octavius Infrastructure has bought London-based specialist rail consultant Navitas Engineering Group. Navitas, through Navitas Engineering and Permarail, provides electrical engineering consultancy services to both the railway and electricity supply industries. Its 30-strong team complete value-add asset life-cycle services ranging from technical specifications and standards, feasibility studies, through to outline and detailed design, as well

After legal challenges and delays, Skanska finally started work on its £679m A428 Black Cat dualling job in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire yesterday. Transport minister, Anthony Browne, broke ground on the project yesterday to mark the main start of construction on the scheme which will involve a total investment of £1bn. Plans from National Highways will