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MHM are finalists in a record five categories in the 2020 Hire Awards of Excellence

The MHM team are celebrating! Following the unveiling of this year’s finalists for the prestigious Hire Awards of Excellence, MHM are delighted to announce that they have [...]

March 10, 2020

Sales director at leading homebuilder sheds light on being a woman in construction

Jan Ruston, Sales Director at Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Midlands, has spoken about her experience as a woman in an industry typically perceived to be [...]

March 10, 2020

Powerday packs a punch behind GB Boxing in Olympic Qualification Tournament

Powerday – London’s largest family-owned waste management and recycling company – has agreed a partnership with GB Boxing, the organisation which manages the Olympic [...]

March 10, 2020

Midlands contractor secures place on £500m major higher education framework

Midlands-based G F Tomlinson is celebrating its successful selection as a key contractor on the prestigious University of Birmingham Build Higher framework. The new £500m [...]

March 9, 2020

Construction and COVID-19

By Ian Atkinson, partner, and Michelle Essen, managing associate at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson The construction industry has had a particularly difficult few years, with [...]

March 9, 2020

Amey Consulting pilots innovative dam sensor technology

Sensor technology, used in conjunction with satellites, is being used to enhance monitoring of a North East reservoir dam, following a successful pilot [...]

March 6, 2020

Rapid rise in female tradespeople over past decade

There are more than double the number of women working in the construction trades than a decade ago18,000 more women working as builders, electricians and plumbers in 2019 [...]

March 6, 2020

Combatting fires on construction sites

The answer is not complex, the answer is to begin training, says Adam Richardson, Operations and Content Coordinator at the Fire Industry Association (FIA). Following on from [...]

March 6, 2020

New 200,000 sq ft distribution centre to increase Southampton’s logistics capacity

A new £23 million distribution centre is to be built on the Port of Southampton strengthening Southampton’s port-centric logistics capacity. In partnership with ABP [...]

March 5, 2020

BIM’s social impact in the spotlight

The role of digital construction in driving social change was in the spotlight last week, as over 400 delegates and 50 speakers from around the world attended BIM Show Live [...]

March 5, 2020

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