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Schoolchildren mark the start of construction of new Curo affordable homes

Pupils from Somervale School buried a time capsule on the site of a new development delivered by Curo and contractor E G Carter. The time capsule was buried as part of a [...]

February 6, 2019

Winvic Secures BTR Contract to Redevelop Former Post Office Building

Multidisciplinary main contractor, Winvic Construction Ltd, has been appointed by Lionel House Developments Ltd and Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) to develop a new [...]

February 5, 2019

Bakerhicks awarded BSI BIM level 2 verification certification

BakerHicks, the multidisciplinary design and engineering company, has been awarded the BSI Building Information Modelling (BIM) Verification Certification for Design and [...]

February 5, 2019

SIG Roofing to host open day in celebration of new Nottingham Finch branch refurbishment

Nottingham based roofing contractors and building professionals are now able to reap the benefits of major improvements to its new SIG Roofing’s Nottingham Finch branch. A [...]

February 4, 2019

CALA Site Manager Represents Straiton at National Awards

A SENIOR site manager has represented his Midlothian development on the UK stage at the housebuilding industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony. Ian Welsh, Senior Site [...]

January 31, 2019

COINS Grand Challenge hopes to boost Construction Industry Innovation

Could your idea improve the construction industry or the built environment? The 2019 COINS Grand Challenge is an opportunity to win funding of over £115k, business support [...]

January 31, 2019

Specialist workwear business opens state-of-the-art new factory to benefit customers

A leading supplier of personalised workwear for the construction and facilities management industries has opened a new 40,000 square foot factory to increase capacity at its [...]

January 30, 2019

Celebrating 25 Years in Business

Keith Burton started selling tools from a van in around 1986. He found on his travels that his customers wanted workwear too and so he began selling this also from the [...]

January 30, 2019

The Alimak mammoth

With a total payload capacity of 5,500kg, a load space of 45 cubic metres and measuring 3m wide x 5m long x 3m high, the Alimak Mammoth is one of the world’s largest [...]

January 29, 2019

Breathing Safely

The UK Construction industry has improved substantially on its Safety record over the last few decades, but certain Health issues in the industry are under some scrutiny at [...]

January 29, 2019

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