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Female students make the most of the engineering and construction boom in Suffolk and Norfolk

Over fifty female students from colleges across Suffolk and Norfolk are to be wowed by an interactive Tech fair and visit to Sizewell B nuclear power station this week in a [...]

February 13, 2020

Leeds cast plasterer wins tender to work on new channel 4 headquarters

Award-winning cast plasterer Ryedale Interiors Ltd has successfully won a competitive tender to carry out work at the new Channel 4 headquarters at The Majestic, Leeds. The [...]

February 13, 2020

Railway industry – barriers to ‘levelling up’ the UK rail network, five crunch points

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published its submission to the Spring Budget today, highlighting five ‘crunch points’ that could act as a barrier to [...]

February 13, 2020

Kier to deliver £15m leisure centre in Yorkshire

Kier appointed by Kirklees Council to deliver £15m Spen Valley Leisure Centre in LiversedgeProject has been procured through the YORbuild2 framework Kier is currently on [...]

February 12, 2020

Free school resources for industry professionals and teachers – Construction Youth Trust are bringing construction and the built environment into the classroom

Construction Youth Trust have developed and piloted a suite of online resources to inspire young people about careers in the construction and built environment sector. [...]

February 12, 2020

Work starts on new homes development in Bishop’s Stortford

The signals are green for work to begin on a new apartments development in Bishop’s Stortford, after a deal to buy the land was finalised. Bellway’s Goods Yard [...]

February 7, 2020

Lendlease hosts UK Foreign Secretary in first post-Brexit trade mission

The UK Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon. Dominic Raab, MP, today visited Lendlease’s global headquarters at Barangaroo in Sydney as part of his first overseas trade mission [...]

February 7, 2020

Metro Rod celebrates successful first year of apprenticeships

Following a successful year since the initial launch of its apprenticeship in Drainage Maintenance, Inspection and Repair, Metro Rod is now aiming to recruit up to 80 new [...]

February 7, 2020

TrustMark set to take over duty of technical monitoring and introduce new standards

TrustMark is preparing to take over the duty of administering technical monitoring from Ofgem during the next year. Energy suppliers are required to conduct technical and [...]

February 6, 2020

How tech innovations are set to shape the construction world

By James Hepton, Head of e-Commerce & Marketing at Actavo Direct Architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries are notoriously under-digitised. Financial [...]

February 6, 2020

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