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Kier appointed to deliver School of Digital Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University

Kier has been appointed by Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Met) to deliver its brand-new £35m School of Digital Arts (SODA): a project jointly funded by and [...]

September 12, 2019

Seizing the Future of Construction on 3rd October

Visitors to this year’s Kent Construction Expo on 3rd October will be treated to an inspirational vision of the future at the start of the day, via an opening keynote from [...]

September 12, 2019

Working ourselves to death: suicide in the construction industry

“The Brutal Truth is that we face a crisis, a crisis often swept under the rug rather than flag poled, a crisis that is whispered rather than shouted.” We are [...]

September 10, 2019

World First at South East Construction Expo 2019 in Sussex

The Xella Silka Element Challenge A one-bedroom apartment block will be built in just one day in a world first construction demonstration, the Xella Silka Element Challenge, [...]

September 10, 2019

Gleeds expands rail team with appointment of Richard Stansfield

International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has announced the appointment of Richard Stansfield as director of cost management for its expanding rail business [...]

September 10, 2019

R G Carter secures digital aviation research facility contract with Cranfield University

East Anglia’s leading construction business, R G Carter, has been awarded the contract to build the new Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) at [...]

September 9, 2019

Ability Qualifications LTD

NVQ’s for Construction Ability Qualifications was established in 2018 as an accredited provider of Construction and Health and safety NVQs that provides the recognised [...]

September 6, 2019

First ships dock at Hinkley Point C – keeping some 100,000 lorry loads off Somerset’s roads

The first shipload of some 6,000 tonnes of sand was delivered by the MV Aastun, sailing from Bristol Port and the 500m long jetty has now been declared fully operational. [...]

September 5, 2019

Bid launched to TRiM mental stress in water industry

Drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc has become the first service provider in the water utility industry to support its staff by using trauma risk management. [...]

September 5, 2019

Land & water group spend the summer improving the river Thames

In late 2018 award-winning Land & Water Group gained consent for developing a habitat creation scheme on the River Thames at Rainham Marshes, the largest habitat creation [...]

September 5, 2019

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