Bird nest inspires engineers to build new bricks from plastic waste
A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay. Dr Karthikeyan Kandan, senior [...]
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BAM wins new design and build contract for Danish school
Bunnik, the Netherlands, 19 November 2019 – The City of Copenhagen has commissioned BAM Danmark to design and build a community school with sports hall and swimming pool in [...]
Groundbreaking marks start of work at St. Modwen Park Chippenham
St. Modwen has commenced construction on the first phase of development at St. Modwen Park Chippenham. The developer has broken ground on a 106,000 sq ft speculative unit [...]
Skanska appoints Trivselhus to create high quality low carbon homes at Mindenhurst
Skanska, the construction and development company redeveloping the Princess Royal Barracks to create Mindenhurst, a new neighbourhood in Deepcut, Surrey, has welcomed [...]
New Apprentices at Hinkley Point C Push Total To More Than 500
The new intake started work in Somerset at HOST, a local business providing hotel quality accommodation for the thousands of workers now busy on site. The new apprentices [...]
Sir Richard Leese joins graduates at ground-breaking of local Potato Wharf development
Last week, the Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, joined senior managers and young graduates working for Lendlease, as work officially began on the final [...]
Confusion is rife over looming IR35 reforms
More than half (54%) of limited company contractors do not understand the details of IR35 and how to correctly determine whether they fall inside or outside of the [...]
WaterSafe has joined forces with Welsh Water and Northern Ireland Water to launch a plumber recruitment drive
WaterSafe has joined forces with Welsh Water and Northern Ireland Water in a drive to sign up qualified, competent plumbers to its approval register. The UK plumber approval [...]
London Build 2019: Show Preview Available for Download
London’s leading construction and design show is back for 2019 and this time it is bigger and better than ever before. Spanning across two floors, London Build is more than [...]
Largest Gas Replacement Programme with Ground Source Heat Pumps in Tower Blocks Commences in Sunderland
Residents in 364 homes across seven tower blocks in Sunderland are embracing the green housing revolution with the removal of their gas boilers in place of renewable and low [...]
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