How to prepare your excavator for Spring
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, warmer weather – and a busy contracting schedule – is just around the corner. Here are a few tips to get your excavator in [...]
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Leading developer encourages women to consider a career in construction
To mark International Women’s Day this year, Lisa Chinn, Trainee Assistant Site Manager at Barratt Homes’ St Rumbold’s Fields development in Buckingham, describes how [...]
Managing Health Risks Within the Plumbing Industry
In 2019 Health and Safety Executive reported that 1.4 million workers suffered from an illness or injury that was caused within or by their place of work. For those in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Winvic Construction Hands Over Keys to Specialist Aerospace Manufacturing Facility in Coventry
Meggitt PLC and developer Manse Opus mark completion of £44 million flagship unit Winvic Construction Ltd, a leading main contractor specialising in industrial, multi-room [...]
ENGIE and Gentoo partnership progresses with award of £16m improvement works
Regeneration and energy specialist, ENGIE, has been appointed to deliver a variety of regeneration programmes by Sunderland-based housing association, Gentoo Group. As part [...]
Supply chain firm bridging the gender gap in logistics
According to various sources, approximately a quarter of employees in the UK logistics sector are female: and, significantly, this figure has barely changed over recent [...]
Employees at award-winning homebuilder leading the way for women in construction
With International Women’s Day just around the corner, female employees at Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Midlands division have lifted the lid on their careers and [...]
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