The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming medical and educational construction projects in the U.S. They are all in the planning stage and are mainly new projects, but may also involve additions and/or alterations.

The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Canada in July 2020. Also included is the latest trend graph on starts. This looks at 12-month moving totals of the civil and nonresidential building categories in Canada.

The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming industrial and water treatment construction projects in Canada. They are all in the planning stage and are mainly new projects, but may also involve additions and/or alterations.

HS2 has launched a search for digital innovations to speed up the delivery of the rail-infrastructure megaproject, and will help to commercialise the most promising ideas from entrepreneurs and smaller providers. The organisation’s Innovation Accelerator programme is seeking ways to improve construction efficiency in three…

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Horizon Nuclear Power has been holding talks with the UK Government about restarting work at the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power site. The company, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational Hitachi, laid off hundreds of workers and suspended plans for the project in 2019, having failed to…

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Two Mott MacDonald project managers who oversaw breakneck work to transform convention centres into Nightingale hospitals have received awards from the Royal Academy of Engineering for their contribution to the UK’s COVID-19 response. Ian Watkins and Martyn Frackelton, who managed the NHS Nightingale projects in…

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Persimmon’s profit fell by £216.9m in the first half of the year, the company has announced. The housebuilder made a £292.4m pre-tax profit in the six months to 30 June, covering the period in which the coronavirus crisis hit, compared with £509.3m for the same…

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The pandemic has put unparalleled emphasis on good teamwork and clarity of communication. Lem Bingley investigates the role of digital technology in helping construction firms cope with the crisis

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Osborne has announced the appointment of former Mitie social housing boss Vicky Fordham-Lewis as the new managing director of its property services business. She has been the MD of MPS Housing, formerly Mitie Property Services, since February 2018. The firm was sold to Mears in…

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Fife firm Brebner and Williamson has been fined after a subcontractor suffered a brain injury after falling onto a concrete slab. Self-employed John Niven was working for the company on a house build at Station Road, Crook of Devon, in Kinross, Scotland, when he fell…

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