Galliford Try has secured a £105m contract to build a new 665-home development in Leeds city centre. Located on the Monk Bridge site, south-west of the city centre, the project is a build-to-rent project constructed on behalf of Highline Investments. It will feature a mix…
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The number of people employed in the construction sector fell by 83,000 in the second quarter of the year, new data from the Office of National Statistics. The decline in the three months from the start of April to the end of June was the…
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Royal Bam topped July’s contract wins league table after two road jobs put it in pole position. The Dutch-owned contracting business signed the contract for the £200m M54 to M6 Toll Link Road project and a £312m M40-M42 interchange with joint venture partner Morgan Sindall.…
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Advice to employers about what to do if coronavirus is reported in a workplace is published by health authorities and governments in the UK. The guidance is regularly updated and below is a summary of the information from the most recent update in late July
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Balfour Beatty made a £26m pre-tax loss in the first half of 2020, largely due to problems in the UK business caused by coronavirus. Its UK construction services business suffered a £23m operating loss (2019: £17m profit) on revenue of £986m (2019: £1.01bn) in its…
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The 2022 Commonwealth Games athletes’ village project in Birmingham has been abandoned, due to time constraints caused by COVID-19. The village, which was set to be delivered by Lendlease, had been set to house around 6,500 athletes and officials during the games. After the event,…
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Murphy & Sons recovered from the £12.9m loss it made in 2018 with a £7m pre-tax profit last year. The North London-based contractor revealed the news in a press release detailing its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2019, this morning. The pre-tax…
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Balfour Beatty became the latest contractor to reveal the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic when it released its half-year results this morning. Unlike Morgan Sindall, which managed to stay in profit, Balfour Beatty fell to a £26m pre-tax loss for the six months to…
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Asphalt is the material of choice for much of the roadways in the United States, but as everyone that’s ever driven in a car knows, the material is prone to cracking and potholing, creating a considerable maintenance problem. A new process being tested in California is showing promising results by using cold in-place asphalt and recycled plastic bottles.
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning will eventually change the way we work in the AEC industry. In this podcast interview, Ricardo Farinha, Director of Technology at Sweco, talks about his and Sweco’s journey into AI. In the podcast, we discuss the following topics: What got Ricardo interested in AI and machine learning How the Design […]
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