Brexit threat fails to stifle plant growth
With the UK teetering on the edge of Brexit, Margo Cole travelled to Peterborough to find out what might lie ahead for the UK’s construction equipment industry
Balfour Beatty picked for Aberdeen park transformation
Balfour Beatty has been chosen by Aberdeen City Council for the £25.7m transformation of Union Terrace Gardens (UTG).
Green light for Aberdeen road improvements
Aberdeen City Council has approved road and transport works totalling £10.6m, boosted by £2.5m of additional funding.
Delayed starts prompt Van Elle profits warning
Van Elle, the publicly quoted geotechnical contractor, has warned shareholders that its annual profits will be below expectations because of clients stalling on project start dates.
Crossrail to open by March 2021 but without Bond Street station
Crossrail’s new leadership team has produced a new plan to get the delayed project finished and start rail operations under central London sometime between October 2020 and March 2021.
Aarsleff boosts geotechnical expertise
Foundations specialist Aarsleff Ground Engineering appointed Dan Adams as senior geotechnical consultant.
Cheesegrater bolt saga finally comes to an end
When huge bolts started to fall off the Cheesegrater in November 2014, just months after construction completed, the legal battles began. Four-and-a-half years later, the affair has now been settled.
Planning permission granted for Edinburgh concert hall
Edinburgh Council has granted planning permission for the city’s first purpose-built music and performance venue in over 100 years.
Galliford Try wins first phase of £6bn Lea Valley regeneration
Galliford Try Partnerships has been selected by Enfield Council to build the first 725 homes at the £6bn Meridian Water development in the Lea Valley, northeast London.
Village builders choose German helmets
Site managers on a house-building site in an Oxfordshire village are among the first construction workers in the UK to use a new type of hard hat imported from Germany.
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