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Opening ceremony held for Busway bridge as part of Belfast Transport Hub project

An opening ceremony has been held for Belfast Grand Central Station’s new Busway bridge, which was constructed by civil engineering specialist GRAHAM.  Designed by ARUP...

Buckingham Group unable to continue trading

The Buckingham Group has announced it is unable to continue trading at this current time because of rapidly escalating contract loses and a sharp...

‘Strong performance’ sees GRAHAM revenue growth exceed £1bn

GRAHAM has surpassed the £1bn turnover milestone. In recently published accounts, the leading national contractor and developer generated revenue of £1.094bn following the successful delivery...

Make It Visible Taskforce launches FREE Workforce Welfare and Wellbeing Portal

A new hub has been launched to help the drive to reduce suicide and improve welfare and wellbeing in the construction industry in the...

Jamaicans visit Birmingham to find out more about reinstating former railway stations

Academics advising the Jamaican government on plans to reinstate its disused railway network have visited Birmingham on a fact-finding mission to meet rail industry...

Low carbon concrete to become standard on all Laing O’Rourke UK projects

Laing O’Rourke has announced it is mandating the switch to low carbon concrete on all of its new UK projects. The exclusive use of...

Make it Visible Taskforce Tackles Wellbeing in Construction

More than 150 people from across the construction industry have volunteered to help a national drive to stop suicide and improve the welfare and...

UKRL announces start of construction of new locomotive maintenance facility at Leicester depot

A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction on a new £1.5 million locomotive maintenance facility at rail vehicle engineering and...

Castle Hill set to reopen to two-way traffic from Monday following completion of extension works

Two-way traffic will return to Castle Hill in Dudley town centre from Monday (23 January) following the completion of main works in this area for the first phase of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension.

Kier appoints new head of sustainability for its Construction business

Kier has appointed Anna Baker as head of sustainability for its Construction business. This latest appointment builds on the Group’s newly formed Responsible Business team and...

“We have reached ‘tipping point’ as downturn in construction arrives”

The UK’s construction market has reached a ‘tipping point’ as the widely expected downturn arrives, according to analysis from Arcadis in their Winter 2022 Market report.

HS2 Old Oak Common station progress

There are more than 1,900 people now working on HS2's super-hub station at Old Oak Common every day, with the team committed to achieving...
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