Balfour Beatty has come out on top in the Heavy Construction category in Britain’s Most Admired Companies of 2019, as Wates and Morgan Sindall just miss the top spot.
Simon Stanion, partner and head of planning at law firm Shakespeare Martineau, discusses the importance of effectively assessing air quality impact for new housing developments.
Aluminium manufacturing and installation company, AB Glass, has started work at Glassfields, the former Guardian Exchange building in Bristol for Kier Construction.
University governors at the University of Aberdeen have backed £50m plans to transform the King's College campus to continue to bolster its learning experience
A freedom of information (FOI) request made by Unite, has revealed that the government’s pension policy is failing construction workers, with fewer than one in four regularly paying into a workplace pension.
Thomas Owen of Re-Space explores the dilemma governments often face when building megaprojects – mainly, why they always seem to cost a lot more and take a lot more time than planned.
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has endorsed Build UK's Roadmap to Zero Retentions, which proposes moving towards the objective of zero retentions in construction by 2023.
Research into the Government initiative centred on Garden Communities has revealed that since 2014 49 projects have been announced which could deliver 400,000 new homes.
The 1,480-bed student accommodation scheme, to be developed by Graham, forms a key part of the University of York’s ‘Campus Masterplan’ – a framework for how it will develop its ‘campus of the future’.
Gilbert-Ash has secured a £17m design and build contract for Trinity College, which will see the construction of 45 new en-suite study bedrooms and five dedicated teaching rooms.
New artwork has been revealed for the “next generation” theme park, The London Resort, as concepts show six lands will be created as the first phase of the 535-acre site.
Insolvency practitioners from KPMG are expected to take over Clugston Construction’s affairs as the firm reveal to staff it is set to go into administration.
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
Assent and subsidiary company Xact offer a variety of building control and fire safety resources, from training and qualifications to apprenticeships and more.
