Skanska crane ban to cause disruprion | House-building starts to shrink | Persimmon profits hold up
UK construction activity expanded at its weakest pace for nine months in June and the house-building sector, having led the way out of the pandemic, is now in reverse.
One in four work-related fatal accidents was in construction last year, according to latest official data.
Persimmon’s house-building output is running behind but, such is the market, its profits are ahead of expectations.
Construction consultant Aecom has appointed Jonathan Moore as head of project, programme and cost management (PPC) for the north of England.
The rapidly growing list of ministerial resignations now includes both the minister of state for housing and the business minster responsible for construction.
A construction site in London is turning excavated subsoil into bricks and using them for basement walls.
A Gleeds project manager has become the youngest ever to achieve chartered status with her professional body.
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Cost consultant Faithful & Gould, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, has secured a four-year commission from National Highways.
Keepmoat Homes and Network Rail have agreed the transfer of a disused railway yard in Newcastle for a housing development.
Skanska’s ban on a certain type of lorry loader crane operating on its sites is likely to have far wider consequences than it originally anticipated, according to the sector’s trade association.
RMD Kwikform, the formwork, falsework and ground shoring specialist, is changing its name to Altrad RMD Kwikform – or ARMDK.
Metro Vancouver has appointed Stantec as the programme management consultant (PMC) for the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (IIWWTP) projects in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Alstom has won a €387m (￡331m) contract from Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (MPMRCL) to deliver 156 of its Movia metro cars with 15 years of comprehensive maintenance to the Bhopal and Indore metro projects in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.