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Andrew Davies named CEO of the Year at Building Awards

10th November 2021

Last night (2 November) Andrew Davies was named CEO of the Year at the prestigious Building Awards. The shortlist also included John Morgan of Morgan Sindall and Vince Clancy of Turner & Townsend and the

COP26: Wagners announce the global launch of Earth Friendly Concrete®

10th November 2021

Wagners, a diversified Australian construction firm, has announced that it will invest heavily in London as a global launchpad its new generation building material, Earth Friendly Concrete® (EFC). Wagners has already started its expansion into

Norris First in Line for Cats – Midlands-based Plant Hire Company Takes Delivery of First Cat® 302.7s in the UK

9th November 2021

National plant hire and equipment supplier, Norris Plant Hire & Sales Ltd, has expanded its fleet ofCat equipment with two 302.7 mini excavators from exclusive Caterpillar® dealer, Finning UK & Ireland — continuing its trend of

UK Construction Works Remain Strong Despite Material Price Inflation and Labour Shortages

9th November 2021

UK RICS Construction Survey – Q3 2021 Supply chain disruption, material price inflation and a shortage of skilled labour continued to intensify in Q3 2021, which could challenge strong workloads led by new infrastructure schemes

Joseph Homes Appoints Dominic Grace to its Strategic Board, to Support the Developer’s Bold Ambitions to Reform Sector Practices

9th November 2021

Sustainability champions Joseph Homes is proud to announce the appointment of Dominic Grace to its Strategic Board, in a move designed to support the developer’s bold ambitions to see change within the built environment. The

Pictured at Custom House are (L-R) Jonathan Payne, Managing Director of Mascott, Neil McKibbin, director of Straidorn Properties and Mark Hanna, director at Mascott.

Mascott Construction to Undertake Major Refurbishment of Belfast’s Iconic Custom House

8th November 2021

Award winning contractor Mascott Construction (Europe) Ltd has been appointed to undertake the major refurbishment and fit-out works to one of Belfast’s most iconic buildings, Custom House. Located at Custom House Square in central Belfast,

New £17 Million Leicester Aparthotel Welcomes Guests

8th November 2021

Leicester’s latest and one its most high-profile developments, The Gresham Aparthotel, opens its doors on 3 November 2021. Situated on the corner of Market Street and Belvoir Street, The Gresham is an iconic structure built

Lookers Joins Forces with Amanda Stretton for an EV Challenge Ahead of COP26

5th November 2021

We were proud this month to enlist the support of racing legend, broadcaster and journalist Amanda Stretton who led a brand new Lookers charge to COP26 to help raise awareness of the importance of all-electric

Coventry University Research Finds Problems in Ventilating Primary School Classrooms to Combat COVID-19

5th November 2021

Coventry University research has found that 40 per cent of primary school classrooms examined in a study did not have an adequate ventilation rate to combat the spread of COVID-19. The research found this was

Winner of Housing Design 2021 Award for ‘Building with Nature’ Commits to COP26

4th November 2021

Recent recipient of the Housing Design Awards’s 2021 ‘Building with Nature’ award for its Knights Park development in Cambridge, Hill Group, has committed its support to tackle climate change ahead of the upcoming 26th UN