Construction news

• Keltbray bags brace of energy infrastructure wins

  27-09-2022 15:39
  Keltbray has been awarded the £10m+ contract to deliver key civil engineering works on the Pembroke Converter Station by Siemens Energy.
  It forms part of the Greenlink Interconnector Project with the potential to power 380,000 homes.
  The interconnector will transfer power using high voltage direct current via submarine and underground cables over 200km between two converter stations located in Wexford, Ireland and Pembroke, Wales.Keltbray previously delivered the Viking Link Enabling and P
  
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• Rising costs tip William Hare to £3.6m loss

  27-09-2022 15:11
  Constructional steelwork contractor William Hare sunk into the red last year as rising costs and steel price hikes adversely impacted the firm.
  Despite resurgent revenue soaring by more than 60% to nearly £220m, the steelwork contractor suffered a £3.6m loss compared with a £1.3m a profit in the previous heavily impacted 2020 Covid year.
  The country’s second biggest steelwork contractor said its order position remained very strong following significant wins this year with
  
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• Safety blitz on “aches, pains and strains” on site

  27-09-2022 14:11
  HSE inspectors will turn their focus on lifting and moving heavy objects on construction sites in a two-month safety blitz starting next week.
  Around 1,000 site visits will take place in October and November checking how workers are moving heavy or bulky materials.
  The law requires employers to prevent the ill health of their workers, which includes injuries to muscles, bones, joints and nerves that can develop over time, known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).Recent figures show around 40,00
  
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• PR expert Baroness Rock to chair Costain

  27-09-2022 09:28
  Costain has named Baroness Kate Rock to succeed non-executive chairman Paul Golby at the end of the year.Baroness Rock is presently senior adviser at public relation company Instinctif Partners, and was previously a managing partner of its predecessor communication firm College Hill Associates.She is also, until January 2023, a member of the House of Lords Select Committee for Science and Technology.Also since 2020, Baroness Rock has been senior independent director of international ground engin
  
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• Billington profit upgrade after strong first-half

  27-09-2022 08:44
  Stock market-listed steelwork contractor Billington has raised its full-year profit forecast on the back of a strong first six months of trading.
  The firm has benefited from rising orders and ploughed available cash into stockpiling steel to mitigate sharp hikes in steel prices.
  Chief executive Mark Smith said Billington had a strong start to the year and invested heavily in new machinery and forward ordering steel to protect the firm and its customers.Revenue over the first six months rose 22%
  
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• Balfour Beatty sole winner for £4bn Scape civils deals

  27-09-2022 08:22
  Balfour Beatty has renewed its role as sole contractor to both the Scape Civil Engineering frameworks, covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
  Both third-generation civils frameworks are worth up to £3.25bn and £750m, respectively over four years.
  Balfour Beatty will continue to work with UK local authorities and government agencies to deliver projects across multiple sectors including local highways, public realm, defence and marine, with the first schemes expect
  
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• Tolent bags £15m Sunderland skills academy

  27-09-2022 08:07
  Tolent has scored top marks in the contest to build a design and construct skills academy to support Sunderland’s ambitious housing plans.
  The north east builder will now design and build the Housing Innovation and Construction Skills Academy, which will upskill local people to deliver factory-built new homes, the first of which will be assembled at Riverside Sunderland.
  Planning consent for the academy was granted in March and it is hoped that work will now be able to commence on the &pou
  
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