Construction news

• Achilles makes life easier for infrastructure suppliers

  12-05-2023 14:53
  
  Achilles Information Limited has launched a new product to make life easier for suppliers to the infrastructure sector.
  Achilles Infrastructure Audit will  allow suppliers to comply with three separate UK audit requirements for the construction, rail, and utilities sectors, in one single audit process.
  Until now, businesses wishing to supply products and services to the three primary infrastructure-related sectors have had to undertake three separate audits – the construction industry
  
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• Morgan Sindall signs off on £30m Huntingdon school

  12-05-2023 09:15
  
  Cambridgeshire County Council has picked Morgan Sindall to deliver the new £30m Prestley Wood Academy in Huntingdon.
  The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities School will be located at the heart of the Alconbury Weald and will cater for 150 pupils aged between 3-19 years.
  The school will form part of the Alconbury Weald Education Campus that will see the addition of a new Secondary School in future phases.
  Jamie Shearman, area director for Morgan Sindall Construction in Cambridgeshi
  
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• Wet weather dampens March construction growth

  12-05-2023 08:55
  
  Despite the wettest March for nearly 40 years, construction managed to maintain output growth during the month.
  Output slowed to 0.2% in March, due mainly to weaker private housing and commercial building.
  Since the end of 2022, the private housing sector has now seen five monthly falls out of the last seven.
  But growth of infrastructure new work and public other new work, up 2.2% and 6.5%, respectively helped to keep the industry’s head above water.According to new figures from the Office
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across the South West

  12-05-2023 08:41
  
  Constructionline is holding its latest Meet the Buyer event in Bournemouth this month.
  A host of big name companies will be looking to boost their supply chains with new subcontractors on projects across the South West.
  The event will be held on Thursday 25th May 2023 at the Hilton Bournemouth.Main contractors and clients looking for new suppliers will include Buckingham Group, Kier Places, Dyer & Butler Ltd, Wates, Osborne and Novus Property Services.
  Tickets are available to Constructionli
  
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• HSE to target site dust in summer crackdown

  12-05-2023 08:18
  
  Safety inspectors are launching a three-month campaign this summer to tackle the threat of dust on construction sites.
  Targeted visits by HSE inspectors will start next month and run through until July.
  Each year in the construction industry, there are thousands of preventable cases of irreversible lung disease due to past exposure to dust at work.HSE’s chief inspector of construction, Michael Thomas, said: “Every year we see construction workers die from diseases caused or made wors
  
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• Thames Water to spend extra £700m on cutting leaks

  12-05-2023 08:15
  
  Thames Water has been given the all-clear to transform London’s network of Victorian water pipes.
  Industry regulator Ofwat has backed  Thames releasing an extra £700m to tackle water leakage in the Capital with 112km pipeline replacement programme.
  At Price Review 19, the regulator conditionally granted Thames £300m to enhance the performance of its London water network subject to first meeting some set targets.Thames Water has since met the agreed requirements and committ
  
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• Galliford Try hires former National Highways delivery director

  12-05-2023 00:22
  
  Galliford Try has appointed former National Highways delivery director Julie Crawford.
  Crawford takes up the role of National Highways Director, responsible for the group’s strategic relationship with National Highways.
  Her appointment comes as the Galliford Try’s Highways business broadens its offering within three streams comprising National Highways, Local Authorities and Major Projects exceeding £100m.Crawford brings with her more than 15 years’ experience in overseei
  
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