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• Tilbury Douglas clears Interserve legacy jobs to return to profit

  15-05-2024 13:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Tilbury Douglas has cleared the decks of legacy Interserve project joint ventures and pension commitments to return to profit in its first full year as a standalone contractor.
  Both construction and the more troubled engineering operations placed the past firmly in the rear-view mirror to return to profitability.
  But the £86m turnover infrastructure business continued to struggle in a challenging year and posted an operating loss.
  Following a review this year, the infrastructure business i
  
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• Skills shortage puts big infrastructure projects at risk

  15-05-2024 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The deepening skills crisis is putting at risk the country’s ability to deliver big infrastructure projects as the government prepares to spend an unprecedented £800bn on projects, MPs have warned.
  Watchdog MPs on the Public Accounts Committee also warn a lack of necessary project know-how within Whitehall departments means the Government is failing to act as an intelligent client.
  The report published today warns skills shortages in technical and engineering disciplines are set to w
  
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• Contractors face further insulation board price hikes

  15-05-2024 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The price of insulation boards is continuing to rise with another round of cost hikes set to hit this summer.
  The Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group flagged the issue in its latest update alongside rising prices for timber.
  It said: “There are reports of price volatility affecting two specific product areas, timber related products and PIR insulation boards, feeding into housing projects.“A steady increase in timber prices was predicted last year and
  
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• Keltbray hires new head of infrastructure procurement

  15-05-2024 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Keltbray has appointed Lukasz Olszewski as head of procurement at its infrastructure services division overlooking rail, energy and highways business units
  Olszewski brings a wealth of experience from his role as procurement manager at Italian contracting group Rizzani de Eccher, as well as from his previous employment with organisations such as Sigma, Murphy, Construction Marine, and Vinci Construction UK.
  In his new capacity, he will collaborate closely with Keltbray’s head office procur
  
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• Tunnel fit out robot to revolutionise civils work

  15-05-2024 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A team of innovators including Costain and VVB Engineering has developed the first robotic and AI solution set to revolutionise the installation of mechanical and civil services in tunnels.
  The prototype Automated Tunnel Robotic Installation System (ATRIS) replaces traditionally hazardous, labour-intensive and time-consuming techniques and can autonomously select brackets, locate where they need to be mounted along a tunnel wall, and install them.
  Once fully-developed, the final system can be de
  
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• Henry Boot wins £36m Rotherham Markets job

  15-05-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Rotherham Council has picked Henry Boot construction to deliver the £36m redevelopment of Rotherham Markets and an adjacent new library.
  The project forms a key part of the wider town centre masterplan and comprises a major refurbishment and redevelopment of the existing indoor and outdoor Rotherham Markets.This will include creating a new food hall and dining area on the first level above the existing ground floor retail, and workspace for charities, social enterprises and volun
  
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