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Today, Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight experts, releases the August 2022 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of July 2022, covering all projects with a total value of £100m... View Article

Caddick Construction has started work on Phase 2A of the Gateway 36 industrial scheme near Barnsley after been appointed by Eos Inc Ltd, part of the Harworth Group Plc. The £9.3m contract initially covers Plots 1-3, as well as external yards,... View Article

Bouygues UK has handed over the Translational Research Hub to Cardiff University, marking the completion of its work on the Cardiff Innovation Campus. The Translational Research Hub (TRH) will house two world-leading scientific research establishments; the Institute for Compound Semiconductors and Cardiff Catalysis Institute. Designed to... View Article

Leeds College of Building may have scored the perfect course after launching a unique programme aimed at students interested in building… but who love football too. The College is now enrolling for a BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Construction & the Built... View Article

HS2 Ltd has been granted planning permission by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city centre. Curzon Viaduct No.3 and Lawley Middleway Viaduct are part of... View Article

More women are being encouraged to learn trade skills after research by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) revealed 3 in 5 of UK residents would hire a female tradesperson to carry out work at their home, but 10% saying... View Article

The University of Wolverhampton has taken the lead in digital construction with a state-of-the-art robotic dog which has been designed to increase efficiency and reduce safety risks on construction sites. Spot, the agile, mobile robot, was designed by Boston Dynamics,... View Article

Wates Construction has begun the construction of the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The purpose-built facility will be a landmark building that will distinguish the NQCC as a world-leading scientific research institution. Located at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s... View Article

National construction company Clegg Food Projects is working on a scheme to construct a new head office, production, and distribution centre for Alcohols Limited, near Watling Street on the A5, northeast of Rugby. Part of the family-owned Palmer Group, Alcohols Limited Langley... View Article

HS2 Ltd has announced the start of construction on the railway’s first and longest viaduct with the launch of an enormous 700 tonne bridge-building machine at an event attended by the HS2 Minister, Andrew Stephenson MP, just outside London. Stretching... View Article

The first stages of the regeneration of Epping Town Centre have begun with the demolition of the vacant offices behind Epping Forest District Council’s Civic Offices to make way for much needed quality new homes. The Conder development, which is... View Article