Transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced a review of smart motorways. Mr Shapps told the House of Commons that the Department for Transport (DfT) would carry out a review of the safety of smart motorways, amid fears over the risks posed to motorway users involved… The post Smart motorways review announced amid safety fears appeared …
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Mabey group chief executive Juliette Stacey has left the company, as her role has been abolished. During her six years in the job, the group sold several subsidiaries amid a desire among shareholders the Mabey family to sell their interests. Last week, the group sold… The post Mabey group CEO leaves after subsidiary sales appeared …
The chairman of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has said public spending on offsite construction is “crucial” if the sector is to thrive, as he expressed disappointment at slow government take-up. Earlier this week, Construction News exclusively revealed that three of the five government departments that had… The post CLC boss ‘disappointed’ by government’s offsite take-up appeared …
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The grass, as they say, is always greener on the other side. Of course, most people never get to find out whether somebody else is enjoying a more bucolic existence. But what if they could? That’s the thinking behind a new initiative at Colas Group,… The post Careers: How staff mobility can break down walls …
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Willmott Dixon, Bam, Skanska and Bam Nuttall have signed up to an onsite flexible-working scheme with Build UK and Timewise. The four contractors are the first to trial flexible-working consultant Timewise’s Construction Pioneers programme, which will focus on onsite jobs that typically have more rigid… The post Major contractors sign up to year-long flexible-working trial …
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Developer Quintain has expanded into Ireland with plans to develop 9,000 homes and 600,000 sq ft of commercial buildings on sites worth £3.5bn. The move has led to the establishment of a new subsidiary, Quintain Ireland, which will develop sites in the County Dublin regions… The post Quintain to develop £3.5bn of land in Ireland …
Homes England has granted £38.2m of funding to six local authorities to encourage greater use of modern methods of construction (MMC). The money will be used by six councils to develop infrastructure and enabling works for the construction of some 2,000 homes. The funding has been… The post Homes England grants £38m for offsite projects appeared …
McLaren is set to restart work on London developer Pocket Living’s affordable housing project in Barking, east London, Construction News can reveal. Work on the development on Whiting Avenue, which started in September last year, has been at a standstill since June, when contractor Shaylor… The post McLaren takes over Shaylor east London job appeared …
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Against the backdrop of climate change, the construction industry needs to chart the roadmap to a net-zero-carbon society by 2050. This requires an intelligent and informed industry discussion about embodied and operational carbon. Crucially, it now calls for a reinvigorated focus on the whole-life performance… The post Carbon challenge needs whole-life views, not half-truths appeared …
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