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Oct 1, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Lesley-Anne McKeown |Catherine Moore
6 hours agoA 14-year-old schoolgirl has been seriously injured after a substance, believed to be acidic, was thrown at her and another teenager outside her school in west London, with a staff member also becoming hurt while trying to help them. The girl remains in hospital with potentially life-changing …
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Catherine Moore
A loud siren heard across Belfast on Saturday morning was triggered by a small electrical fire in the Harbour Estate. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) confirmed that four fire engines attended an incident on Airport Road West. It was reported at 08:48 GMT and resolved by 10:20 GMT. The noise caused confusion among residents, with some on social media comparing it to an air raid siren.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine are set to go ahead with the £105m build of a new National Rehabilitation Centre at Nottingham University Hospital. The 70-bed facility has had funding approved by the government as part of the national New Hospital Programme. The facility will combine patient care with research and training space for NHS staff.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Halsion grew its turnover and saw its pre-tax profit more than double in its latest set of financial results, although this was partly due to an extended reporting period covering the 18 months ending 30 September 2022. The mechanical and electrical (M&E) specialist reported a £7.3m pre-tax profit in its latest results, compared with £3.5m in previous accounts for the 12 months ending 31 March 2021. Turnover also grew, rising from £42.7m to £72.8m.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Mace is set to work on a facility near Oxford that will house the world's most powerful laser. Under a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Mace will lead a team to extend and partially refurbish the Central Laser Facility (CLF) in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, which is located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. Mace will carry out design, buildability, construction, programme and planning services.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Former Carillion chief executive Richard Howson has been banned from being a director for eight years. Howson served as chief executive of the contractor - the second-biggest in the UK before it collapsed in 2018 - between December 2011 and July 2017. The Insolvency Service, which is overseeing the liquidation of Carillion, announced yesterday (4 October) that Howson had accepted a disqualification for his conduct during his time in charge of Carillion.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Contractors involved in Phase one of HS2 have expressed their dissatisfaction at prime minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to cancel Phase two of the project, while emphasising the need for effective delivery of the government's alternative rail investment plans. Mace Group chief executive Mark Reynolds, who also co-chairs the Construction Leadership Council, argued that the government’s failure to fully deliver HS2 will have “a chilling effect on the UK’s construction industry”.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
The cost of the Silvertown Tunnel has crept up again, this time by £2m to £179m, according to Transport for London (TfL). The cost overrun and delay have been revealed in an agenda document for TfL’s next Programmes and Investment Committee meeting on 5 October. At the previous committee meeting in July, the estimated final cost (EFC) of the project stood at £177m. The new £179m EFC is, however, down from the EFC of £186m forecast earlier this year.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Major northern rail lines are among dozens of schemes that will benefit from the redirection of HS2 funds, after prime minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that the mega-project will be scaled back. During his Conservative Party Conference speech in Manchester, Sunak said “every single penny” saved by scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 leg will be reinvested “in hundreds of new transport projects in the North and the Midlands [and] across the country”.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
constructionnews.co.uk | Catherine Moore
Galliford Try has appointed Andrew Spencer to the newly created role of supply chain and procurement director. Spencer joins the business from Skanska, and has more than 25 years’ experience in construction. He will become the functional head of supply chain and procurement professionals across the business, reporting to technical services director Sean Blackmore.
