Contractors Balfour Beatty, Bam Nuttall, Farrans and John Sisk have been chosen for a £360M major works contractor framework covering highways and transportation projects in Yorkshire.
Works to be carried out by the appointed contractors will include construction works for highways and roads, as well as consultative engineering and construction services…
Digital transformation has the power to create a smarter more efficient construction industry, yet how to make the switch often remains elusive. A clear roadmap can be the difference between success and failure.
For engineering practices, understanding how to digitally transform can be a gamechanger. Whether it’s exploiting the…
While July might have seen some jet off on summer holidays, new appointees at companies including Atkins, Pell Frischmann and Galliford Try will be working hard to hit the ground running in their new roles.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during May follows below. To feature on…
The future of the troubled London Resort theme park in Swanscombe, Kent is in question again following the efforts of a coalition of wildlife charities to stop the development.
Representatives from the RSPB, Buglife, The Wildlife Trusts, Kent Wildlife Trust and CPRE Kent (The Countryside Charity, formerly known by names such…
Bam and nPlan have teamed up to launch a new approach to risk management that utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle potential issues within a portfolio of projects more efficiently than ever.
nPlan Portfolio is software that uses AI and big data to analyse a portfolio and provide unbiased insight into…
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Workers in the construction industry are three times more likely to die by suicide than the general population but for those working in the building trades the risk is much higher at eight times. These are stark figures but construction industry…
For many years, the UK government has recognised that civil engineers are a shortage occupation in the UK. The shortage has existed since before the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, but it cannot be denied that these events have made it even more difficult for UK businesses to recruit civil engineers…
Civil engineering is critical to supporting local communities by building the vital infrastructure and transport links they rely on, but its workforce is ageing. A recent Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Construction Skills Network report stated that extra 19,550 workers will need to be recruited from 2023 to 2027 in…
A consortium including WSP and Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Welsh Government to provide environmental assessments for a number of renewable energy projects on public land.
The Renewable Energy Developer (RED) programme has contracted WSP, Mott MacDonald, LUC, Temple, Dulas, JCTR and Axis to help with the development of…
Sometimes, you read the newspapers and the net zero goal seems like an unachievable pipe dream. Then, you spend a morning with people who are doing exactly what is needed every single day to work towards a more sustainable future and your hope is restored.
This was one of the key…
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