Restructuring at Sir Robert McAlpine will lead to job cuts as the firm switches its business model.
The business will "move from a regional operating model to a sector-focused model, with national centres of excellence providing projects with swift access to expertise", it has said. According to the firm, the change…
Women occupy, on average, almost a third of the top-paying jobs at the biggest construction and engineering clients, according to research by NCE and sister title Construction News.
The analysis was conducted after the deadline for firms with more than 250 employees to submit gender pay-gap data for 2022-23 passed yesterday.…
Jacobs has hard baked its sustainability and diversity targets into its financing under the leadership of its new CEO Bob Pragada, who stepped into the role on late January.
Pragada has said that the move puts “money where our mouth is” and he is now calling on the sector to be…
The UK Infrastructure Bank intends to commit £12M to support a nature restoration project in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
It is set to provide a short-term bridging loan facility to support Highlands Rewilding’s acquisition a 1,300ha rural estate in Argyll – the Tayvallich Estate. The deal represents the UK Infrastructure Bank’s…
This month has seen top firms including Atkins and Aecom expand their net zero and environmental teams, while new chairs have been elected in institutions such as EngineeringUK, The Engineering & Design Institute London (TEDI-London) and the Transport Planning Society.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during March is…
Use of the term “front end loading” is becoming more common in association with civil engineering projects but does our industry understand what the term means and how it applies to their work?
Essentially it is a mechanism to ensure we desist from the habit of starting work on site…
Improving gender diversity in civil engineering depends on role models and school outreach, Abigail Brierley.
Laing O’Rourke graduate construction manager Abigail Brierley came face to face with the civil engineering and construction sectors’ gender imbalance before she even had her first job. “When I joined my university course [BEng Civil Engineering…
With just six weeks left to enter this year’s British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA), the line-up of judges set to vet the entries to determine the shortlist and interview them face to face has been announced.
Almost 90 judges have been confirmed for this year, including ICE President Keith Howells and…
The construction industry is under renewed scrutiny, as it is driven towards a more progressive future. Under this scrutiny, the procurement process for construction firms has changed entirely, making it far more difficult for small to medium-sized construction businesses to attract a percentage of the £290bn that the UK spends…
Mace has predicted that the post-pandemic growth the UK construction sector experienced is likely to slow down in 2023 due to turbulent economic conditions.
The global construction and consultancy firm’s UK Market View report states that the UK “narrowly” avoided a recession by the end of 2022 due to there being…
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