The financial impact of the supply chain’s materials crisis has been laid bare in statistics produced by the government.
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Exclusive | Ferrovial aims to double UK construction business within five years
Ferrovial has revealed a new strategy to target work in its own right and start to look at smaller projects as part of its aim to double revenues from construction work in the UK within five years.
Movers and shakers: Biggest construction and engineering appointments in May 2021
A new Buro Happold boss with ambitious plans and shake-ups at the top of Atkins, Kier and Mace are among May's high-profile appointments.
TV star George Clarke backs RetroFirst campaign to end demolition
TV presenter George Clarke has backed a campaign to end the demolition of thousands of buildings in the UK.
The current supply chain crisis could spark a long-overdue change for construction
It feels a bit like the great toilet roll grab of 2020 at the moment with dwindling supplies and our builders’ merchant limiting us to one pallet of cement a day.
Buro Happold builds on Tottenham and Everton successes by acquiring stadium specialist
Buro Happold has announced the acquisition of acoustics and audio-visual consultancy Vanguardia Ltd, and its subsidiary Crowd Dynamics International.
Network Rail runs through 70% of CP6 risk funding in just two years
Network Rail has already spent 70% of its allocated risk funding for Control Period 6 (CP6), which runs from 2019 to 2024.
Criticisms of the construction industry don’t tell the whole story
It’s easy to think of a broken industry when faced with the kind of criticism leveled at the construction sector in recent news articles in the mainstream media. But is all of that criticism fair? Well yes, in part. But that doesn’t tell the whole story.
Client leadership is needed to deliver cost reduction on infrastructure projects
The next decade is going to see massive investment by both government and the private sector in our infrastructure. It is therefore more important than ever that it is delivered in the most cost effective manner.
Government extends TfL funding by 10 days as negotiations rumble on
The Department for Transport (DfT) has extended its funding agreement with Transport for London (TfL) by 10 days as negotiations regarding a potential deal rumble on.