Crane driver paralysed in accident
Posted: 23 October 2009Doctors confirm the driver of the Liverpool crane which collapsed in July has been paralysed.
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City hungry for Balfour Beatty shares
Posted: 23 October 2009Investors buy in to Balfour Beatty's rights issue
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Donington set to lose F1 Grand Prix
Posted: 23 October 2009Withdrawn of £135m bond issue likley to halt puts Grand Prix upgrade
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Two nuclear power stations to be fast-tracked
Posted: 22 October 2009
The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) has revealed two new nuclear power stations and five big wind farms and a biomass power plant will be considered for fast track planning.
The first projects it aims to consider are applications from French firm EDF for two new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
The IPC was set up earlier this month to look at planning applications for developments "of national importance" such as power stations and roads. Although councils will give evidence and there will be local consultation, the IPC will make the ultimate decision based on plans set out by the Government in National Policy Statements.
IPC chair Sir Michael Pitt said: “The IPC will ensure that the public knows which projects are proposed for their areas as soon as these are confirmed to us.
“The projects we are highlighting today raise important issues for the nation and for local communitie
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Rider Levett Bucknall voted top UK employer
Posted: 20 October 2009Consultancy firm Rider Levett Bucknall has been voted the 'Top UK employer' in the Telegraph-sponsored Corporate Research Foundation's 'Britain's Top Employers Table'.
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Bids invited for £17m secure children's home on Merseyside
Posted: 20 October 2009Contractors are being invited to prequalify for a £17m job to build new facilities at a secure children's home in Merseyside
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May Gurney takes £85m waste deal
Posted: 15 October 2009May Gurney has won an £85m waste deal for North Somerset Council.
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Sisk bags £39m power station contract
Posted: 15 October 2009John Sisk & Son has won a £39m civils contract which will see it work on the site of a new CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine) power station in Pembrokeshire.
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Balfour and Wates left in £300m Ealing BSF chase
Posted: 14 October 2009Balfour Beatty Education and Wates have made it to the fianly two on the £300m Ealing Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
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Connaught pre-tax profit up 38%
Posted: 13 October 2009Social housing contractor Connaught has boosted pre-tax profit 38% rise and is still confident it can grow further.
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Call for road pricing to combat climate change
Posted: 12 October 2009Road pricing should be introduced to meet legally-binding carbon emissions targets, according to a government advisory committee.
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Heathrow third runway plans on hold
Posted: 12 October 2009BAA has put plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport on hold in the face of opposition from the Conservative party.
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Bogus £4bn property developer wound-up
Posted: 09 October 2009A company that claimed to have investment projects worth £4bn offering investors an opportunity to buy flats at a discounted price, has been wound up in the High Court Following an investigation by the Insolvency Service’s Companies Investigation Branch (CIB).
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Cowlin wins £77m student accommodation deal
Posted: 09 October 2009Balfour Beatty-owned firm Cowlin Construction has won a £77m contract to build 1948 new student accommodation units for the University of Exeter.
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Ray O'Rourke's email to staff over proposed redundancies
Posted: 07 October 2009 Dear Colleague, Over the next few weeks, we will be consulting with employees across Laing O’Rourke’s European Hub on a proposal to re-organise specific areas of our business in line with our ‘Find, Win, Deliver’ business priorities. It is likely that this proposed reorganisation will result in a significant reduction in the number of roles required across the business. Through a combination of re-deployment, the removal of vacant positions and the use of fewer temporary and agency staff we will, to the greatest extent possible, minimise the number of people who will leave the Group as a consequence. Today’s announcement has been prompted by the fact that the construction sector lags the global economic cycle in coming out of recession – the industry’s most challenging period is still ahead and all companies will have to respond accordingly. Therefore, it is now more pressing than ever that we bring forward the proposed transformation of the European Hub, to est
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Apollo chief exec exits
Posted: 06 October 2009Apollo chief executive Rob McGregor has left Apollo Property Services Group after 11 years at the helm.
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Road improvements, STRANRAER
Posted: 03 October 2009Improvements to the existing road and a new southbound overtaking lane.
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PHOTOS: Emcor workers don pink hard hats
Posted: 02 October 2009100 Emcor workers don pink hard hats in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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May Gurney lives up to expectations
Posted: 02 October 2009May Gurney secures more contracts and said first half trading has been 'in line with expectations'
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Top 5 construction tenders - 1 October 2009
Posted: 01 October 2009This week's top five construction tenders include sewerage work worth £1bn over ten years, a £200m housing repair and maintenance deal and up to £200m worth of house building in East Anglia, the Midlands and the South of England.
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