Amnesty International has said that progress to improve the rights of migrant workers building Qatar’s FIFA World Cup facilities is not being made fast enough. Though it is more than 12 months since Qatar’s government promised reforms to improve migrant labour rights, Amnesty said that only limited progress has been Continue Reading
Merseylink Consortium Develops Trestle Bridge
The Merseylink construction consortium selected to deliver a new gateway project on the River Mersey has developed a new bridge. The trestle bridge will be used by heavy construction vehicles and sophisticated equipment purely as an access platform to the build site. A lifting section, which will be used to Continue Reading
Balfour Beatty shareholders revolt over directors pay
Balfour Beatty suffered a significant revolt among shareholder ranks over the firm’s remuneration report at its AGM yesterday. Shareholders holding nearly a third of the stock voted against accepting the 2014 remuneration report, which included terms for doubling Steve Marshall’s salary to £531,500 during the eight months that he acted Continue Reading
Winners named for £1bn construction framework
Five firms have secured places for £10m-plus projects under Cambridgeshire County Council’s and Northamptonshire County Council’s shared services framework. They are among a total of 30 firms making the cut on a panel that will be used to deliver an estimated £500m-£1bn of work over four years. The Local Government Shared Services Continue Reading
Quarter of Registered Construction Workers Did Not Vote During Last Week’s General Election
Newly conducted research has discovered that nearly one quarter of registered individuals who work within the construction industry did not vote during last week’s general election, with the majority of these individuals blaming a lack of knowledge surrounding party policies behind their decision not to take to the ballot. After Continue Reading
Shepherd offloads housing assets to Galliford Try
Galliford Try has signed a deal with Shepherd Group to buy their Yorkshire housing assets. As reported recently, the deal will give Linden Homes’ a springboard to meet its targeted expansion by 2018. The sell-off comprises six current sites and five sites in planning, totalling a landbank of 515 plots. It Continue Reading
New surveying website launched
Mobile CAD Surveying the Measured Building Surveying specialists have launched a new website this week to show off some of their recent work and surveying services. The Company are well known for carrying out specialist surveying projects and schedules of buildings to all types of premises around the UK and Continue Reading
Rocketing Chinese rebar imports spark EU probe
The European Commission has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese imports of steel rebar. The investigation will look at the flood of imports of high fatigue performance rebar, which is coming into the UK at below market prices. Imports now account for half of the total steel used in construction and are Continue Reading
GB Building collapse costs subcontractors £39m
Hundreds of subcontractors hit by the collapse of the GB Group are owed £39m. And administrators at BDO have conceded that trade suppliers are unlikely to see a penny of their cash The Enquirer has seen the administrator’s report in the wake of the firm’s failure in early March. It Continue Reading
Liverpool Uni £90m student village approved
The University of Liverpool has gained planning permission for a £90m student accommodation scheme at its Greenbank halls. The job, which will be run by the University of Liverpool Construction Company Special Projects team, involves building new halls of residence, demolishing old ones and refurbishing Derby Hall. Its in-house construction team Continue Reading