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Land deal unlocks East London £750m health hub plan

Construction Enquirer

The agreement with the Department of Health and Social Care gives the university control of 80,000 sq m of land next to its existing East London campus. This unlocks ambitious plans to build a major life sciences centre, one of the largest of its kind to come forward in the capital.

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Mass timber provides options amid steel tariffs: Timberlab CEO

Construction Dive

Evans, the president of Swinerton-owned mass timber firm Timberlab, has helped the company through the process of building up a domestic supply chain. We helped on one of those conversions of those buildings, and that was due to a supply chain shortage, or really long lead times for open web joists. Absolutely. Mass timber does too.

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Sypro renews software deal with Transport for Wales

Construction Enquirer

By providing greater transparency and control, the renewed partnership will help reduce risk, minimise delays on future infrastructure projects, and uphold robust governance throughout the lifecycle of each contract. ” Sypro’s system is designed to support contractors, consultants, and clients by simplifying contract management.

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Howard Russell Construction goes into administration

Construction Enquirer

Administrators from FRP Advisory are now in control of the £43m turnover business. Howard Russell works across the UK as a design and build contractor for a wide range of sectors. to trade creditors at the end of the 2021/22 financial year. Northumberland based Howard Russell Construction has gone into administration.

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Demolition worker hurt in platform collapse

Construction Enquirer

Ovidiu Dobra was working for Henry Construction Projects Limited at a building site on Kensington High Street when the incident happened on 2 March 2021. Dobra, who is from Romania, was working on the demolition of a building as part of the construction of a new commercial and residential building.

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InEight Seeks FedRAMP Approval to Bring Advanced Cloud Construction Document Control Solution to Federal Agencies

In Eight

[Scottsdale, AZ; December 10, 2024] InEight, a leader in construction project controls software, today announced the pursuit to authorize its InEight Document software solution with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). trillion spending authorized by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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HG Construction hits record revenue but profit slides

Construction Enquirer

The design and build contractor said it has strengthened its risk management protocols towards price stability, tender validity, inflation risk and project timelines, in response to recent market volatility. As a result operating margins halved from around 10% to 4.6% Op profit margin 4.6%