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Hunt for smart motorway trio to deliver £7bn plan

Hunt for smart motorway trio to deliver £7bn plan

Highways England is advancing plans to deliver all the smart motorway programme through a single alliance arrangement. Radical plans to adopt a full alliance model for all smart motorway work are now underway with bids being invited to find three tier one contractors,...
Peel plans five resi towers at MediaCityUK

Peel plans five resi towers at MediaCityUK

Developer Peel Land is proposing to build five tower blocks offering a mix of housing and student accommodation next to MediaCityUK on Salford Quays. The firm in joint venture with local landowner Tokenhouse has just submitted outline plans for a 1,500 unit scheme to...
Flying concrete from blocked pump kills worker

Flying concrete from blocked pump kills worker

A concrete pumping company and its sole director have been fined after an employee was struck and killed by concrete. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how on 13 February 2017 Kevin Hoare was attempting to clear a blockage in a vehicle mounted concrete pump at...
Flying concrete from blocked pump kills worker

Brit gets third term in Eurocode chair

Professor Steve Denton, head of civil, bridge and ground engineering at WSP, has been re-elected for an unprecedented third term as chair of the European Standardisation Committee CEN/TC 250 responsible for setting design rules for structural and geotechnical...