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Aberdeen bypass set to fully open next week
The final section of the long-delayed Aberdeen West Peripheral Route (AWPR) will open next week, Transport Scotland has announced source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/home/aberdeen-bypass-set-to-fully-open-next-week/10040096.article
O’Rourke pays tribute to Hinkley director after ‘untimely passing’
Laing O’Rourke has confirmed its human capital director for Hinkley Point C, Caroline Blackman, has died. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/companies/contractors/laing-orourke/orourke-pays-tribute-to-hinkley-director-after-untimely-passing/10040085.article
Buckingham confirmed for £120m Swansea arena
Buckingham Group Contracting has been confirmed by Swansea Council as the principal contractor under a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) for the city’s new £120m digital arena. Work will see construction of a 3,500-capacity digital indoor arena, a...
Lendlease set for £8bn Thamesmead regeneration
Peabody has selected Lendlease as its preferred bidder for the £8bn Thamesmead waterfront mixed-use development in south London. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/projects/contracts/lendlease-set-for-8bn-thamesmead-regeneration/10040076.article
Buckingham wins £120m Swansea arena and city job
Buckingham Group has been appointed principal contractor on Swansea Council’s £120m transformation of Swansea city centre. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/projects/contracts/buckingham-wins-120m-swansea-arena-and-city-job/10040071.article
Fit-out firm introduces four-day working week
Scottish design and fit-out specialist Havelock International has announced the introduction of a four-day working week during quiet periods. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/best-practice/skills/fit-out-firm-introduces-four-day-working-week/10040073.article
Laing O’Rourke director killed in car crash on way to work
Laing O’Rourke director Caroline Blackman died in a car crash early on Wednesday morning on her way to the Hinkley Point nuclear power station site. Her car left the carriageway and hit a lamppost and slid down a grass embankment at about 6.45am on the A369...
Government pledges £80m for Dawlish sea wall project
The Government said it will release £80m in the south west to deliver a new sea wall at Dawlish five years after western Devon and Cornwall were cut off from the rest of the UK due to storm damage on the railway lines. Upgrades to the sea wall will increase its height...
Costain and Galliford Try made to delay motorway works
Highways England has put back the start date of two of its flagship smart motorway projects in the northwest.Highways England has put back the start date of two of its flagship smart motorway projects in the northwest.Read Full Article: The Construction Index from All...
Newspaper says sorry to Redrow’s Steve Morgan
Redrow founder and chairman Steve Morgan has secured an apology from the Daily Mail after the house-building tycoon brought a libel suit against the newspaper’s publisher, Associated Newspapers.Redrow founder and chairman Steve Morgan has secured an apology from the...
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