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Police report huge increase in slavery allegations
Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has seen a massive increase in allegations of labour exploitation and modern slavery, Construction News can reveal. source...
Forrest facing D-Day over company’s future
Staff at stricken contractor Forrest are expecting a decision on the company’s future on Wednesday. The Enquirer understands that hundreds of staff were called-in to the Bolton head office yesterday for an update on re-financing talks. Forrest has stopped work...
Byrne Group FD steps down
Byrne Group finance director Daren Harris has left the business after three years at the formwork specialist. Harris played a significant role in helping to steer the group through a major restructuring process and saw the firm return to profit last year after several...
£160m RAF contract win for Kier and VolkerFitzpatrick
A Kier VolkerFitzpatrick joint venture has landed a £160m contract to deliver new infrastructure to ready RAF Lakenheath as the first permanent home in Europe of the US Air Force F-35 Fighter Jet. The F-35 Beddown Programme involves construction and renovation of a...
ALE expands jacking fleet
ALE has expanded its European fleet of the recently launched Mega Jack 300 system and is delivering a multi-point system to its UK branch.ALE has expanded its European fleet of the recently launched Mega Jack 300 system and is delivering a multi-point system to its UK...
Balfour Beatty on the hunt for highways subcontractors
Balfour Beatty is looking to meet subcontractors and suppliers across the the North West and Midlands to help with highways projects. Balfour is hosting a supplier engagement day on Wednesday November 21 at Crewe Hall to boost its local supply chain in the North West...
Blu-3 bags enabling works for £1.1bn Stratford scheme
Infrastructure specialist Blu-3 has secured the first enabling works package for the £1.1bn East Bank culture and education district on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The London Legacy Development Corporation awarded the £5m contract, the first of 24 packages to be...
Interserve fined £94k for bio-hazard lab breaches
Interserve has been fined nearly £94,000 for multiple M&E failings at a lab that could have exposed people to harmful bio-agents, a Health and Safety Executive investigation has found. source...
Mace appoints regional cost consultancy head
Mace has appointed Paul Donaghy to lead the contractor’s cost consultancy business for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/companies/contractors/mace/mace-appoints-regional-cost-consultancy-head/10037334.article
Plans go in for tallest tower in the City of London
The team behind the Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London have lodged a planning application for a new tower next door. “The Tulip” has been put forward by Gherkin owner J. Safra Group and architects Foster + Partners. Construction could start as...
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