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A dire shortage of construction professionals is holding back the industry’s progress. The RICS survey graph highlights rising skills shortages The latest RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey revealed huge problems in recruiting for white collar roles. The survey found that during the third quarter of this year 64% of firms are still seeing […]

Bauer Technologies has started foundation works on a £2.5bn potash mine site in Yorkshire for developer Sirius Minerals. The specialist contractor will design and construct five diaphragm wall circular shafts at depths ranging between 60m and 120m. The project will become one of Britain’s most significant mines producing polyhalite – a high value multi-nutrient organic […]

Arsenal will start work next May on adding 780 extra seats and upgrading the Emirates Stadium. Construction will be completed in two stages during the summers of 2018 and 2019. The work will bring the Emirates Stadium back to its original capacity of just over 60,600. The capacity has been reduced in recent seasons due […]

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed the 76 local projects from across the country to receive £244m funding to address pinch points and ease congestion. He also will release an extra £101m for two new major roads in Middlewich, Cheshire, and Worcester in the Midlands to accelerate house building and boost jobs. Grayling said: “These […]

Twenty-two major road improvement projects in England have been delayed or face cancellation after Highways England revised its £15bn road improvement programme. Highways England said that 16 projects were being put back by between three months and two years to reduce the impact of roadworks on motorists and minimise congestion while improvements take place. They include four […]

The Government has given Network Rail the funding to spend around £47.9 bn on the railway across control period 6, despite ongoing concerns about major project overspends. Government will directly fund £34.7bn, with the remainder coming from a combination of track access charges and income from other sources, such as Network Rail’s property portfolio. The […]

Contractor J Murphy and Sons has unveiled a senior management shake-up that will see the founder’s grandson take over as chief executive. John B Murphy to take over running the family business founded by his grandfather in 1951. Present chief executive Steve Hollingshead is to step down at the end of the year handing the […]

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport is pressing ahead with phase 2 of its worn rail replacement programme. The rail network has worn down much faster than expected back in the 1990s when the project was first built. This forced the transport authority to call in VolkerRail to replace around 15km of rail between 2013 and 2015 […]

VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed by Hutchison Ports to undertake the next phase of expansion at the Port of Felixstowe. VolkerFitzpatrick will pave 13 hectares of container yard directly behind berth 9 Its latest project at the Suffolk port involves the design and construction of 13 hectares of paved container yard directly behind berth 9. During […]

Highways England is now inviting bids for its next generation of improvement contracts. The £3.3bn framework covers regional investment projects across the country for the next four years. An OJEU notice states: “Highways England has a requirement to procure a Pavement Framework for the supply of Materials, Plant and Labour to carry out bituminous and […]