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Deme had been awarded the foundations work for 100 wind turbines plus three offshore substation platforms in December 2018. It appointed Lamprell for the fabrication of 45 wind turbine foundation jackets and three offshore substation jackets. The remaining 55 jackets were awarded to Smulders, which constructed them at facilities in Belgium and Newcastle. As well…
Industry leaders add security to cards scheme
CSCS cards are not a legal requirement but are accepted as an industry-standard requirement for all workers on most major construction sites. There are various bodies that issue different trade-specific CSCS cards and most are already at some stage of integrating smart technology into their cards to improve security and efficiency. The Construction Leadership Council…
Manchester arena propels BAM to top of November’s league
BAM has a contract to build a 23,500-seater indoor arena in Manchester The house-building sector accounted for 40% of the new work awarded in November – with 227 new contracts registered, worth an aggregate £2.3bn. The contract winning the most work during the month was BAM, which won four new projects valued at a combined…
Builder crushed by plasterboard stack
Brighton Magistrates’ Court heard how builders were moving sheets of plasterboard weighing 32kg each from the ground floor to the second floor of a house undergoing refurbishment. As there was no staircase in place, they were stacking the plasterboard against an unsecured ladder and sliding them up to the floor above. During the process the…
Morgan Sindall team completes 11,000-tonne rail tunnel push
Over nine days between 16th and 24th January 2021 the huge concrete box was pushed under the East Coast Main Line railway. The prefabricated structure forms a new rail underpass at Werrington, north of Peterborough, to enable slower moving freight trains to dive underneath the passenger route and use an adjacent line northwards. Time-lapse video…
UK ‘plastic road’ company to open US factory
The company – whose products are made from non-recyclable waste plastics that were destined for landfill or incineration – will be opening its first stateside factory in Florida, with plans to put in place further manufacturing licensing agreements (MLAs) to expand its reach. MacRebur’s US operations will see the company working with national construction businesses…