Author: California Builder

Unite’s Construction Sector: Covid-19 Guide runs to 30 pages, compared to just seven for the more concise Site Operating Procedures published by the Construction Leadership Council. The union has regularly expressed concern that the industry’s official guidance appears to have been largely based on the assumption that construction is an outdoor activity, and less adequately…

Heathrow Airport has won its case, at the Supreme Court, that the government’s Airports National Policy Statement did not breach UK law, as argued by opponents to the airport’s expansion. The Supreme Court has overturned a previous ruling made in February by the Court of Appeal. The February hearing decided that when the Department for…

The local government procurement body said that the impact of by lockdown restrictions on the sector didn’t stop businesses from going above and beyond the call of duty. It found that there have been financial donations to charities, staff time given to worthwhile community volunteering including delivering food and care packs, donations of PPE stock…

Improvement works at M6 junction 19 AmeySRM, a joint venture of Amey and Sir Robert McAlpine, is building a new bridge through the existing roundabout and over of the M6. The improved M6 junction 19 will tie into the A556 Knutsford to Bowdon bypass which opened three years ago. AmeySRM has a £43m contract with…

Construction has started on the redevelopment of Napier and New Plymouth House in Rainham Havering Council and Wates Residential have marked the start of construction on the first site of their £1.5bn Twelve Estates regeneration programme. Building around 3,500 new homes in the borough over the next 15 years is expected to double the amount…