CECA Scotland chief executive Grahame Barn The recovery seen in the trade association’s latest Workload Trends Survey follows a significant rebound in the previous quarter, which also saw workloads and order books on an upwards trend. More than half of contractors reported workloads had increased in Scotland, with contractors across Great Britain as a whole…
David Mosey will conduct the review The government is strongly supportive of the use of frameworks for procuring construction contracts but says not all of them are delivering their aims. The Cabinet Office has appointed David Mosey, a law professor at King’s College London, to lead a review of public sector frameworks. He is the…
The GeoPal system has 15,000 users across more than 200 organisations, including Kier, Babcock and Sisk. The GeoPal technology will be rebranded and relaunched by Totalmobile as its ‘Utilise’ product. Utilise provides software as a service (SaaS) that can be configured to specific customer requirements within the infrastructure and utility sectors. Totalmobile chief executive Jim…
Mark Buckle Mark Buckle, previously southeast divisional director, has been made Interserve Construction’s technical director, with a brief to focus on a digital transformation strategy and ‘modern’ methods of construction. The new position will concentrate on the development, use and implementation of prefabricated, precast and factory-made system components for building and infrastructure projects. As technical…
Premier Modular’s management team Premier Modular, a manufacturer of temporary and permanent modular buildings for hire or sale, plans to use the money that Cabot Square is putting in to grow the business 50% within three years. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Premier Modular, formerly Waco UK, was previously subsidiary of South African…
Installing solar panels The House of Commons environmental audit committee (EAC) has solicited some detail from business minister Lord Callanan on the operation of the Green Homes Grant. And it’s not looking great. Lord Callanan admitted that, as of 5th February, only 20,000 vouchers towards the cost of installing energy efficient improvements have been issued…
The roofer was fatally injured when he fell six metres while working on a replacement roof at a property in Kirkdale, Liverpool. Liverpool Crown Court heard how, on 22nd May 2017, the roofer was completing snagging work on a replacement roof. He had accessed a part of the old roof made of fragile asbestos cement…
Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee has approved proposals for the construction of a two-platform station on the East Coast mainline, with 70 car parking spaces and a new access road to the station. The station itself will be fully accessible with lifts and a footbridge connecting both platforms. The planning application was submitted in December…
The development partner to public sector bodies in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Scottish Borders, has been operating for 10 years and has handed over 80 new or refurbished facilities. Hub South East chief executive Paul McGirk said: “As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is likely that social infrastructure will become an engine for…
Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 27th July 2017, an employee was working as a dry liner for R&B Plastering Limited, which was contracted on the site to Robert Norman Construction Limited. The employee was working on the second floor of the property, near to a hole that had been cut into the floor, for…
