The latest quarterly survey of civils contractors indicates that their workload increased in the fourth quarter of 2020 and the sector is now recruiting for recovery. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) quarterly workload trends survey shows that after two successive quarters of year-on-year decline, more firms across Great Britain reported workloads rising in 2020…
The front cover of the JIB report According to a new report on industry employment structures, the increasing prevalence of self-employment, casual labour and off-payroll working has damaged construction productivity and skills. The report, Direct Employment – a study of economic, business and social outcomes based on the electrical contracting sector, is written by Howard…
Beena Tanna It is now Beena Tanna’s job to make sure that the BBA meets agreed delivery deadlines for product certification. With the new client engagement team, each client will be given a dedicated account manager and a timeline for progression through product certification and other BBA services. It is one of the reforms being…
The completed secondary lining of the shaft at Tideway’s Victoria Embankment foreshore site Barhale is now ready to start internal shaft work at the Victoria Embankment foreshore. The next steps include the installation of the baffle/divider wall and vortex surround – the two elements that facilitate the flow transfer from the top to the bottom…
Swati Paul Swati Paul, currently general counsel and company secretary for London Luton Airport, is to join Skanska UK in April 2021 as an executive vice president (EVP) and a member of its executive management team, reporting to president and chief executive Gregor Craig. Her new role sees her heading up the legal function of…
Andy Lee Andy Lee, a geologist and chartered engineer, joins Geobear from RSK where he had been technical director for three years. Before that, he worked in the oil industry, for Shell, as a soil and groundwater expert. At Geobear he takes over from Tuomas Lievonen, who has moved into an engineering director role for…
A total of 66 homes are being built at Muir Road Caledonia Housing Association is working with CCG on the £30m project to deliver better homes for the Bellsmyre area. At Muir Road, a brownfield site, 66 new homes are being built for completion by summer 2022. In the Bellsmyre Regeneration Area, CCG is also…
Artist’s impression of housing planned for Stallings Place, Kingswinford The land, now redundant, has been bought from Ibstock Brick and will be developed into an estate of 169 homes – 154 two-, three- and four- bedroom houses and 15 apartments, across range of tenures. Keepmoat Homes regional managing director Charlotte Goode said: “Our aim for…
The derelict site next to the railway Gateshead Council’s planning committee has approved the construction of 300 homes on the former freight sidings site, off the Felling bypass. It is one of the biggest projects taken on by Gateshead Regeneration Partnership (GRP), a venture involving the council, builders Vistry Partnerships and housing association Home Group….
Rendering of the proposed outer lock gates at the entrance to the Port of Tilbury (looking west) The existing port lock gates, installed in 1928, will be replaced with dual function lock gates. The Environment Agency’s tidal barrier, built in 1981, will be removed. This £34m project is a joint endeavour between the Environment Agency…
