GMI Construction divisional managing director Lee Powell (right) with contracts manager Mike Kershaw (left) GMI Construction has its headquarters in Leeds and offices in Manchester and Birmingham. It is now looking for office space in the Tees Valley and an additional office on Tyneside is under consideration. GMI has started recruiting quantity surveyors and project…
When the government opened its Green Home Grant scheme on 30th September 2020, it was hoping that 600,000 homes across England to take advantage of the £2bn pot on offer by the end of March 2021. Vochers (grants) of up to £5,000 are availble (£10,000 for those on benefits) to fund up to two-thirds of…
Construction sites, by their very nature, are packed with an ever-changing array of potential hazards. Even with rigorous safety protocols in place, it can be all too easy to wind up too close to operational plant or neglect to wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE). Contractor Winvic believes that artificial intelligence (AI) holds the…
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson takes over from Mark Castle, who at the age of 56 is stepping down from the Mace board. Mark Castle joined the company in 2004 to set up its fixed price contracting business. At the time Mace was turning over around £100m a year in contracting. Between 2017 to 2019 he…
The Housing Capital Investment Programme was approved at a meeting of the council this week alongside the approval of the housing revenue account budget for the same period. The proposed two-year programme running during the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23 will see over £50 million invested to increase the social housing supply in West Lothian….
David Wylie The Net Zero Home standard developed by CCG (Scotland) is intended to deliver a standard of specification that reduces greenhouse gas emissions arising from regulated operational energy use to a rate less than or equal to 0kg C02/m2/year. It is achieved by combining offsite manufacturing of timber systems with building services such as…
The former owners, Tim Clifford and Leslie Rose, have sold 100% of the business to an employee ownership trust (EOT). As our article here explains, business owners exiting by selling to an EOT are exempt from paying capital gains tax. It has therefore become an increasingly popular route. Other companies that have been sold, either…
Joe Jackson With his new company Jackson Remediation, Joe Jackson will be going into competition against his former colleagues at Keltbray. He is promising customers “a higher value service at a lower price”. Services offered include: contaminated land assessment and remediation design; remediation construction and enabling works; and waste management. Mr Jackson said: “Our mission…
Hidden costs can put a huge dent in a construction project’s progress, causing delay and leading to contractors using contingency funds and eroding their profit margins, says Aviv Leibovici, chief product officer and co-founder of Buildots. The Israeli artificial intelligence construction technology firm arrived in the UK earlier this year, opening an office in London. …
Costain has built Pont Jack Williams over the A465 in Brynmawr as part of the scheme It has still not yet finished construction though. Costain is widening 8km of the A465 between the Glanbaiden junction at Gilwern and the Brynmawr roundabout, on the fringe of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Construction started at the end…
