Uriah Woodhead & Son had been family run for 154 years Huws Gray has taken over Bradford-based Uriah Woodhead & Son, and its sister branch, Nelsons of Keighley. Uriah Woodhead & Son has been serving Bradford’s builders since 1866, run by five generations of the same family. Over the past couple of years it has…
Liebherr says that the LR 1200.1 Unplugged and LR 1250.1 Unplugged have exactly the same performance specification and load chart as the diesel powered versions of the same machine. They have a maximum rated lifting capacity of 200 and 250 tonnes respectively. The only difference is that they are driven by electric engines with a…
Trial running is set to start ‘at the earliest opportunity in 2021’ “Securing this financial package means we can press full steam ahead with Crossrail,” mayor of London Sadiq Khan said. “I’ll do everything I can to minimise costs and make sure we can all reap the benefits of the Elizabeth Line sooner rather than…
Dan Sadler, Wates’ offsite manufacturing director Dan Sadler moves across to run Prism as a promotion from his post as operations director for Wates Construction in the midlands. Since joining Wates in January 2019, Dan Sadler has been involved with several Wates projects including Eden School for Boys in Birmingham and the Sandwell Aquatics Centre,…
The government’s decision to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme until the end of March 2021 and increase grants from 55% to 80% of earnings has been bad news for the construction industry, it is being argued. Those speaking out against state aid for the self-employed are members of the British & Irish Trading Alliance…
Amey Highways has won the maintenance and response (M&R) contract for Highways England’s Area 12. From June 2021, Amey will be responsible for maintenance, repairing defects, responding to emergency incidents and providing severe weather services on motorways and trunk roads across Yorkshire and Humberside. Amey Highways will also run the 10 motorway maintenance depots in…
Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds It was Mace’s 29th consecutive year of making a profit. In the pre-Covid year to 31st December 2019, Mace Group saw its revenue decline 28% to £1.8bn (2018: £2.3bn). The drop in revenue was attributed mainly to high income from international data centre business in 2018. International work fell 37%…
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…
Winvic and Costain are part of a team working on an embodied carbon calculator that exploits artificial intelligence and building information management (BIM) data. Their project, called AI System for Predicting Embodied Carbon in Construction, or ASPEC, has been given an £800,000 grant by Innovate UK. They are working with the University of the West…
The five tower blocks have been designed by architect TateHindle Transport for London’s joint venture with Barratt London plans to build 454 apartments at Wembley Park across five tower blocks, designed by architect TateHindle. Brent Council has approved the plans, which will also change public realm in the and provide new operational space for TfL….
