The Department for Transport said that the money was enough “to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes”. Today’s funding round is the second of five annual instalments from the £2.5bn potholes fund announced by the chancellor in the 2020 budget. Transport minister Baroness Vere said: “We know potholes are more than just a nuisance…
The council said that its City Mobility Plan has been inspired by forward-thinking cities around the world embracing challenges posed by climate change, poverty and inequality. Subject to approval at a special meeting of Transport & Environment Committee on 19 February, the plan will replace Edinburgh’s Local Transport Strategy. It sets out a strategic approach…
Stephen Tomkins Stephen Tomkins will join the Abergavenny headquartered business from Balfour Beatty, where for the past couple of years he has been regional operations director for the north and midlands. Alun Griffiths (Contractors) was taken over by Tarmac, and its ultimate parent CRH, in January 2018, with company founder Alun Griffiths reaching his 70s…
Now that the Phase 2a bill has been signed into law, HS2 Ltd will be able to start environmental works along the route. Actual construction work is not expected to begin on this section until 2024. In 2017 HS2 Ltd estimated the cost of works at £3.5bn. By the end of 2019, the official cost…
Tyler Collins, a Persimmon trainee site manager in South Wales, recently completed a Level 4 NVQ Persimmon says that it is the first house-builder in the country to offer its own national vocational qualifications (NVQs). The company has been accredited by awarding organisation NOCN, the National Open College Network, to deliver NVQ courses as part…
Steve Slessor Steve Slessor, currently regional director of Galliford Try’s environment operations in Scotland, is succeeding Ian Jones, who is retiring after a 41 years with the organisation. Ian Jones began work in 1979 for civils contractor Lehane Mackenzie & Shand, which built the Erskin and Kylesku bridges. In 1989 it was acquired by Morrison…
Elizabeth Taylor is a graduate commercial surveyor with chartered surveyors Carter Jonas Covid-19 has wrought much the same level of disruption within the surveying sector as it has across most other sectors and some businesses have felt it more keenly than others. I feel very fortunate that I have only experienced disruption to my training…
The Construction Industry Training Board is a bit like the BBC: most people generally appreciate its existence, but few are entirely happy with the service – for which they have to pay, whether they consume it or not. The role of the CITB has mutated over the years. It was set up by Act of…
After that record 41% fall in April 2020, construction output had been rebounding, growing every month – until now. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), December 2020’s output was down 2.9% compared to November, falling to £13,516m and its lowest level since August. December saw falls in both new work (3.8%) and repair…
Accountancy firm EY monitors all the statements put out London Stock Exchange listed companies. The FTSE Construction & Materials sector issued a record 33 profit warnings in 2020. We have previously reported that there were 28 profit warnings in the sector in the first nine months of 2020. The latest EY Profit Warnings Report reveals…
