900 Tonne HS2 bridge installed in 45 mins (Video)
The huge HS2 bridge weighing 900 tonnes has been years in the planning but took just 45 minutes to install, the Laing O’Rourke and Murphy joint venture completed a major HS2…
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Pirti Patel rejects recommendations to let in foreign brickies
Association of Brickwork Contractors were enraged by the news by Nationaltrdesmen.co.uk after the Government’s independent advisor floated the idea to let tens of thousands of foreign bricklayers into the county…
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Three sisters set up plant hire firm
Three sisters set up plant hire firm which is unusual in the construction industry the sisters Hollie, Jade and Ruby Finnegan have secured funding and have started building their fleet…
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Bemus collapsed after owing creditors £4.6m
Bemus owed creditors £3.6m to its trade creditors the groundworks an civil contractors collapsed after the Middleton based business grew to £38m revenue before running into Covid cash crisis. The…
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Unite stunned by pay freeze for construction workers
Employers in construction are freezing the wages of workers under the industry’s main pay agreement. The move has flabbergasted UNITE union leaders who are accusing employers of being “out of…
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Pressure washer is dropped 29 floors from sky scraper
Site mangers wondering how on earth a 500 L pressure washer was dropped from sun a height, the heavy load was dropped from the top floor of John Sisk’s Broad…
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HS2 £800m over cost target
The HS2 project is reporting huge cost pressures from overrunning enabling works and higher building cost estimates for the London terminus at Euston. The £40.3bn first phase of the enabling…
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HSS Hire is closing 134 branches after considerable losses
HSS hire is going to close 134 branches with the loss of 300 jobs as the Covid-19 virus pandemic has accelerated so the company is to shift to more online…
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Construction bounces back with vengeance after lockdown
Construction buyers reported a huge increase in activity in August and September with new projects going ahead and new house building driving the surging numbers Activity in purchasing increased at…
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First house in UK to be built by bricklaying robot
A farmer from Yorkshire will soon be moving into the first UK house to be built by a bricklaying robot in a world first after Construction Automation have built the…
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