Greg Nelson

Swan / NU living announced the acquisition of a 15-year lease of Basildon 117, a newly built 116,841 sq ft industrial unit, opposite their existing modular housing factory in Basildon, Essex. Unit 117, which was […]

The vast majority of roofing contractors (91 per cent) reported being either ‘busy’ or ‘very busy’ in a recent survey by the UK’s largest roofing trade body, NFRC. However, a significant number of roofers ( […]

The facility reopened its doors at the start of September as part of Ibstock’s wider programme of phased reopening, which will see the majority of our UK factories operational again within the next few w […]

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 milestone this weekend driving the […]

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 t […]

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 of vehicles.
The sister […]

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 g […]

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 tou […]

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 Street tower project in central B […]

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 works […]

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 trading though its website.

The company […]

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 the quickest […]

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 first to put a robotic block and b […]

In a shock move the government announced that potentially tens of thousands of bricklayers and masons could be given work visas.
The Government’s independent advisor on immigration is urging the Home Office t […]

HSE are carrying out a nationwide crackdown on dust and lung disease in the work place and at the same time making sure construction companies are COVID Secure.
Health and safety inspectors across Great Britain […]

The main tunnel drive has been completed in the new London super sewer Thames Tideway has been completed.
The giant tunnel boring machine Rachel has completed its gentle uphill 7km drive breaking into the shaft […]

A London Scaffolding firm director has been fined after a worker died while dismantling a large scaffold in Cricklewood Broadway, London.
Wembley Scaffolding Services Limited has been fined following an incident […]

A maintenance contracting company has been fined £200,000 after a worker was crushed by a ride on roller and sustained serious injuries.

Facilities management company, Totally Local Company Ltd, has been fined […]