Parliament tower refurb delayed after tender blunder
FIXEDD Work to repair parliament’s tallest structure, the Victoria Tower, faces a year’s delay due to a botched procurement…
April 2024
Logistics specialist weathers slump in turnover
Warehouse and logistics contractor Benniman improved its profit margin last year despite a 21 per cent fall in…
Twenty firms land places on £260m Manchester University framework
Bowmer & Kirkland, GMI and Vinci are among 20 companies to have secured places on a £260m construction…
Geoffrey Osborne in sale talks, files administration notice
Contracting firm Geoffrey Osborne has filed for administration, but says it is in talks to sell the business…
Sir Robert McAlpine wins City of London dual-tower job
Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed to deliver a dual-tower high rise in the City of London in…
JCT changes to cover bombs, asbestos and epidemics
Contractors will be able to claim an extension of time and costs if asbestos or unexploded bombs are…
National Highways commercial boss departs
The head of procurement at National Highways is to stand down after five years. Malcolm Dare will leave…
Using and Finetuning Pretrained Transformers
This week has been filled with developments, including exciting new AI research that I’ll be discussing in my…
Airedale hospital tackles RAAC with digital twin
West Yorkshire-based Airedale General Hospital is saving time monitoring its issues with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) thanks…