Fortem and Equans face fight for £3bn housing upkeep deal
Housing upkeep specialists Fortem and Equans are facing a fight to retain their places as key maintenance partners…
January 2025
Tarmac trials new technique to cut concrete road noise
Tarmac is trialling a new technique to make travelling on concrete roads quieter for drivers. A National Highways…
Hercules to offload suction excavator arm
Labour supply specialist Hercules Site Services is to sell its suction excavator business to focus on core services.…
Strabag to renew Haweswater tunnels
Strabag has been chosen as lead contractor to renew six tunnel sections of the Haweswater Aqueduct in Cumbria…
Daily takings down again for buiders’ merchants
New data from the tills of Britain’s builders’ merchants show sales struggling to rally. Read Full Article: The…
New president for RICS
On 1st January 2025 Justin Sullivan became the 143rd president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).…
£120k fine results from roof fall
A Hampshire solar panels company has been fined £120,000 after an employee fell off a roof and broke…
RICS welcomes 143rd President and new Governing Council members
Justin Sullivan joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) on 1 January 2025 and welcomed 9 new…
New chief commits to fix HS2 crisis
The man who finally brought home Crossrail has vowed to do the same for HS2 and is planning…
Robots in the IoT: Transforming the smart world
Robotics and the Internet of Things are coming together to make life easier and more productive by transforming…