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A head for heights

14 Mar In the early hours of 27th November 2021 storm Arwen tore a pinnacle from the northeast corner of Worcester Cathedral’s tower. One-and-a-half tonnes of stone fell from a height of 40m onto the roof below, clipping the tower wall on its way down.

Large and in charge

12 Mar Katherine Weir looks at some of the latest offerings from manufacturers of wheeled and crawler excavators from 13 to 70 tonnes

Makeover for Geordie landmark

11 Mar Scaffolding has started going up around the Tyne Bridge between Newcastle and Gateshead in preparation for a major four-year restoration project. David Taylor reports

Passport to net zero

11 Mar Construction is one of the most carbon-intensive, raw-material-consuming industries in the world. Paul Thompson checks in on moves to introduce ‘materials passports’ to boost circularity and improve the industry’s performance.

Wider still and wider

28 Nov 23 The final section of the A465 Heads of the Valleys project in south Wales involves a complicated bridge widening operation, writes David Taylor

New life for Bristol bridge

28 Nov 23 For the past year pedestrians in south Bristol have been unable to ‘go directly to Gaol’. Paul Thompson takes his chance to find out why.

HS2’s big box

28 Nov 23 HS2 contractors have installed a huge prefabricated bridge in a single operation using a multi-wheeled transporter

Recovery position

28 Nov 23 Phil Bishop checks the pulse of the government’s hospital building programme

Striking a cord

28 Nov 23 With cordless power tools now dominating the construction industry, the writing is on the wall for mains power tools, says Craig Sanders

Spot-on surveying

28 Nov 23 Bam Construction has employed a robot dog to survey a former cold-war military site. David Taylor reports

Smooth operators

28 Nov 23 In a bid to minimise carbon emissions from construction plant, industry bodies have drawn up a framework for training courses designed to teach machine operators how to save fuel and smooth the way to net zero. David Taylor reports

Fuel for thought

27 Nov 23 In the search for a zero-carbon alternative to diesel, hydrogen might be our best bet. But as Balfour Beatty’s Jo Gilroy explained to The Construction Index, the path to net-zero will be anything but straightforward

Equipment theft: who really loses?

27 Nov 23 New legislation to combat the plague of plant and tool theft has met with a remarkably lukewarm response from the construction industry. Phil Bishop reports

Out of the shadows

10 Oct 23 Earlier this year, GMI Construction created a shadow board to bring on future leaders of the business. Phil Bishop reports

Cut and come again

10 Oct 23 In the City of London, specialist contractor McGee is refabricating 1980s steelwork for reuse on site. Elsewhere, research has revealed that Britain is leading the world in the use of recycled aggregates. David Taylor reports

How low can you go?

10 Oct 23 In the increasingly urgent quest to find low-carbon construction materials, scientists are exploring a wide – and often unexpected – range of possibilities.

Top 100 Construction Companies 2023

11 Sep 23 The UK’s biggest construction firms show increased turnover and massively improved profits in their latest financial accounts. But since posting those results, pressures have been mounting. Steve Menary reports.

Will ULEZ choke off London’s small builders?

31 Jul 23 A measure to improve London’s air quality could see builders and their suppliers forced off the capital’s roads – and possibly out of business. Mark Smulian reports

Piling & Ground Engineering roundup

31 Jul 23 News from the sector.

Spot-on!

31 Jul 23 They say the simple ideas are always the best. Tony Higson had one – and he told David Taylor all about it

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