Construction Index Features

Mon September 02 2024

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July 2024 Features

Clearing the Cotswold cut-through

Construction of a ‘landscape-led’ road scheme in the Cotswolds is set to eliminate several accident blackspots, improve safety on long-distance footpaths and divert through traffic away from local roads, reports Helena Russell.

Comment: Big construction gets it badly wrong

Construction bosses want to “depoliticise infrastructure” and hand control to an unelected, little known organisation. What country do they think they live in, wonders Phil Bishop.

Clyde regeneration swings into action

A dramatic twin-leaf swing bridge due to open to traffic later this year is the centrepiece of a major regeneration of the River Clyde waterfront. It will open up access to the planned manufacturing innovation district and connect communities on either side of the river. Helena Russell reports

Free for all?

Rishi Sunak’s government told us that the UK’s imminent entry to an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement is going to have big benefits for UK construction. But was that just pre-election bluster? Phil Bishop reports

Fighting the chemical clampdown

Construction machinery manufacturers have joined a worldwide industrial lobbying movement to support the continued use of toxic chemicals


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