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Chinese takeover of British Steel completes

10 Mar 20 British Steel is now under Chinese ownership, with the sale to Jingye Group completing on 9th March 2020.

Revised plans approved for Barnet estate revamp

10 Mar 20 Planning permission has been secured for a £700m, 15-year programme of works on the London Borough of Barnet’s biggest housing estate.

Hong Kong to install more smart lamp posts

10 Mar 20 A study has recommended that Hong Kong’s government should take forward a pilot scheme to install multi-functional smart lamp posts, while keeping privacy issues in mind.

McAlpine trumps Wates with six months parental leave

9 Mar 20 Reports of Wates Group’s new family-friendly employment policies has prompted competitor Sir Robert McAlpine to announce an even more progressive package for parental leave.

Coronavirus prompts call for construction sick pay rules to be relaxed

9 Mar 20 Unite, the UK’s construction union, is urging employers to relax sick pay rules immediately to help tackle the spread of the coronavirus.

Many remain missing in Chinese coronavirus building collapse

9 Mar 20 China’s ministry of emergency management has said that 23 people are still missing at a collapsed building being used as a quarantine hospital in Quanzhou.

Viridor fined £400k after banksman run over

9 Mar 20 Viridor Waste Management Limited has been fined £400,000 after a banksman was run over by a wheeled loader.

More towns and cities to get full fibre as rollout accelerates

9 Mar 20 Dozens of more towns and cities, including Dunbar and Glasgow, are to get full-fibre broadband as CityFibre's rollout programme accelerates.

Tarmac cement plant gets grant for rail expansion

9 Mar 20 Tarmac has secured a grant from the Scottish government to support plans to expand rail operations at the Dunbar cement plant.

Burnhope Reservoir pilot proves dam monitoring tech

9 Mar 20 A Northumbrian Water project has shown that dam movement can be monitored remotely, precisely and perpetually.

Jacobs completes Wood nuclear takeover

9 Mar 20 Consulting engineer Jacobs has completed its £250m acquisition of John Wood Group’s nuclear business.

Balfour Beatty wins £63m A19 widening

9 Mar 20 Highways England has awarded Balfour Beatty a £63m contract to upgrade the A19 between Norton and Wynyard, north of Middlesbrough.

Family-friendly revolution at Wates

9 Mar 20 Construction firm Wates Group has today introduced what could be the construction industry's most progressive package of family-friendly employment policies.

Tribunal ruling questions status of construction contractors

9 Mar 20 An Employment Tribunal has thrown into question the status of construction industry contractors in a ruling finding that two contractors were in fact employees and should therefore be afforded the protections open to all employed staff.

Top contractors improving but still failing to pay on time

9 Mar 20 Two thirds of the UK’s 100 largest construction contractors are failing to meet government targets for paying suppliers, according to new research.

Industry mounts pressure on chancellor over red diesel

9 Mar 20 A third construction organisation has written to the chancellor of the exchequer asking for him not to scrap the red diesel tax rebate.

Fabricator fined after gate crushes schoolgirl

8 Mar 20 A metal fabricator has been fined nearly £20,000 after an eight-year-old girl was crushed by a steel gate at a south London school.

Canada issues $750k fine over bid-rigging

6 Mar 20 A third engineering firm has been fined over bid-rigging on municipal infrastructure contracts in Quebec, Canada.

Profit and revenue grow at Ramboll

6 Mar 20 Ramboll has achieved its highest-ever revenue along with a rise in profit.

Wates breaks ground on £23m school redevelopment

6 Mar 20 Wates Construction started work this week on a £22.6m building project for Burnham Grammar School in the Thames Valley.

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