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Young people say construction among top job choices
A survey of 100,000 young people shows construction in top five career choices
3 findings from Bouygues’ first quarter results
Bouygues releases its 2024 first quarter results
UK project difficulties hit Skanska’s Q1 construction profit
Skanska has blamed an SEK 370 million (US$34 million) charge arising from problems on a UK project for a 33% fall in operating profit in its construction business in Q1 2024
Stantec acquires UK-based engineering design rival Hydrock
Canadian engineering firm Stantec has bought its UK-based engineering design rival Hydrock, in a move that it said would strengthen its UK offering
Egis buys UK-based construction cost and project management company
Global architectural, advisory, consulting and construction engineering company Egis has acquired UK-based cost and project management consultancy Thomas & Adamson
UK construction industry optimistic for growth but hampered by lack of data talent
26% of respondents believe that the use of data is being hampered by a lack of access to skilled staff
UK government to share digital map technology with Canada
The agreement sets the stage for the UK’s Geospatial Commission to share the best practices and technology utilized by NUAR with Infrastructure Ontario
Why you should start treating AI like a new colleague
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t going away and construction professionals need to embrace it and start working with it as if it were a new colleague.
Hitachi outlines plans for direct rental in Europe
HCME to offer rental in France, UK and the Netherlands, starting later this year
UK faces ‘brutal’ construction skills shortage
The UK faces a ‘brutal’ construction skills shortage as a series of megaprojects already underway plus several more set to begin soon compete for scarce labour resources.
Could a four-day week really work in the construction industry?
For a long time, working for four days a week instead of five but with no reduction in pay sounded like an unachievable – possibly even decadent – idea in pretty much any industry.
The challenges in building UK’s ‘most sustainable’ entertainment venue
Construction Briefing speaks Bianca Binder, a principal at Populous and project delivery lead for Co-op Live, on the approach to the opening of the live entertainment venue next month.
London’s ‘Super Sewer’ finishes underground construction
A large portion of the civil build is now complete
UK Labour Party proposes £1.8 billion port infrastructure investment
Labour plans nearly £2 billion in spending on port infrastructure
‘World’s first’ octaganol high-rise building to be built in UK
The £110m project is backed by global real estate investor City Developments Limited (CDL) of Singapore
Engineering firm wins contract to install electrics and instruments at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant
UK-based engineering company BGEN has won an £84 million (US$104.8 million) deal to install electrical and instrumentation packages on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset.
Vinci buys Edinburgh airport, promises further development
Vinci’s airports concessions business has acquired a majority shareholding in the company that owns the freehold of Edinburgh Airport for £1.3 billion (US1.6 billion).
UK businesses ‘optimistic about AI’ amid cost control and talent challenges
Companies in the UK remain optimistic despite challenges
UK’s Belfry Hotel & Resort begins its multi-million expansion
The project is expected to be completed by Autumn 2025
What makes construction projects in the UK so unusually expensive?
London is currently the most expensive city in the world in which to build, pipping Geneva in Switzerland to take the top spot in the 2024 Arcadis International Construction Costs (ICC) report.
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