Leading building and civil engineering contractor, Farrans Construction, has completed a £10m technically complex warehouse in Hertfordshire for client, The Wine Society. Warehouse 5 will provide 25% of The Wine Society’s total storage, increasing total capacity across the site to…

Following a successful launch in London in May, leading full-service engineering firm, DeSimone Consulting Engineering, has announced two new senior hires – further strengthening its operations in the UK. DeSimone appointed Dale Middleton as senior project manager within the company’s…

The market-leading temporary site service company WysePower, which emphasises the use of carbon-neutral building solutions, has been acquired by the RSK Group, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions. Founded as WysePlant in 1958, the company began by providing…

In May of this year, Futurebuild in collaboration with IOM released a Construction Industry Insight report on how working practices could further develop in the future to improve the health of construction industry workers. IOM, who conducted the research for this report…

hyperTunnel, a British technology company innovating underground construction, and the University of Birmingham have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to progress completely new methods of underground construction, enlargement, monitoring and repair.  New automated construction methods being…

ViaCon has acquired UK company Tubosider, a leading manufacturer and supplier of corrugated steel solutions for stormwater management systems and solutions for bridges and culverts.  The acquisition builds ViaCon’s foothold in stormwater management in the UK market. It strengthens its…

Leading civil engineering and building contractor, Farrans Construction, has won the Best Highways and Transportation Project at a recent CIHT Yorkshire and Humber event for its delivery of Junction 47 A1M for client North Yorkshire County Council. The £10m project…

SOCOTEC, the UK’s leading provider of testing, inspection and certification services, has been recognised for a series of refurbishment works recently carried out on the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. SOCOTEC’s Fire Engineering team was highly commended in the AABC…

Global design firm HKS, has announced the launch of its new Mission Critical practice for EMEA, building on the success of the company’s US Mission Critical studio. William Ringer, who has over 10 years’ experience in the field, has been…