Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Sun, 21 Jan 2024 13:45:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Google to build £800m data centre https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/google-to-build-800m-data-centre-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/google-to-build-800m-data-centre-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:01:44 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492888 Google has started construction work on a $1bn (£790m) data centre in Hertfordshire. The new development is being built on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross, which Google acquired in 2020. The company has not named any contractors working on the site or explained what…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/google-to-build-800m-data-centre-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 MoJ bills increase as RAAC found in more prisons https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/moj-bills-increase-as-raac-found-in-more-prisons-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/moj-bills-increase-as-raac-found-in-more-prisons-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:19:04 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492785 Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found in two more prisons, with the Ministry of Justice expecting to spend around £900,000 on remediation. The collapse-risk concrete has now been identified in HMP Leyhill, a category D prison in Gloucestershire, as well as HMP Parkhurst,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/moj-bills-increase-as-raac-found-in-more-prisons-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 The missing piece in the net-zero puzzle https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/the-missing-piece-in-the-net-zero-puzzle-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/the-missing-piece-in-the-net-zero-puzzle-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:08:54 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492255 Amelia Woodley is ESG director at Speedy Hire Net-zero targets are fast becoming a top prerequisite in construction-project tenders as the sector works on cutting emissions to hit the UK Government target for net zero by 2050. However, there also needs to be a parallel…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/the-missing-piece-in-the-net-zero-puzzle-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 Dodd Group revenue and profit soar https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/dodd-group-revenue-and-profit-soar-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/dodd-group-revenue-and-profit-soar-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:05:59 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492581 CN100 contractor Dodd Group has grown both turnover and profit. The Shropshire-based firm, which specialises in mechanical and electrical projects as well as repair and maintenance of public sector buildings, turned over £206.7m for the 12 months to 31 March 2023. This was up 23…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/dodd-group-revenue-and-profit-soar-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 Scaffold director gets prison sentence after worker electrocuted https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/scaffold-director-gets-prison-sentence-after-worker-electrocuted-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/scaffold-director-gets-prison-sentence-after-worker-electrocuted-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:47:17 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492852 The director of a scaffolding company has received a suspended prison sentence after one of his employees was electrocuted. Ian Pepper, director of Kent-based Canterbury City Scaffolding, has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to undertake 200 hours…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/scaffold-director-gets-prison-sentence-after-worker-electrocuted-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 UK construction activity December 2023: Infrastructure https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-infrastructure-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-infrastructure-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:35:05 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492613 Project-starts and detailed planning approvals fell against the previous year and the previous quarter. More positively, main contract awards grew on both the preceding three months and a year ago. Infrastructure overview Totalling £2.339bn, civil engineering work starting on site during the three months to…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-infrastructure-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 UK construction activity December 2023: Community & amenity https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-community-amenity-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-community-amenity-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:35:03 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492610 Main contract awards fell against the previous quarter. More positively, growth in project-starts and detailed planning approvals on both the preceding three months and 2022 figures provides a boost to the development pipeline. Community & amenity overview Community & amenity work starting on-site totalled £485m…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-community-amenity-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 UK construction activity December 2023: Education https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-education-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-education-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:34:58 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492607 Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all fell against both the previous quarter and last year. Education overview Totalling £782m, education work starting on site experienced a 46 per cent decrease on the preceding three months to stand 22 per cent down on…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-education-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 UK construction activity December 2023: Health https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-health-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-health-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:34:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492603 Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against both last year and the previous three months. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew on a year ago. Health overview Adding up to £467m, underlying health work starting on site (less than £100m in value) during the three…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-health-19-01-2024/feed/ 0 UK construction activity December 2023: Hotel & leisure https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-hotel-leisure-19-01-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/cn-intelligence/uk-construction-activity-december-2023-hotel-leisure-19-01-2024/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:34:54 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=492599 Project-starts suffered a decline on last year, while detailed planning approvals decreased against the previous three months. More positively, main contract awards experienced growth against both the preceding quarter and a year ago. Hotel & leisure overview Totalling £506m, hotel & leisure projects starting on…

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