Paul Chandler has announced he will be retiring from a full-time executive role at the end of 2024, after a distinguished 42-year career in construction. Chandler has been Executive Managing Director of Wates’ Construction Group since 2017 and a member ...

Kier Places, part of Kier Group’s Construction division, which provides building, construction and property management solutions for places where people live and work has unveiled three key business focus areas as part of its five-year strategic growth plan. Led by ...

Twelve Tier One UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants have published their Blueprint for Growth, sharing 12 recommendations that the future government should implement to effectively boost the UK’s economic growth and productivity. Collectively directly employing nearly 100,000 people ...

Lisa Ashworth has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of BSRIA, the research and information membership body for the built environment. Ashworth joins BSRIA with a wealth of experience in leading technology-based data and information businesses. With an ...

International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has been named project manager for the multi-million-pound redevelopment of Leighton Hospital in Crewe, on behalf of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Gleeds will be overseeing the replacement of the existing construction with ...

Veriforce CHAS has launched a Mental Health & Wellbeing evaluation for the construction sector. The question set is integrated as a voluntary module within the core Veriforce CHAS assessment and marks a significant step towards embedding a culture of mental ...

The latest UK Construction Market Report from international property and construction consultancy, Gleeds, reveals contractors are remaining selective about taking on new work, with almost 90 per cent saying they or their supply chain had declined a tender in the previous ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed Kier as its initial delivery partner to create a new state-of-the-art hub at the Darlington Economic Campus (DEC). The organisations have just agreed a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) in readiness to deliver the ...

The City of London Corporation Planning Applications Sub-Committee has approved plans from Landsec to transform Hill House, EC4 into a sustainable workspace and new rooftop restaurant. Situated adjacent to Landsec’s New Street Square cluster, Hill House has been designed to respond ...

National training provider specialising in construction, utilities and green skills, Simply Learning (formerly Expedient Training) has appointed Angela Keyworth as Director of Retrofit and Renewables Training to significantly grow its retrofit training division. Keyworth, who has been running JWP Success ...