
Day: March 30, 2016
Knightsbridge demolition for Skanska
Skanska has been employed by Cheval Property Holdings as principal contractor for the demolition of a building behind 55-91 Knightsbridge in London. The contract, which …
Persimmon raises payout on profits surge
©Bloomberg Persimmon, the UK’s largest housebuilder by volumes, is to raise payouts to shareholders after a 34 per cent surge in underlying profit, boosted by …
Green Light Given to Infrastructure Projects: Crossrail 2 Included
As well as being granted permission to proceed with London’s £27bn Crossrail 2 project, the latest construction news highlights the sheer number of green lights …
Off-Highway Research Predicts Machinery Products Growth
Despite five years of market woes and struggles, it is expected that the market for on-site machinery such as bulldozers, diggers and dump trucks is …
Growth Highlighted in Concrete Fiber Market
In recent construction news it has been reported that an increased move towards urbanisation, as well as improvements seen in the wider construction industry, may …
Starter Homes to Make Up 20% of New Homes
In accordance with the recent publishing of governmental housing proposals, as nodded to in the latest construction news; of those residential development sites with ten …
Forterra Highlights Plans to Float on London Stock Exchange
Forterra, the UK’s leading producer of manufactured masonry products, as well as a frontrunner in the manufacture of clay bricks, has recently announced a plan …
RIBA Future Trends Shows Index Falls, Yet Industry Remains Optimistic
While the RIBA Future Trends Workload Index has been reported to fall considerably at the close of last year, with December’s value sitting at +15, …