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Leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has added to its market-leading ECOPact low-carbon concrete product range with the launch of ECOPact Prime AS, a new and unique active-setting carbon-saving concrete, which delivers greater carbon reduction compared with ECOPact without compromising on performance – the same setting time plus active strength…
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Liverpool contractor placed in liquidation
Liverpool-based contractor Crossfield Construction has been placed in liquidation. The construction arm of Crossfield Group appointed Paul Cooper and Paul Appleton of insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor to oversee the process. Crossfield Group is made up of two divisions: Crossfield Construction and a housebuilding arm called Crossfield Living. Only the construction…
Can tech help construction get the work done right the first time?
The construction industry is notorious for cost overruns and delays. Construction News assembled a team of experts to discuss how the use of technology could reduce both. Paul Thompson reports
CECA adjusts day rates after red-diesel ban
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has said that the cancellation of the red-diesel rebate has compelled it to publish new standards for the pricing of work carried out on a day-work basis. The trade body is made up of 300 contractor members and publishes the Schedules of Dayworks, which…
Are you ready for rising prices, materials shortages and UKCA?
Rob Driscoll is director of legal and business at the Electrical Contractors’ Association The UK construction industry has faced a very challenging two years, but it has proved itself to be highly resilient. However, we must prepare ourselves for even more bumps in the road. On the positive side, at…
Material quotes ‘only valid for 24 hours’ as inflation grips
Material suppliers are issuing quotes that expire after 24 hours as inflation fears grip the industry amid global challenges, including COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, a key body has warned. The Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) Product Availability working group said uncertainty over future prices was delaying contractors from signing…
Working at height: how material costs and labour shortages hit access firms
Scaffolding firms have faced unprecedented challenges and opportunities from Brexit and the pandemic. Chronic labour shortages worsened as EU workers returned home and COVID-19 sent a shockwave through the industry. The cost of timber and steel – the two core materials of the trade – became unusually and unpredictably priced,…
Welsh firm fined for dumping almost 3,000 tonnes of construction waste on common
A Welsh plant-hire company has been fined £13,000 for the illegal disposal of construction waste on common land in southeast Wales. Bob Gay Plant Hire Ltd, a company from Pontypridd, has been found guilty of dumping 2,900 tonnes of soil and construction waste on Eglwysilan borough common in Caerphilly. The…
Supply chain warned Russian timber imports ‘could be illegal’
Timber chiefs have warned that imports of the material from Russia or Belarus could now be deemed illegal in the UK. The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) told its members that purchases from suppliers in the ostracised nations could fall foul of regulations initially coming into force nine years ago in…
Police Scotland creates online platform to tackle site thefts
Police Scotland has launched a neighbourhood watch-style online platform to notify firms of construction site thefts and related offences in their area. The platform, called Construction Watch Scotland, was launched today by Police Scotland and Neighbourhood Watch Scotland and comes after almost half a million pounds worth of equipment was…