Avove moves into Northern Ireland

The Avove Ireland teamAvove, formerly Amey Utilities, has taken over the Northern Irish operations of Jacopa, which manufacturers and installs sewage treatment equipment.Jacopa works with Northern Ireland Water under a number of product and services frameworks and...

Roofer fined for lack of edge protection

It wasn’t an especially high roof fall but edge protection should still have been put inThe Health & Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted roofing contractor Gary Smith for failing to provide edge protection for subcontractors. The result was that a worker...

Directorship ban for rogue construction boss

Kulbarg Singh has been banned as a director after selling £1.5m worth of assets for less than  £500,000 to another company that he also controlled to keep money beyond his creditors.In 2021 he sold seven classic for just £1 to another of his companies. Kulbarg Singh,...

Galliford turns to Octavius for Banwell bypass

Octavius Regional Civil Engineering has been appointed to deliver civil works, structures and drainage packages for the Banwell bypass, a new 3.3km single carriageway between the A371 and A368.“The win extends our client portfolio, a first project for Galliford Try in...