by theconstructionindex | May 9, 2025
Mayor of London Sadiq KhanMayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed that City Hall is exploring the release of parts of London’s green belt for housing development.Given the extent of the housing shortage and the nature of much of London’s green belt, Khan said the...
by theconstructionindex | May 9, 2025
The Dounreay siteThe Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued an improvement notice to Nuclear Restoration Services following an incident at its Dounreay site in Caithness, Scotland.In February 2025, during an operation to move a radiological contamination...
by theconstructionindex | May 9, 2025
Crawshaw Woods Bridge todayTranspennine Route Upgrade (TRU) engineers have this week begun initial preparation work for the raising and renovation of Crawshaw Woods Bridge, believed to be the earliest cast-iron railway bridge to still be in place over an operational...
by theconstructionindex | May 8, 2025
image from Ørsted Ørsted said that it was cancelling plans for the 2.4 GW Hornsea 4 project, off the coast of Norfolk, because the deal it agreed with the UK government just eight month ago no longer stacked up.Since the contract for difference (CfD) award in...
by theconstructionindex | May 8, 2025
McKinstry has awarded Dungannon-based Kiverco a contract to design, manufacture and install a £16m recycling plant at its main facility in Co Antrim.It is being described as the largest and most advanced facility of its kind in the UK and Ireland and McKinstry says it...
