Pilers’ Working Platform Certificate updated

The Working Platform Certificate helps prevent this from happeningThe piling sector’s Working Platform Certificate is a safety initiative that has played an important role in preventing rigs from toppling for more than two decades.Developed originally by the...

Roofer impaled by fall

The roof at Hayfield Mills in Glusburn AT Lee Properties Limited and LJH Property Limited have been fined a combined total of more than £95,000 following a prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). Directors for each firm were also given conditional...

Re:Construction podcast – Episode 188

In this episode Bishop & Taylor discuss the break up of tool hire group HSS, the external wall insulation scandal and the cost of gold (or should that be green?) plating the Lower Thames Crossing project.15th October 2025  – Episode 188 – Listen...

Kier wins £700m Norfolk highways works contract

Grapes Hill roundabout in NorwichKier’s contract will start on 1st April 2026 and run for up to 14 years.  Across the Norfolk County Council’s 9,836km road network, Kier will provide surfacing, planned maintenance, bridge and structure schemes and maintenance,...

Acquisition widens Hercules’ energy coverage

AIM-listed Hercules has acquired a 70% shareholding in Warrington-based Lyons Power Services (LPS), a specialist provider of power and energy infrastructure services.The £702,800 transaction is to be satisfied half in cash and half in shares. The remaining 30%...