by theconstructionindex | Sep 26, 2025
New Deer substation Balfour Beatty is extending New Deer substation to accommodate the forecast growth in renewable energy being generated in the north of Scotland. The expansion will add four new electricity connection bays to the existing six-year-old platform,...
by theconstructionindex | Sep 26, 2025
Gleeds UK managing director Brian McArdle The latest Market Report from construction consultancy Gleeds suggests the government is failing to instil widespread optimism amongst construction professionals, as fewer than half of those quizzed said they feel positive...
by theconstructionindex | Sep 25, 2025
CGI of the Dirac Building, designed by Sheppard RobsonMain contractor VolkerFitzpatrick is set to begin construction of an 85,000 sq ft office building on St John’s Innovation Park in November 2025, with completion scheduled for spring 2027.The Dirac Building will...
by theconstructionindex | Sep 25, 2025
The scaffold tower [Photo: HSE]Iftikhar Mughal, 64, was working for WH Metals Limited on 22nd November 2022, installing a metal sign to the front of a computer shop in Darwen, Lancashire. He was standing on the platform of a low-level scaffolding tower without any...
by theconstructionindex | Sep 25, 2025
Heidelberg Materials’ Padeswood cement works in north WalesHeidelberg Materials has reaching a final investment decision with the UK government for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in north Wales. With the last bureaucratic hurdle cleared, construction of...
