Winvic tackles Coton Park site challenges

CGI of the Coton Park expansionWinvic Construction has started construction of a 250,000 sq ft single-storey warehouse at Coton Park in Rugby for Newlands Developments.The 60-week project sees Winvic’s return to Coton Park, where the company previously built two units...

Surveyors elect 32-year-old president

Alex PearsallAlexandra Pearsall, a 32-year-old quantity surveyor with Turner & Townsend, was appointed president of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) on 3rd September 2025.Pearsall is CICES’ youngest ever president, and succeeds...

Beard begins Wood Centre expansion

CGI of the Aspen Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation in HeadingtonBeard Construction has broken ground on the new Aspen Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford Beard Construction has been appointed main contractor for a £7m expansion of...

UK cement production falls to 75-year low

Good, solid British cement brand (Mexican owned though)UK cement production has hit its lowest level since 1950, according to new data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA). The UK made 7.3 million tonnes of cement in 2024, which is around half of what it...