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Gabby Costigan With effect from 8th March 2024, Gabrielle (Gabby) Costigan will join the board of Balfour Beatty plc as a non-executive director and on 9th May, after the annual general meeting, Stuart Doughty will step down. Stuart Doughty, now aged 80, has had an illustrious career in the construction industry, having been chief executive […]

the Ward recycling site in Hartlepool Dean Atkinson lost his life when he was struck and run over by a loading shovel at Ward Recycling’ premises on Hartlepool’s Longhill Industrial Estate in January 2020. Health & Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Stephen Garner said Mr Atkinson’s death could have been prevented had Ward Recycling implemented an

O’Conner Utilities Group was bought by Triton Partners in August 2022 In the 12 months to 30th April 2023, OCU Group turned over a record £455m, a significant 54% year-on-year increase and more than 100% growth in two years. Adjusted operating profit for fiscal 2023 was £51.6m, up 27% from £40.7m in 2022. The pre-tax

artist’s impression of Oxlow Bridge School Oxlow Bridge School, covering 3,700 sqm of floor space, is to be built by Willmott Dixon on the site of a former council transport depot in Dagenham. It will have space for 100 pupils with profound multiple learning difficulties from four to 19 years old. Barking & Dagenham Council

Bryn Thomas’ new Grove GMK 5150XL Bryn Thomas Cranes’ new GMK 5150XL is a five-axle vehicle with a rated lifting capacity of 150 tonnes. Its seven-section 68.7-metre main boom can hold 8.1 tonnes when fully extended, or 9.4 tonnes at 66 metres, or 12.7 tonnes when extended to 60 metres. A 16.2-metre bi-fold swing away extension

More than 400 machines from around CP Hire’s seven depots that will go under the hammer in an unreserved sale near its Avonmouth yard in Somerset. Euro Auctions sales manager David Betts said: “This is a very tidy inventory of fresh, well-maintained machines. CP Hire does take very good care of their fleet, and a

Despite being a green energy, the construction of offshore wind turbines is inherently carbon intensive – which is a challenge now being addressed. Morek’s consortium has won funding through the UK government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition based on its track record in vessel design and delivery of offshore operations. The consortium includes Morek Engineering, Solis

But while judgment handed down last week favoured the CITB, the case is still live with appeals pending. The argument comes down to what is a construction company. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has been in dispute with Hudson Contract Services, now called Knot Builders Limited, for several years, arguing that it should pay