Effectively embedded collaboration results in better design decisions says Balfour Beatty's Steve Tarr.
Collaboration is a much debated topic in many areas of industry, but in the engineering and construction sector where stakeholders can have conflicting priorities, success can be elusive. Balfour Beatty transport, energy and power major projects chief…
The construction and infrastructure sector in the UK has consistently seen the highest level of insolvencies across all sectors of the UK economy since 2018.
Employers, contractors and their supply chain continue to grapple with very thin margins, rising energy and supply costs and global supply shortages, even as we…
A delay to the reopening of Anderston station in Scotland has been blamed on engineering works being impacted by supply chain issues.
The station was scheduled to reopen yesterday but this has been pushed back to next Monday. Over the last 12 weeks, Network Rail engineers have been working around-the-clock to…
Civil engineering is seeing promising signs of a bounce back from the pandemic with a sizeable increase in value of new contract awards, despite having an all-round poor conclusion to 2021.
As reported last week, construction industry insight and intelligence specialist Glenigan reported declines across the board for construction in Q4…
In 2021, stressors on the construction supply chain seemed to be endless. It was a cyclical chain of events, each of which caused greater strain on other parts of the chain.
There were the rising energy costs, which in turn caused a materials crisis. This saw costs rise consistently, whether it…
Balfour Beatty Vinci Joint Venture (BBV), HS2 Ltd’s construction partner for the West Midlands, has announced it has hundreds of new jobs to fill across its supply chain.
With local job vacancies ranging from apprenticeships, to site operatives and office-based support roles, BBV is encouraging residents to step forward and consider…
East West Rail has launched an innovative “enterprise partner” model to assist the launch of the new Oxford to Cambridge railway service.
East West Railway Company (EWR Co) said it is aware that the construction of a new railway will come with complexity and uncertainty, and therefore it is looking for…
The Rail Supply Group’s (RSG) Work Pipeline Visibility Charter has reached 300 signatories.
Launched in May this year, the charter aims to enable organisations throughout the supply chain to plan and deliver with confidence. It arose out of research undertaken last year by the RSG which found that action was needed…
It feels a bit like the great toilet roll grab of 2020 at the moment with dwindling supplies and our builders’ merchant limiting us to one pallet of cement a day.
True, the so-called ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit, Covid and the Suez blockage has left the British building industry in…
Unlike the beleaguered hospitality and travel sectors, construction appears to be holding its own despite the ravages of the pandemic.
While bars and restaurants are closed and travel for recreation banned, in the last seven months of 2020 the construction industry experienced growth. And although the future might look bright; many…
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