Significant renovation works at Nottingham’s famous landmark, the Ducal Palace, are progressing well and 15km of scaffold tubing has now been removed to make way for the next stage of restoration at the historic site. Led by Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson, the Ducal Palace works are part of the £30m redevelopment of Nottingham Castle, […]

The Salvation Army’s redevelopment of the iconic Strawberry Field site in Woolton, Liverpool has been shortlisted in two categories in the inaugural Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Social Impact Awards. The landmark scheme, on the site made famous by the Beatles in the 1960s, was designed by Hoskins Architects, managed by property and construction […]

Easy to use format allows users to go from room to room with sound insulation results displayed in compliance with ISO requirements and uploaded to SITMA portal Svantek (www.svantek.co.uk) – leading manufactuer of noise and vibration instrumentation for environmental and occupational health monitoring applications – has announced that its popular Building Acoustic (BA) Assistant Smartphone […]

Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) has heralded this year’s Executive Hire Show a resounding success. The acclaimed manufacturer welcomed numerous visitors on stand throughout the two-day event, which took place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry between 5-6 February.

Freres Lumber Co. Inc. is using a 22,500-lb. (11.25-ton) capacity Caldwell Posi-Turner to turn loads at its Mass Plywood Panels facility in Lyons, Oregon. The Posi-Turner, which is designed to rotate bulky and hard to handle objects during manufacture or assembly processes, is operated beneath the hook of a 15-ton capacity overhead crane to flip […]

Pintsch Bubenzer USA has named Mike Zuchowski regional sales manager for ports in the western region of the states and Canada. The manufacturer of high-performance disc and drum brakes for steel cranes and other severe duty applications is seeing high demand for its products from the ports and offshore market. Zuchowski will focus on the […]

ALUCOBOND® rocca from 3A Composites GmbH, is a new range of four surface designs which takes its inspiration from the rugged stone formations and features that have shaped the natural world for millennia. Rocca, from ALUCOBOND®, is stripped of all colour, with its unique visual character revealed only by light refraction on its surface to […]

Winvic Construction Ltd, a leading main contractor that specialises in turnkey solutions for industrial, build-to-rent, student accommodation and commercial projects has arrived on site in the heart of Milton Keynes to construct and fit out 294 one, two and three bedroom apartments. The £47.3m project, Aubrey Place, is the vision of build-to-rent developer and operator […]

A new cooling and ventilation system has been installed at a world-class London university – thanks to Waterloo. The major project to address climate control in the Central Library at Imperial College London started in 2017. Air distribution products were supplied by expert manufacturers, Waterloo Air Product plc, as part of the four-floor refurbishment. Due […]

The Dinish Wharf extension scheme, located on Dinish Island, Castletownbere, County Cork, in the Republic of Ireland, is an ambitious project, which when complete will see a doubling of the Dinish Island facility through the provision of 216 meters of extra landing berth. The project will also provide 0.9 hectares of highly usable reclaimed quay […]

I recently wrote an article emphasising the importance of the ground engineering industry to the future of UK PLC. Part of my message was our need to see ourselves as competing for the interest of people making career choices. Major infrastructure projects on the horizon, and the associated urban regeneration schemes and power generation renewals, […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) will take its 5,000th order in the coming weeks, as the company aligns closer with sister business Rotrex Winches. Further momentum has been gained via renewed Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) silver and ISO 9001:2015 certifications. LGH has received over 4,500 orders for lifting, rigging and safety equipment since returning to […]