Mark Wild a former Crossrail boss and Kay Hughes HS2 Design Director are the 2 latest heavyweights to sign up as commissioners for the ambitious Building the Future Commission. Mark Wild CEO of SGN and Kay Hughes will advise primarily on the planning and infrastructure strand of the commission. In January 2023 the commission will

For the next two years Ray O’Rourke will still be at the helm of his business whilst he guides it through the current economic crisis and uncertain market conditions.  The latest accounts for 31st March 2022 show a pre-tax profit of £2.5m from £2,965m of turnover after an inherit job in Australia blew a hole

The construction arm of Mace Group has certainly helped put the group back on track to achieving £2bn revenue this year.  In 2021 its pre-tax profit was £17m but has now reached a massive £38m as revenues rose to £1.93bn.  Indeed, their Chief executive Mark Reynolds predicted that this year’s revenue would top £2bn putting

Huge Win Again for Balfour Beatty Once again Balfour Beatty has successfully renewed its role as being the sole contractor for both of the Scape Civil Engineering frameworks which cover the UK, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Over the next four years both of the Scape Civil Engineering frameworks are worth up to £3.25bn and

Going from strength-to-strength Kier has come back to be one of the UK’s leading contractors after collecting the highest tally of work for the second month in August. £516m spread between 16 projects was secured by the firm as it strengthened its grip on the 12-month Barbour ABI contracts league. Indeed, Kier have been in

Preparation to clear Manchester’s Event City is currently taking place to make way for the UK’s first city-based wellbeing water resort. Peel L&P have submitted plans to demolish the former soccer dome building at Trafford Way on Barton Dock Road.  The demolishing plans will then make way for a landmark tropical complex.  Demolition works could