UK Construction News

Whitehall Capital, a specialist property financer, has completed four loans in the previous week, totaling over £15 million in funding. A development loan in Fulham was completed, as were bridge loans in Barking, Croyden, and Doncaster.

Trolex, the leading manufacturer of health and safety technology products for workers operating in hazardous environments is delighted to have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ by the British Safety Industry Federation for the Air XS Silica Monitor – the world’s first real-time respirable crystalline silica (RCS) monitor.

Offsite modular specialist Elements Europe has been appointed as the Main Contractor on a £100m central London hotel and office scheme.

Murphy & Sons Limited is thrilled to be partnering with the Home Office to provide job opportunities to up to 175 Ukrainian refugees in a range of positions. Murphy's objective is for a diverse range of jobs to serve a diverse cross-section of the Ukrainian people moving to the United Kingdom.

Trolex, the leading manufacturer of health and safety technology products for workers operating in hazardous environments is delighted to announce the launch of the world’s first real time detector for silica particulates, the Air XS Silica Monitor. Silica is the biggest risk to construction workers after asbestos, from the inhalation of silica dust particulates in the workplace and an estimated 600,000 workers are exposed to silica each year in the UK.

We stand with Ukraine! Futureal-Cordia-HelloParks Group and its employees have made a number of commitments to help refugees from Ukraine. Cordia recently bought UK developer Blackswan Property, acquired Polish residential developer Polnord S.A. and also owns 15.9% of the listed Dutch company ARGO Properties N.V., which is active in the German rental housing and urban regeneration market.

The COVID-19 epidemic has altered the way the construction industry does work, from project scheduling and closure to employing personnel and dealing with clients, since last year. The pandemic's aftermath will have an impact on numerous industrial developments in the future.

Have you noticed that your energy bills have been climbing higher and higher this year? The latter half of 2021 has seen a huge surge in energy prices that has had a huge impact on both consumers and energy companies. More than 20 energy companies have been shut down this year, and many households have seen a substantial rise in their energy bills.

Representatives from almost 200 countries gathered in November 2021 to confront the worldwide crisis of climate change. The annual United Nations climate change conference was held in Glasgow and concluded on November 13th. How the decisions made at COP26 could impact UK households, and why some criticise the planned initiatives as being "too little, too late."

A first-ever for any construction show - 50% of London Build’s conference agenda is represented by female speakers! London Build returns to Olympia London’s Grand Hall for the live expo on the 17th and 18th November.

The Innovation Zone is always a huge draw at construction’s largest event. UK Construction Week takes place from 5-7 October at the NEC in Birmingham and will be the first major live event in construction since the start of the pandemic. It is completely free to attend.

London Build is the ultimate platform for networking and connecting with thousands of senior-level decision-makers, buyers and influencers from across the UK's entire built environment. Discover how you can get involved with major construction projects in the UK as you connect with industry experts and senior representatives from government, architects, major developers, housing builders, and tier 1 contractors.

PASMA training remains safe and widely available as limitations begin to ease across the UK. If lockdown cards have expired, or if new workers are utilising scaffold towers without one, now is the moment to enrol them in a training. Tower safety is more vital than ever as we seek for normality. Nobody wants their employee to end up as a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistic.

There are many components involved when it comes to construction management. One of the most important parts of delivering a successful construction project is the logistics. Keeping your construction logistics in line is a vital practice in getting your supplies where they need to be, on time, so that sites are clear and operations are performed swiftly.

One of Northern Ireland’s largest tree management specialists has invested in a lithium battery 26-metre Hinowa spider platform - and its teams are already impressed with its capabilities.

ASFP is delighted to announce the appointment of Steve Davies as its new Chief Executive Officer. Steve joins the ASFP from the Lighting Industry Association (LIA), where he was CEO for over seven years.

With GROHE X, LIXIL EMENA launches an industry-first digital platform for its leading global sanitary brand, GROHE. Visitors to the hub have the opportunity to create their own individual GROHE brand experience thanks to informative and inspirational multimedia content tailored to the needs of its professional business partners and consumers.

We are fortunate to have the award-winning UK Construction Week in October 2021 to look forward to, and with the impressive plans made to roll out the vaccine by the end of the summer to almost the entire population, we can look forward to meeting again in October with confidence.

The new Offsite Show will be organised by Industry Expo, a Media 10 Group company, in partnership with Buildoffsite and will be co-located with UK Construction Week (UKCW), 4 dedicated UK Construction Week Summits and Grand Designs Live.

Gábor Futó, the founder of Futureal and Cordia has funded a new industrial and logistics property development and investment company, HelloParks. The firm will operate as a member of Futureal Group, and is headed by Rudolf Nemes.