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British Land appoints McLaren for West One

McLaren has been appointed by developer British Land to deliver a £99m office retrofit and expansion at Bond Street Underground Station, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.

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Barhale, Suez, ice pigs, to finish Greenwich trunk main

Thames Water has picked Barhale to complete the final leg of the £17m Greenwich Trunk Main in South London, using ice pigging with Suez to efficiently commission the line.

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Hodge to sell Hyundai in Scotland

Hyundai Construction Equipment has appointed Hodge Plant as its dealer for Scotland.

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Faster drywall planning with AI

The University of Wolverhampton has launched knowledge transfer partnership with Drywall Steel Sections Ltd to speed the design and costing of steel frame and drywall systems using AI.

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Templant joins Camfaud Group following acquisition

Essex-based temporary power provider Templant has been acquired by Camfaud Group, the UK’s largest concrete pumping company and part of Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBCP)

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HSE warns against dry cutting

HSE has issued guidance making dry cutting of engineered stone illegal and demanding the use of lower silica content materials, pointing to the risk of silicosis, following the deaths of two workers in the sector.

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TCPA chief joins Cratus

Fiona Howie, chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association, has moved to Cratus Group, where she is now director of communities and placemaking.

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Strike starts at Crane BS&U

Members of the GMB union at Crane BS&U, part of the Process Flow Technologies division of US-owned Crane Co, have started strike action in Hitchin.

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Fox buys DSD, Moore

Construction materials distribution and construction services business Fox Group has acquired surfacing specialist DSD Construction and concrete supplier Moore Readymix, backed by investor Stellex Capital Management ,who say they are aiming to build a...

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Epiroc tunnels in Himalayas

Epiroc has supplied mechanised rock excavation equipment for parts of a job in Shimla, India, where drill and blast was not suitable.