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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.

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Asbestos apprenticeships streamlined

The Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association, ATaC, has joined with apprenticeships provider Tiro to launch two revised asbestos programmes.

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CECE comes to Savoy Place

This year's CECE Congress will be hosted in London by the CEA, at the IET's Savoy Place building.

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Hampshire firm fined over roofer's fall

Willow Services (Southern) Ltd has pleaded guilty to breaching the work at height regulations, after a roofer fell through an unprotected loft hatch, suffering life changing injuries.

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City Lifting erects the UK’s first 195 HC-LH

Liebherr has delivered the UK’s first 195 HC-LH luffing jib crane to City Lifting. Ahead of its first project, a housing development in Essex, Liebherr supported the company’s technicians during the crane’s initial erection at its yard in Leighton Buzzard.

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Robertson completes Fife homes

Robertson Partnership Homes has completed work on 58 affordable homes in Glenrothes for Fife Council.

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Hutchinson steps up at Henry Boot

Developer Henry Boot PLC has announced that Edward Hutchinson will succeed Tim Roberts as its CEO.

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Groundworks firm saves time with JCB

Jack Elliott Groundworks in Barnsley has saved time on site with a JCB DualDrive backhoe loader, acquired through TC Harrison.