CSCS upgrades smart card checks 15.5.2026 08:39

CSCS Smart Check has upgraded the data shared during a card scan, including why the card was checked, the check location, and the site name or ID.

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Aspire appoints Novus, Anglian 15.5.2026 09:46

Aspire Housing has appointed Novus Property Solutions and Anglian Windows to fit new doors and windows to 200 homes in Staffordshire and Cheshire.

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Sustainability expert returns to Ramboll 15.5.2026 09:38

Phil Kelly, who previously worked on sustainability at Ramboll, has returned to become head of department for buildings advisory and consultancy in its buildings unit for UK & Ireland, based in its Leeds office.

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New faces for ACE 15.5.2026 09:33

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has appointed Mott MacDonald's Denise Bowers and Tetra Tech's Rukhsana Faiz to its leadership.

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Legendre picked for Mayfair project 15.5.2026 08:57

Legendre UK has been appointed as main contractor on the Stiff + Trevillion designed redevelopment of 50 Stratton Street in Mayfair, London, by Berkeley Estate Asset Management.

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A new path towards net zero 14.5.2026 09:29

A new performance evaluation has been developed under the Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, allowing buildings that are not in full alignment with the standard to measure their performance using the same metrics.

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Cameron gets OK for Bamford Place 14.5.2026 09:16

Cameron Homes has received planning approval from East Staffordshire Borough Council for a £39m project to build 119 homes on the former Bamford Works factory site in Uttoxeter, in partnership with JCB.

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M Group appoints energy MD 14.5.2026 09:08

M Group has appointed Andrew English as its managing director, energy infrastructure.

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TBM starts on Thames power tunnel 14.5.2026 08:59

A Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine has been lowered into the ground using a Weldex crawler crane, for Ferrovial Bemo JV, who are building a new power tunnel under the Thames for National Grid.

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Defra, Natural England, seek your newt experiences 13.5.2026 17:37

The great crested newt has found itself at the centre of a political battlefield over how to preserve nature and deliver homes. Now, and until May 22 2026, Defra and Natural England, with the help of LUC and ICF, are looking to talk to developers and construction contractors about their experiences of how the amphibians are protected.

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Kier's King's Speech a damp squib on rainy Wednesday 13.5.2026 16:42

As storm clouds rolled over the capital, the King announced the Government's lawmaking plans for the year ahead. Commentators from RIBA, the CIOB, the Residential Freehold Association, and Churchill Living appeared to struggle to find anything to be enthusiastic about.

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Pyroguard, Schüco glaze Belfast Grand Central 13.5.2026 09:44

Pyroguard and Schüco have partnered to bring their fire safety glass and frames to Belfast Grand Central Station, designed by RPP and delivered by Carey Glass and Williaam Cox.

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