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An accident at Crossrail’s Farringdon station site that left one worker seriously injured was "likely" caused by scaffolding not being erected properly, according to a report from the JV building the station. The worker was hospitalised when scaffolding collapsed at the site in September. He has since been released. Another worker…

Sir Robert McAlpine took top spot in the league table for contract wins last month. With three contracts worth £385m secured, the firm headed up the league for the first time since October 2018, according to data from construction intelligence provider Glenigan. Top 10 contractors, November 2019 Click here for…

An evolving trend in tendering for two-stage design-and-build contracts is helping the supply chain and contractors to share risk, the University of Cambridge's construction director believes. Gavin Heaphy said consulting with contractors on risk-sharing had led to a re-evaluation of work procurement on the educational facility's major development, a new district…

Skanska, VolkerFitzpatrick, Hochtief and Tarmac have won places on a £500m highways and transportation framework in the South of England. The framework is for the delivery of significant highway infrastructure development, civil engineering works, and associated construction works valued between £8m and £150m. Running from 1 February 2020 for four years,…

Willmott Dixon, Bam, Skanska and Bam Nuttall have signed up to an onsite flexible-working scheme with Build UK and Timewise. The four contractors are the first to trial flexible-working consultant Timewise’s Construction Pioneers programme, which will focus on onsite jobs that typically have more rigid shift working. The trial, which…

Skanska Construction reported a £35m profit in 2018, bouncing back from a loss in 2017. New accounts for the business, which contributes around 97 per cent of the parent company Skanska UK's turnover, moved back into the black in the year ending 31 December 2018 after suffering a £4.1m pre-tax…

BoKlok, the Skanska and Ikea offsite housing joint venture, has announced a plan for 200 homes in Bristol. The firm, whose entry into the UK market was revealed by Construction News in February, has agreed the development with Bristol City Council. If planning permission is granted for the development (pictured),…

Construction can still achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but the industry needs to take into account carbon emissions at every stage of the construction process, a report has said. The manufacturing, transportation, construction and demolition of buildings and infrastructure contributes 11 per cent to global carbon emissions, according to…

Crossrail is still struggling with productivity problems because tier two and three contractors are failing to deliver, according to chief executive Mark Wild. Board papers reveal Mr Wild told a Transport for London meeting in June that “with no commercial lever” over contractors below the tier one level, Crossrail was…

Crossrail's board has said further change in the leadership of the Costain/Skanska joint venture working on Bond Street station is "necessary and expected". Minutes taken from the June meeting of the rail project's board show its leaders were presented with proposals for an "holisitic plan" for a step-change in performance at…