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Flexible working can help to tackle the skills gap in construction without having a negative impact on business performance, according to a review of four pilot projects at top firms. The review, conducted one year after flexible working pilots were introduced at Bam Construct, Bam Nuttall, Skanska UK and Willmott…

Willmott Dixon has scooped a £50m contract to transform a 1990s office block near Tower Bridge into one of the UK’s most sustainable offices.  The contractor has been chosen by Fore Partnership to overhaul the 10,219-square-metre building next to Tower Bridge into the TBC.London workspace. The speculative development is underpinned…

Reduced working hours, more breaks and alcohol warnings are among the measures being introduced by contractors this week as the UK braces for record temperatures. The Met Office issued an “exceptional” weather warning for the temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, when the temperature in southern England is expected to reach…

A pre-planning consultation for a £90m educational campus in Newport, Wales, has been launched. The proposed scheme involves building a new university campus on the site of the ageing Newport Centre leisure centre, which will be relocated. The consultation, launched this week, acts as a precursor to the outline application…

The Building Safety Act has thrown the construction industry “under the proverbial bus”, Willmott Dixon chief executive Rick Willmott has warned. Willmott criticised the retrospective liability section of the new legislation, introduced last week, which means developers and contractors are now liable for buildings they built up to 30 years…

Wates, Wilmott Dixon and Bouygues UK have won spots on a £2.5bn framework to build 7,000 new houses across London. The framework, tendered by housing association Notting Hill Genesis, will run for four years until June 2026, with the option to extend for a further two years. A total of…

Kier and Willmott Dixon are among a host of big-time contractors that have nabbed spots on a £240m framework covering the north of England. Tilbury Douglas, Henry Boot, Morgan Sindall and Galliford Try were also named on the YORbuild3 framework, which will last for four years. Specifically, the work will…

Willmott Dixon has partnered with materials manufacturer Etex to upskill prisoners at HMP Cardiff. The training programme will give HMP Cardiff inmates the chance to learn how to install plasterboard. The course is designed to provide learners with the most up-to-date industry knowledge and best practices, and is an update…

The City of London Corporation has established a new Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce, which will look at defining and addressing skills gaps around the construction, retrofit and maintenance of low-carbon commercial buildings in Central London boroughs. Among those chosen to sit on the taskforce are Mace chief of…

Wates has made a commitment to appoint more women to senior roles, as a condition attached to a £90m loan. The contractor secured a three-year sustainability-linked loan, facilitated by a syndicate led by Lloyds Bank along with HSBC and AIB, which each put in £30m. The terms of the loan…