Construction National

Solid foundation for a long-term partnership

Hope Construction Materials and DB Schenker Rail UK have laid solid foundations for their future partnership by signing a five-year contract for comprehensive transport services.

The two companies celebrated by further cementing their relationship when DB Schenker Rail UK’s Class 60 locomotive (60044) was named Dowlow, in honour of the company’s Dowlow Quarry in Derbyshire.

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Success for Project (EU) Ltd at OUG Partner of the Year Awards

Project (EU) Ltd, the IT company providing specialist construction business process and finance systems advice, has been named as the Silver winner in the Oracle Projects and Primavera category and the Bronze winner in the Business Analytics category at the eighth annual UK Oracle User Group Partner of the Year Awards.  The awards provide recognition to UKOUG Partners for the contribution that they make by offering their services to Oracle users.

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More than half of small firms ‘not ready’ for introduction of BIM Level 2

Small and medium-sized firms could find themselves unintentionally ‘frozen out’ from competing for tens of billions of pounds of central government contracts in just a matter of months, according to new survey findings from the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA).

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Heckmondwike FB's carpet on show in showroom!

A showroom in Scotland liked Heckmondwike FB’s Array and Broadrib fibre bonded carpet tiles so much, they chose them for their own floor!

Kristoffersen Carpets and Flooring chose 60m2 of Array Peacock with complementary Broadrib in Peacock for the refurbishment of its Newtongrange showroom near Edinburgh, after seeing samples of both ranges.

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