Wrightstyle, the leading steel glazing specialist, has completed a prestigious project for the London Borough of Brent’s new Civic Centre, the UK’s first “outstanding” BREEAM rated public building, which opened last month.

The 9-storey £100 million building, set within a 2.5 acre site, accommodates some 2,000 staff and councillors, and incorporates community facilities including a central library and learning centre, community meeting and performance spaces, Registrar's services, a large capacity assembly hall, and retail and exhibition space.

Civil and structural engineering consultancy, JPG has completed works on a significant new retail park in Prestatyn, North Wales.  

The 11 acre Prestatyn Retail Park, hailed as a renaissance for the town with major tenants including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Next and Boots and more than 650 new jobs created, was recently opened by local dignitaries and school children.

Linden Homes site manager Paul Mott has seen off fierce competition to clinch an industry quality award for the second year running.

Paul has been presented with an NHBC Pride in the Job quality award for his continuing strive towards perfection at the company’s Orchid development in Oakham.

The Wessex Group held a magnificent gala celebration to mark the company’s 50th anniversary in style.

Hundreds of staff, former employees and their partners attended the dinner at the Bournemouth International Centre.

COMBISAFE has developed an innovative socket for use with its edge protection posts or traditional scaffolding. The socket comes complete with a hook and anchor to enable precast manufacturers to quickly secure it rigidly to the rebar without the need for wiring or spacers.

The socket is fixed at a junction of the rebar mesh before further reinforcements are added and the concrete poured. The use of the robust hook and anchor ensures the socket will not move while the casting table is oscillated or vibrated, or while the concrete surface is being keyed.

While engaging in some background research for an article on regional construction activity in the North West, I came across the intriguing fact that there are no fewer than 50 regeneration projects going on in Cumbria alone. That is astonishing. At a time when activity is said to be at a low ebb, with funding dried up and bank lending non-existent, a small rural county in the far North West is virtually re-inventing itself.

How can this be? It is a reflection of an issue the RICS has been banging on about for some time: that the most effective and beneficial infrastructure projects are small in scale and local in scope, employing small businesses that in turn employ local people.

Dickies offer the full range of PPE and safety accessories. This ensures you have full confidence and trust in your safety equipment when working in dangerous conditions and harsh work environments.

Dickies workwear aims to protect every area of your body. Dickies offer a wide range of tough work gloves including Showa Gloves, a range of eye protection including safety spectacles, goggles, and visor kits. In addition ear defenders. Ear plugs, respirators and disposable respirators.

Established JCB dealer, Holt JCB, has launched a responsive and impactful new website to support its marketing activity. Digital communications specialist, RE:SYSTEMS was commissioned to design and develop the site following its experience in the construction market.

Work is underway to build a £1.7million affordable homes scheme in Blaydon, thanks to a partnership between Yuill Homes and Isos Housing.

Leading North East housebuilder Yuill Homes will deliver 15 affordable homes at its successful High View housing development off Shibdon Bank. The scheme for Isos Housing will include six new two bedroom and nine three bedroom homes for rent which will be allocated to people in the greatest housing need.

Leading provider of safety at height solutions, Combisafe International, has launched its new Counterweight System to provide freestanding, ergonomic and secure temporary edge protection for flat roof applications.

Quick and easy to install, the Counterweight System takes temporary edge protection to new levels of speed and efficiency. The latest innovation from COMBISAFE not only meets the stringent specifications of EN 13374: The European standard for temporary edge protection systems, but further enhances the businesses market leading range of systemised edge protection solutions.