To celebrate the 75th birthday of its apprentice scheme, construction and maintenance company Seddon Group is set to recruit 75 new apprentices and trainees in the UK this year.

A self-employed roofer from Leeds in Yorkshire has won gold in the young roofer section of the International Federation of Roofing Contractors World Championships.

Matthew Timby was awarded the medal and world championship title at Leeds College of Building’s annual awards ceremony; and the apprentice-turned-successful roofer was presented the award by Jarrod Best, the managing director of Leeds-based GMI Construction.

Home Secretary Theresa May delivered the keynote speech at RUSI’s Olympic and Paralympic Security Conference in central London. Where are we now with planning for a secure Games?

This coming summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games promise to be the greatest sporting event in the history of Great Britain. They also demand the biggest peacetime security operation ever realised on home shores.

You’ve probably seen some of the statistics around this event already, but they’re well worth reiterating for sense of scale. 10,500 Olympic athletes from 205 national Olympic Committees and 4,200 Paralympic athletes from 170 national Paralympic Committees are paying us a visit.

From an artistic point of view, it doesn't look like a medal contender.
And at a cost of £335,000 to the taxpayer, this Olympic sculpture might not win any prizes for value for money either.
The 17 sandstone boulders mounted on 8ft stainless steel poles are being built in a muddy field in Weymouth, Dorset, near where the Olympic sailing events will be held.

The designers say they will 'inspire' people who see them in the run-up to the Games, and represent the 'dramatic' coastline. The formation of the pillars is supposed to represent a flock of birds or shoal of fish.

The proposed cuts would have gone beyond DECC’s powers in the Energy Act 2008. This week's ruling confirms that, once the eligibility date for a solar installation has passed, the feed in tariff rate then applicable is “locked in” for the 25 year period, subject only to adjustments for RPI.

Construction workers have been demonstrating over changes they say could have an impact on health and safety.

Members of the Unite Union gathered for a demonstration at the building site of the new emergency care centre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Friday morning.

The West Midlands construction sector will shrink at an average rate of 1.1 per cent every year until 2016, according to a new report.

Labour market data produced by CITB-Construction Skills for the construction industry shows the decrease will include a 2.3 per cent fall in new work but an increase of 1.7 per cent in repair and maintenance.

The region's first hybrid operating room, one that adds imaging and robotics to traditional surgery, will reduce recovery time and the risk of postoperative complications when it opens this week at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, officials said.

Not only will common heart surgeries, such as insertions of stents, be performed more effectively in the hybrid room, officials said, but the state-of-the-art technology will better allow doctors to deal with complications that can arise out of complex heart surgeries such as endovascular aneurysm repairs.

The hybrid, plus eight new traditional operating rooms, were shown to the media Wednesday. The traditional operating rooms will be in use within the next few weeks.

Work commenced on the construction of the new £7.5m Engineering Centre for Kirklees College in Huddersfield in Summer 2011 and the team are already being highly commended for their exceptional measures in respecting the community.

RTPI Planning Consultancy of the Year, Terence O’Rourke Ltd, has obtained a resolution to grant planning permission for major development at Silverstone Circuit on behalf of Silverstone Holdings Ltd.