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Carbon-negative building block unveiled

24/05/2013: Masonry products manufacturer Lignacite has launched what it describes as “the world’s first carbon-negative building block”. more »
Morgan Sindall scores £27m Bournemouth regeneration

24/05/2013: Morgan Sindall is to deliver £27m of works as part of a £40m regeneration scheme in Bournemouth. more »
World Bank pledges $1bn for Africa’s Great Lakes region

24/05/2013: New hydropower schemes will be built in Africa’s Great Lakes region as part of a US$1bn (£664m) package of new funding announced this week by the World Bank Group. more »
Make proposes Stansted expansion

24/05/2013: Make Architects has unveiled further studies to support its proposals for an expansion of Stansted Airport to meet the UK’s future aviation needs. more »
Fines for school roof demolition accident

24/05/2013: Thomas Vale and a demolition contractor have been fined for safety failings after the six-tonne roof of a timber-framed classroom collapsed on a worker, leaving him seriously injured. more »
Carillion, Kier and Wates awarded school batches

24/05/2013: Carillion, Kier and Wates have joined Bam as the government’s favourite school builders. more »
GAP signs £3m deal with Carey

24/05/2013: Hire company GAP has secured a contract with the Carey Group to supply plant and tools nationwide under a deal estimated to be worth £3m a year. more »
Timber group rebrands

24/05/2013: The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) is changing its name to the Structural Timber Association (STA). more »
Piling tool aids information flow

24/05/2013: The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has introduced an E-Pile Schedule that provides data in a standardised format to make information flow more efficient. more »
PwC advises on how to run mega projects

23/05/2013: PwC’s industrial products practice has published a report on how engineering and construction (E&C) firms can achieve their cost, schedule and performance quality goals when carrying out mega capital projects. more »
Crossrail team completes Stepney Green cavern ahead of schedule

24/05/2013: The Crossrail project reached a major milestone this week when construction of the eastbound cavern at the Stepney Green shaft was completed ahead of schedule. more »
BAM lands £8m multi-faith school project

24/05/2013: BAM Midlands and BAM Design are working from concept design to construction on a multi-faith secondary school in Birmingham. more »
Eight teams cleared to bid for Chile’s Chacao Bridge

24/05/2013: Chile’s public works minister Loreto Silva has outlined the schedule for building the Chacao Bridge following presidential authorisation for bidding to start. more »
First win for Broadway Malyan's expanded Warsaw office

24/05/2013: Broadway Malyan’s team in Warsaw has secured its first major win following the expansion of the practice’s operations in Poland. more »
Orders up 25% at L&T

24/05/2013: Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro has reported a 25% surge in orders and a 14.4% revenue increase for the year to 31 March. more »
Huge fleet renewal for One Call Hire

24/05/2013: One Call Hire is investing more than £32m in its equipment fleet this year, including 430 new excavators and 361 dumpers. more »
Open Doors Weekend to be repeated

24/05/2013: The construction industry will once again throw open the gates of some of its biggest sites to the curious public in a second Open Doors Weekend. more »
Welsh construction panel meets

24/05/2013: The new Welsh Government Construction Sector Panel held its first meeting this week under the continued chairmanship of David Joyce, former chief operating officer of Vinci plc. more »
Aecom to manage US$2.7bn LA college scheme

23/05/2013: Aecom has won a US$94.6m programme management contract for the final US$2.7bn phase of the US Los Angeles Community College District’s (LACCD) building project. more »
Cleveland cops hunt HQ builder

23/05/2013: A contract to build a new headquarters for Cleveland police could be worth up to £20m to the winning bidder. more »
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