Michele Pekar

Royal Bam Group has appointed Kim Sides as executive director, construction, for its UK and Ireland division…Read More

Winvic Construction has begun a multimillion pound upgrade to the iPort Rail inland port near Doncaster…Read More

GMI Construction Group has been awarded a £16m contract to deliver the next units on Europe’s largest automotive research and development cluster as well as the enabling infrastructure…Read More

Formwork and scaffolding specialist Peri has introduced its scaffold cladding system to the UK…Read More

A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester…Read More

Royal Bam Group has named former Lendlease finance chief Kim Sides as its new head of UK building. She will formally become executive director of construction for UK and Ireland at the Dutch parent company on Tuesday 2 April. Sides replaces James Wimpenny, who retired… The post Former Laing and Lendlease chief takes reins at

Network Rail has appointed four firms to deliver £490m of construction works over the next five years. The national infrastructure operator selected the contractors for its North West and Central Region Control Period 7 Framework A. The deal will cover large projects across that part… The post Four firms scoop almost £500m of rail work

Half of construction-industry professionals are unclear on the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) gateway system, with only one in 10 having a plan for storing building information, according to a new survey. Half of around 500 respondents to a survey carried out by specification information provider… The post Half of industry unclear on BSR gateway system

Kelly Boorman is national head of construction and a partner at RSM UK With low margins and little room for error, the construction industry faces the challenge of complex, disjointed project delivery and inaccurate financial forecasting outcomes, dependent on human insight and manual work. Historically… The post Could generative AI bring about remote construction work…Read

Galliford Try has named Kris Hampson as its new chief financial officer. Hampson will join the contractor by September this year, moving from group financial controller at FTSE 100 pest-control firm Rentokil Initial. He replaces Andrew Duxbury, who is leaving Galliford Try to become chief… The post Galliford Try names new chief financial officer appeared