Nearly three quarters of UK construction companies are positive about the industry’s prospects over the next five years. And two-thirds of UK companies expect their company to grow between one and 25 percent this year. The bullish outlook is contained in KPMG’s Global Construction Survey 2013: Ready for the Next Big [...]

The Government’s £2.9 billion domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme due to be launched in Spring 2014 is, as it stands, costly, impractical and unlikely to attract consumers unless the focus changes, says OFTEC. Figures from the Energy Saving Trust*, backed up by OFTEC estimates, show the cost of installing renewable [...]

Businesses have been invited to hear how they can get involved in HS2 Ltd at the Supply Chain Conference in Birmingham. The conference, being held at the ICC on November 5, is the first of a series of events to tell companies about the business opportunities as part of HS2. Over [...]

Leading oil and gas industry rental equipment provider, Workstrings International Ltd, a Superior Energy Services company, celebrates the opening of its new facility in Stavanger, Norway. The facility, which will create opportunities for the employment of local staff and services, encompasses a suite of offices, equipment maintenance and inspection area, [...]

ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), a leading solar one-stop solution provider, today announced that it has provided 4.8MW of solar PV panels for two utility scaled projects in Chile. Located in Combarbala, the IV Region, the projects, namely PSF Pama and PSF Lomas Coloradas, are being constructed by Coener [...]

Russell Construction is set to start work on the UK’s biggest Motel One in Manchester’s Piccadilly area. Developer Livia awarded Russells the £25.5m job to build the 14-storey hotel, which will boast 330 bedrooms. The 20-month build programme, to BREEAM Very Good standard, should see the hotel open in the [...]

Brighton Station has been formally re-opened following a £5m upgrade. The upgrade included a new passenger lounge and more shops, opening up the concourse, additional ticket gates, a new travel centre and ticket office, new customer information booth, new customer information screens, refurbished toilets, upgraded CCTV, new seating and improved [...]

Aquaterra Energy has confirmed its position as a leading offshore engineering solutions provider for drilling challenges off Norway with the opening of a new office in Stavanger. Newly appointed Sales Manager Arne Harald Egge will be driving the Aquaterra Energy business in Norway and his appointment will ensure that Norwegian [...]

Crossrail has confirmed its intention to award the £30m contract for the Paddington New Yard to Costain. The contract includes the construction of a new 180m long elevated bus deck which will connect to Westbourne Park Bus Garage, the relocation of an existing concrete batching plant, and preparatory works for [...]

The Solar Decathlon's mission, at its core, is to showcase one simple fact: that homes can be built today that are innovatively efficient from energy to water usage, in a variety of appealing and generally affordable designs. Judging by our own eyes, and the eyes of this year's judges and [...]

A new European centre will concentrate research and testing for innovations in railway infrastructure and training, the Reseau Ferre de France (RFF) has announced. Plans for the European Railway Test Centre (CEEF) are currently out to consultation. The centre will be managed by Railenium, a technical research institute that will [...]

RWE Dea UK has started gas production from the Breagh gas field located in the UK Southern North Sea. The first three wells brought into production had an initial total flow rate of 2.75 million cubic metres of gas per day. Total reserves of the Breagh field are estimated at [...]