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Wates Construction boss Paul Chandler is leaving at the end of this year after eight years in the job.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The UK construction sector gained momentum during May, growing at its fastest pace for two years, the latest survey of industry purchasing managers indicates.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

BT subsidiary Openreach Limited has been fined £1.34m after an engineer drowned while trying to repair a telephone line.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Acrow has installed 90-metre span prefabricated modular bridge across the Clyde in South Lanarkshire.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Members of the GMB union at Crane Building Services & Utilities in Hitchin have accepted a 7% pay deal after five days of strike action.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

A tool that simultaneously measures both the whole life costs and the whole life carbon emissions of a structure has been launched by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Aggregate Industries UK, part the Swiss multinational Holcim Group, has acquired Land Recovery, a supplier of primary and recycled construction materials.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Construction equipment group Vp plc saw its pre-tax profits plummet last year as it wrote off millions in the value of its brands.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Henry Boot Developments (HBD) has secured reserved matters planning consent for three units totalling 464,000 sq ft at its £110m Spark industrial park in Walsall.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Changes at plastic pipe manufacturer Aliaxis UK are in the offing with employees being told that they could be about to lose their jobs.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

United Utilities has named seven civil engineering companies to help deliver £3bn-worth of water and wastewater infrastructure over the next five years.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Manchester Airport has release timelapse video showing the installation of a 216-tonne link bridge at its Terminal Two.Read Full Article: The Construction Index