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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 Full Article: The Construction Index

Galliford Try has appointed a new chief financial officer.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The government is reviewing its policies on modern methods of construction in light of a crisis in the volumetric house-building sector.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Teeside waste contractor Scott Bros is to install machinery on the site of its £6m wash plant for the production of low carbon concrete.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Kelston Sparkes is reusing spoil from its work for Hinkley Point C on the nearby Gravity site in Bridgwater.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Labour rates on building sites in February moved back towards December’s record high after a slow January, according to a leading industry payroll company. Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The board of Travis Perkins has decided that it is time for a change at the top.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

SigmaRoc has completed the acquisition of the UK lime operations of CRH for £133m.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Whitehall has put a new man in charge of government property management.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

House-builder Avant Homes has submitted plans to Calderdale Council for a £70m development in Elland.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

National Highways has submitted a retrospective planning application after council officers found it had breached permitted development rights to infill a 180-year-old bridge.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Volumetric modular housing manufacturer TopHat has confirmed an indefinite postponement of the opening of its new factory in Corby.Read Full Article: The Construction Index