Author Archives: Ian Weinfass

Some 99 companies have been shortlisted for the prestigious CN Awards 2021 across 21 categories. A raft of the industry’s biggest names are vying to win prizes at the awards ceremony, which is now in its 25th year. Balfour Beatty has the highest number of nominations with the contractor featuring…

The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a supply chain engagement process for its plans to build 48 hospital by 2030. A prior information notice (PIN) for the New Hospital Programme said the department wants to hear from suppliers across the sector on issues including procurement, the use of…

The Department for Transport (DfT) will reveal new cost and schedule ranges for phase 2a of HS2 in the coming weeks. An update from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the project’s progress, released today, revealed that the government is close to announcing costs and timings for the Birmingham-to-Crewe leg…

The business case for a £501m flood-prevention scheme in Surrey has been approved by government, with the scope of the scheme smaller than originally planned. Some £60m of funding for the first phase of the River Thames Scheme has been unlocked after the Treasury and Department for Environment, Food and…

The Royal Liverpool Hospital building programme is expected to cost £108m in this financial year, it has emerged. Board papers from the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust show that the organisation expects to spend the cash this year, although it has not yet been approved by central government. Laing…

Pimlico Plumbers has stipulated that anyone applying for a job at the company must have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The specialist, which is recruiting for six members of an in-house maintenance team, said all applicants will be asked to provide proof that they have had at least one vaccine dose,…

Aecom has appointed Metropolitan Police HR diversity and inclusion lead Rachel Billington as its new head of equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) in Europe. While at the London force, she delivered a number of initiatives including a women-returners programme and a bespoke parenting-support service, the consultancy said in a statement.…

Former Laing O’Rourke group technical director Paul Westbury has been named as the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Entertainment Corporation executive vice president of development and construction. He will oversee strategic planning and delivery for the company’s venue-development projects, including the proposed 90 metre-tall MSG Sphere in east London and and…

The National Open College Network (NOCN) is taking legal action against the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) over problems with the Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS). Adult learning body NOCN bought the skills cards scheme from CITB in a deal worth around £3.5m in March 2019, operating them under its…

Travis Perkins’ chief operating officer has appealed to builders to plan ahead if they want to avoid material shortages. In an interview with Construction News in the wake of the firm raising prices on many of its products, COO Frank Elkins asked businesses to give the builders' merchant as much…