Author Archives: Ian Weinfass

A fire has ripped through the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was undergoing renovation work. The cause of the blaze, which took nine hours to put out, remains unclear. French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to rebuild the iconic structure, saying: "This Notre-Dame Cathedral, we will rebuild it. All together.…

Tarmac is providing expectant mothers with specialist maternity personal protective equipment (PPE) to support pregnant workers, the company has announced. The firm said the move followed a TUC industry report, which found half of respondents had been forced to cut back on their normal duties or change roles due to…

Walking into the 11,000 sq m tent, under which HS2 Euston’s early works are taking place, feels like stepping into an arena.

The scale, the shape and the bustle of activity within all give that impression. The structure keeps the nature of the work – the careful exhumation of 40,000 human remains…

Enabling works at the HS2 station call for 40,000 sets of human remains to be exhumed, presenting a big challenge for contractors engaged on site.

Project: HS2 Enabling Works in Area South (Euston Station) Main contractor: Costain Skanska joint venture Client: HS2 Subcontractors: Palmers (scaffolding), archaeologists MHI (MOLA Headland Infrastructure),…

Tottenham Hotspur’s chairman has said the club did not publicly commit to playing at Wembley for a second season during the first year of its new stadium build because of a tendency for such projects to be delayed.

In his programme notes for the first Premier League fixture at the ground…

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club held the first test event for fans at its new £850m stadium yesterday.

Some 29,000 people turned out for the initial public event at the ground, which has been built under the construction management of Mace. The game – an under-18s fixture against Southampton – was the…

Former Crossrail chairman Sir Terry Morgan used his appearance at the London Assembly to level a host of accusations at Transport for London and the mayor of London about how they handled information concerning delays to the project.

Sir Terry told a session at the London Assembly that Transport for London’s…