Sustainability

WATCH: Balfour, Old Oak and Brexit – CN’s week in motion

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VIDEO: Check out our motion story and this brief run-through of just a selection of CN’s digital and print content this week (30 Jan – 3 Feb).

This week’s project report featured Balfour Beatty making effective use of Blackpool rock in order to build the UK’s largest sea defence project on…

TIMELAPSE: Spencer Group converts power station

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Watch as Spencer Group erects three major silos as part of the conversion of Lynemouth Power Station.

The project, which is based at the Port of Tyne on the Northumberland coast, is a multi-million-pound job that sees Spencer Group convert the power station from coal-burning operations to biomass.  

Mental health, Skanska and HS2: CN’s week in motion

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VIDEO: Check out our motion story and this brief run-through of just a selection of CN’s digital and print content this week (23 Jan – 27 Jan).

This week, Construction News launches the Mind Matters editorial campaign, as part of our vow to make mental health awareness one of the core…

WATCH: Skanska’s New Papworth Hospital takes shape

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Video: At the centre of Cambridge’s building boom is the expanding Cambridge Biomedical Campus, which will include the New Papworth Hospital when it opens next year.

Skanska project director Kevin Kilcoyne discusses the project, which has facilities that sit at the heart of the new campus, allowing for knowledge sharing with…

Watch: FCC raises the roof at Atlético Madrid’s new stadium

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Spanish contracting giant FCC has begun the elevating the new roof onto the Wanda Metropolitano, the new stadium of Atlético Madrid football club.

Los Colchoneros’ 67,000-seater stadium will be completed this year, with the club moving into its new home in time for next season. The cost of the project is…

Trump, CITB and Beyoncé: CN’s week in motion

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VIDEO: Will President Trump deliver on his $1tn infrastructure promise and can UK firms benefit? That’s the focus of this week’s in-depth analysis as The Donald takes office.

Elsewhere our latest project report saw northern correspondent, data editor and cricket fan Charlie Schouten visit Old Trafford to see how Galliford Try…

Horse ‘monorail’, Multiplex and Prior: CN’s week in motion

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VIDEO: Check out our motion story and this brief run-through of just a selection of CN’s digital and print content this week (9 Jan – 13 Jan).

This week’s project report took a look at a revolutionary new training method at Kingwood Stud Training Track: a horse ‘monorail’; meanwhile, features editor…

WATCH: Raymond Brown lays down track at horse ‘monorail’

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Watch as Raymond Brown site manager Rob Greener discusses the materials used to lay the track on site at Kingswood Stud.

Raymond Brown Construction faces a once-in-a-lifetime challenge to deliver a futuristic scheme that could revolutionise UK racehorse training. Read the full project report here: Horse monorail targets training revolution

Top 5 videos of 2016

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From Canary Wharf to Amsterdam, from BIM to road safety, we’ve used video this year to cover a range of industry topics and bring construction to life in new and exciting ways.

1) Keltbray DawesGuard Video: Keltbray’s DawesGuard system Our top video this year was filmed in our own backyard as…

Preview 2017: CN’s week in motion

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VIDEO: Check out our motion story and this brief run-through of just a selection of CN’s digital content this week (12 Dec – 16 Dec).

We kicked off our preview of 2017 this week, looking at 10 projects that’ll excite the industry in the coming year, as well as 17 people…