Nationwide Construction Recruitment Blog

Nationwide Construction Recruitment is a leading construction employment agency for the built environment. We are always seeking to improve our services and be at the forefront of recruitment practices.

Our Blogs are provided to make aware to workers and clients of incidents, changes and information relevant to their daily activities in the "Built Environment" .

VolkerFitzpatrick takes first £29m job at London Tribeca

VolkerFitzpatrick has picked up the first office project on developer Reef Group’s 1m sq ft redevelopment of a former Royal Mail canalside site near King’s Cross in London.

Bid race starts for HS2 Interchange station

HS2 has started the bidding for the HS2 Interchange Station in Solihull, and set the expected cost at £370m.

Firms must pledge net zero target to bid for public work

Contractors wanting to bid for public works jobs will have to pledge to be net zero by 2050 under new Government rules.

Funding deal for £22m Lyminster Bypass northern section

The Government has agreed funding to allow work to move ahead to complete the northern section of the Lyminister Bypass in West Sussex.

Construction buyers report “phenomenal” month in May

Construction buyers saw output growth at its strongest since September 2014 last month as new order volumes increased at the fastest pace for a quarter of a century.

Laing O’Rourke targets staff gender balance by 2033

Laing O’Rourke has set itself the target of employing equal numbers of men and women among its 5,500 global staff by 2033.

Billington warns of further steel price volatility ahead

Structural steelwork contractor Billington today warned of further strong market headwinds to come from price hikes and shortages of steel after unprecedented rises in the last 12 months.

B&K set for £200m Nottingham Broadmarsh offices scheme

Joint venture developers Peveril Securities and Sladen Estates have unveiled plans to build an office complex next to the former Broadmarsh shopping centre in Nottingham.

Readie lands £28m deal for Moog Controls centre

Joint venture developers Peveril Securities and Sladen Estates have unveiled plans to build an office complex next to the former Broadmarsh shopping centre in Nottingham.

CSCS has announced the launch of the new virtual CSCS card.

A virtual CSCS card is the same as the plastic card but stored within a smart device, such as a mobile phone, rather than in your wallet or pocket.