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" .
Covid-19 delays London Super Sewer 9 months
Completion of the London Thames Tideway tunnel project has been pushed back into 2025 because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Amey to prototype automated crash cushion truck
Amey is close to prototyping an automated traffic management and crash cushion deployment truck to protect motorway workers on live carriageways.
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Work to start on UK’s first plastic to hydrogen plant
Developer Peel L&P Environmental is pressing ahead with plans to build the first phase of its innovative plastic recycling park in Cheshire.
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Covid-19 delays £500m Kent highways upkeep renewal
Kent County Council has been forced to delay tendering for renewal of its £500m highways services contract.
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Start for 242-home Gravesend town centre scheme
Developer Reef is planning to start work this year on a major residential scheme in Gravesend town centre in Kent.
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Government C-19 construction worker payouts top £6bn
Government payouts to support self-employed and furloughed construction workers have soared to over £6bn.
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Balfour Beatty clinches £200m Mottram Bypass
A Balfour Beatty Atkins JV has clinched the first major project on the Manchester to Sheffield TransPennine road upgrade programme.
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Inland Homes to buy Irish Guards base for £600m scheme
Inland Homes is set to buy one of the largest brownfield sites in London from the MoD for a major housing scheme.
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Balfour’s Gammon JV wins £1.3bn HK airport deal
Balfour Beatty’s Hong Kong joint venture Gammon has landed a four-year £1.27bn contract for the expansion of Terminal 2 at Hong Kong International Airport.
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Crossrail delayed again until 2022 as costs top £19bn
Crossrail bosses have confirmed the project will not now be ready until 2022 at the earliest and total costs have broken the £19bn barrier.
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