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" .

Plans for pharma HQ in London’s King’s Cross

Plans have gone out to consultation to build a 10-storey office and research building for US pharmaceuticals giant Merck opposite King’s Cross station in London.

Design work starts on £115m Cardiff Central station revamp

The Government has released nearly £6m to kick-start design work on the long-awaited Cardiff Central station upgrade.

Vinci starts £50m Redhill cinema and flats job

Vinci Construction has started work on a £50m cinema, shops and flats scheme in Redhill town centre in Surrey.

Willmott Dixon £24m Midlands schools hat-trick

Willmott Dixon has chalked up a £23.8m contract to enhance three schools in Sandwell in the Midlands.

Shapps launches Acceleration Unit to speed up infrastructure work

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has launched a new “Acceleration Unit” in a bid to speed-up delivery of infrastructure projects.

Fears over £400m campus plan as Public Health England axed

The future of a planned £400m new science campus in Essex has been thrown into doubt by the government’s decision to scrap Public Health England (PHE).

VolkerSmart Technologies wins £56m cable network deal

VolkerSmart Technologies has been awarded full fibre rollout contracts in Swindon and Slough by CityFibre.

Vacuum excavator sucks up snakes on motorway job

A vacuum excavator being used on a motorway job near Bristol sucked up a nest of snakes this week during work to dig trial holes for a new roundabout improvement scheme.

£5bn Welsh housing framework due out next month

Tendering will begin next month for a £5bn framework to deliver new affordable homes across south and mid-Wales.

Sisk wins £14m Rochdale link road

Rochdale Borough Council has awarded Sisk the job to build a 2.2km link road from junction 19 of the M62 motorway to unlock a £400m scheme in the Heywood area to the west of the town.