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" .

Plan for Birmingham 48-floor flats tower

Midlands developer Court Collaboration has unveiled plans for its latest skyscraper scheme in Birmingham.

Giant offshore crane collapses during load tests

A giant crane due to work on a Scottish offshore wind farm has collapsed while undergoing tests.

HS2 starts hunt for £2bn track and pre-cast slab builders

HS2 has began the search for the specialist contractors that will deliver around 280km of high-speed track

Highways England pays 98% of invoices in 5 days

ighways England has kept its pledge to pay the supply chain much faster to boost contractor cash flows during the coronavirus outbreak.

L&G gets green light for Selby scheme after factory reopens

Legal & General Modular Homes has gained planning consent for 154 houses at an eight acre site in Selby, North Yorkshire.

Interserve starts converting hotels into isolation centres

Interserve is moving from delivering Nightingale hospitals to converting hotels into coronavirus isolation centres for patients in recovery.

Supply chain continues to crank back into life

Materials firms are continuing to resume operations as Breedon Group became the latest major supplier to confirm production would restart at some of its plants.

Barratt to restart work on 180 sites this month

Britain’s biggest house builder will restart construction work on its sites from May 11.

Construction leaders push pledge to avoid conflict

The industry’s leaders have backed the widespread adoption of a conflict avoidance pledge for use by main contractors and clients.

Canary Wharf shifts to offsite build for next tower

Canary Wharf Group has signed up volumetric specialist Caledonian to build a 20-storey block of flats at its Wood Wharf site in London Docklands.