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" .

Green light for £60m Lake Lothing crossing

Suffolk County Council’s ambition to build a third crossing in Lowestoft has received a lift after securing Government development consent.

Sites installing fever screening to fight Covid-19 threat

A growing number of contractors are looking to install fever screening technology on their sites as the industry continues to return to work amid the coronavirus pandemic

Cash crunch as 30% of covid loan applications rejected

Government-backed loans to construction firms must be streamlined to avoid a ruinous contractor liquidity crunch in the coming weeks.

Major contractors now working on 70% of sites

Major contractors are now working on nearly 70% of their sites as the return to work in construction continues.

Planning verdict delayed on five major transport schemes

The Department of Transport has pushed back development consent order decisions on five major schemes by around three months.

Interserve trials site social distancing alarm system

Interserve is using new social distancing technology which sounds an alarm if workers get too near each other on site.

Coronavirus testing extended to construction workers

Health secretary Nick Hancock has bowed to pressure to offer construction workers with coronavirus symptoms access to testing.

Willmott Dixon social distancing site challenge

Willmott Dixon is using a mix of technology and novel working practices to keep its £48m Birmingham University school of engineering project on track during the coronavirus epidemic.

McGee set for £100m London underground shops complex

Contractor McGee is understood to be in talks to demolish a three-storey underground car park in central London to make way for a shopping complex and spa.

Travis Perkins boosts materials supplies to sites

The country’s biggest builders merchant is reopening more of its branches to “give greater support to large construction firms and subcontractors as they restart construction sites.”