Murphy builds record £412m cash pile in 75th year

Family-owned contractor hits historic high at £1.6bn revenue and £8bn order book

B+K builds profits as £477m cash pile fuels expansion

Contractor ramps up property investment and fit-out push in softer market

Murphy makes first UK low-carbon concrete pour for permanent works on Transpennine Route Upgrade

150 cubic metres mixed with Ecocem cement makes capping beam for a contiguous pile wall at the Shipley Depot. The post Murphy makes first UK low-carbon concrete pour for permanent works on Transpennine Route Upgrade appeared first on Construction Management.

Building in London? Why Screw Piles Make Sense in the Capital

The post Building in London? Why Screw Piles Make Sense in the Capital appeared first on UK Construction Blog. The piling rig arrived at 7am. By 10am, it was gone. It couldn’t fit through the access gate. Three weeks of programme time were lost before a single pile was installed.It’s a familiar story in London. The capital is full of constrained sites: Victorian terraces, basement extensions under occupied houses, and commercial fit-outs hemmed in […]

The Importance of Accurate Load Measurement in Modern Supply Chain Operations

The post The Importance of Accurate Load Measurement in Modern Supply Chain Operations appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Every misweighed pallet is quietly draining your margins. Carrier reweigh fees, rejected loads, overweight fines, damage claims, they pile up across thousands of shipments before most operations even notice. You don’t usually find out there’s a problem until freight invoices start contradicting your shipping records. That moment of realization? It’s expensive and avoidable. Getting load […]