East West Rail seeks bidders for £450m works framework

East West Rail has launched a £450m framework for enabling works, ground investigations and environmental work ahead of main construction on the Oxford-to-Cambridge railway. The tender notice, published on 29 October, sets out six lots covering site preparation, archaeology, environmental mitigation, utilities investigations and programme… The post East West Rail seeks bidders for £450m works framework appeared first on Construction News.

MCR buys 105,000 sq ft Matrix House in Basingstoke

The real estate investor and developer will begin a programme of improvements across the building, upgrading the office, reception and communal spaces and bringing vacant space back into active use. The post MCR buys 105,000 sq ft Matrix House in Basingstoke appeared first on Property Week.

NHS corrects Sacyr hospital contract after £957m ‘error’

Almost £1bn has disappeared from the published value of Sacyr's contract to build one of the 11 facilities in the current wave of the New Hospital Programme. The original contract award notice, published on 21 October, put the value of the Frimley Park Hospital deal… The post NHS corrects Sacyr hospital contract after £957m ‘error’ appeared first on Construction News.

Why engineering expertise is critical to EHV projects

Data centres, battery storage and large industrial sites are increasingly connecting at extra high voltage, where a single project can rely on a dozen organisations working to one programme. That means bringing in experienced engineering support early has become critical to delivering EHV projects. The post Why engineering expertise is critical to EHV projects appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

A66 gets November start but build stretches to nine years

Balfour Beatty, Kier and Aureos on revised £1.5bn-plus extended delivery programme

NEC 4 and the Unaccepted Programme

A guidance note published by DGA covering the commonly encountered problem where there is no 'Accepted Programme' under NEC 4 contract terms. Note in particular the useful practice recommendations towards the end of the article.

The Future of Building: Modern Methods of Construction

A Gardiner & Theobald led White Paper published Q1 2023 covering what you need to know about Modern Methods of Construction

CN - Finally, a playbook to reverse low productivity, 022023

This article in Construction News advocates the guidance and use of 'The private section construction playbook' (a copy of which is attached below). The recommended approaches in preparing and managing our projects to achieve imporved productivity are highlighted

Metroun - NEC vs FIDIC, Similarities and Differences, 13042022

Two of the most commonly used international construction contracts are NEC and FIDIC. In this video Metroun compare the two using a report conducted by the NEC; “A comparison of NEC and FIDIC"

Metroun - What Is Critical Path Analysis, 09032022

This video explains what Critical Path Analysis is, what steps you should take to produce a CPA diagram and also the advantages and disadvantages of the project management technique

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