Author Archives: James Wilmore

Leading construction bosses at the top listed firms have benefited from increased pay over the past year, in contrast to their counterparts in other sectors

Galliford Try's work on the taxiways is gathering pace, as James Wilmore gets airside to see how the contractor is tackling the challenge of laying concrete amid a live airport environment

Project: Barton Square, Trafford Centre Client: Intu Contract value: £52m Main contractor: Vinci Contract type: JCT Design and Build Structural engineer: Cameron Darroch Associates M&E consultant: Hoare Lea Project start: August 2018 Project end: March 2020 How do you handle being the subject of not one, but two failed takeover…

Electron microscopes, a two-million-volt lightning-strike generator and an anechoic chamber are all being incorporated into a new £400m campus, as the university looks to the future. James Wilmore went to have a look.

Carillion never admitted what the problem projects were that led to its £845m writedown in July, which began the public chain of events the led to its collapse.

Watch: In our second of three videos looking into diversity within construction, we take a look at how a diverse workforce including employees with disabilities can provide benefits for businesses.

Fresh drone footage has revealed a close-up look at Apple’s nearly completed new headquarters on a 70 ha plot in California. 

Tottenham Hotspur has released new footage of the building progress being made on the club’s £800m stadium project. 

Watch: Sir Robert McAlpine gets to work on a new £30m shopping centre redevelopment in Durham.

Plans are being drawn up to make Leeds Station a “world class gateway” as the city gears up to accommodate HS2 and HS3.