Sir Robert McAlpine

Which companies are likely to have the biggest impact on the industry in the year ahead?

Project title: Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus – TQA1 Building Client: University of Bristol Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Main contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine RC frame: Toureen M&E: NG Bailey Cladding panels: FKN Facades Precast concrete: Techrete Structural steel: Elland Steel Prefabricated stairs: Taunton Fabrications Groundworks: Churngold Construction Contract value: £266m…

Which companies are likely to have the biggest impact on the industry in the year ahead? Lendlease Its UK business is a mainstay in the CN100, coming 39th in 2024’s table (its highest position was 24th in 2017). But in May, Lendlease announced a withdrawal from the UK and other…

10. How do we make modular buildings safer? More than eight months after fire-service leaders published a five-page document outlining a litany of concerns about modular buildings, and more than a year-and-a-half after safety body Cross-UK highlighted the potential for concealed spread of fire inside extensive cavities within such structures,…

Alison Cox is London managing director for Sir Robert McAlpine Between 1997 and 2019, UK construction productivity growth fell by an average of 0.6 per cent each year. Over the same period, the productivity of the whole UK economy rose by 2.8 per cent. This means a larger workforce is…

Earlier this year, Queen Elizabeth II made what proved to be her final visit to a major UK construction site – opening London’s Elizabeth line, which had been named in her honour. Following the completion of work on the much anticipated Crossrail project, which opened four years late, Her Majesty…

The precast factories for HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct and the Chiltern Tunnel are responsible for some of the most ambitious prefabrication works ever attempted in the UK. Joshua Stein reports

Innovative techniques that allow storeys to be built using the floor below as a working platform are being delivered at a former metalwork site in central London. Joshua Stein reports

Paul Hamer is chief executive officer of contractor Sir Robert McAlpine The construction industry is currently enduring twin challenges – one of mental health and one of productivity. These are complex and multifaceted issues, which need to be addressed using a variety of methods and approaches. Even then, there can…

In March 2020, construction was flung into the great COVID ‘flex-periment’ as remote-working conditions were forced upon employees almost overnight. When we reflect on the speed and innovation with which the industry was able to adapt to these novel working conditions – especially considering the total disruption it caused in…