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A new temporary-works access system offers a rapidly installed alternative to large-scale scaffolding. Paul Thompson reports
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Gulfstream Aerospace: VolkerFitzpatrick updates site of UK’s first flight
Construction News visits Farnborough Airport to see how VolkerFitzpatrick is managing to work amid the challenges of a live airfield – and an influx of travelling celebrities
Volker on board for Dover’s biggest revamp in a generation
A huge upgrade of the port’s cargo facilities has called for hundreds of piles and masses of dredging in one of the busiest docks in the world.
Mott and Volker’s chemistry revamps London station
Mott MacDonald and VolkerFitzpatrick faced the task of revamping a busy station to reflect east London’s chemical history – while also keeping to extremely tight timescales. Lucy Alderson takes a look.
CN100 countdown: VolkerWessels UK
Our annual CN100 ranks the top 100 contractors by turnover and provides in-depth analysis of performance and prospects across the industry. Ahead of the publication of the 2016 edition on Tuesday, we look back at how last year’s top 30 have performed over the past four CN100s.
VolkerFitzpatrick averts blood bank disaster on Bristol rail depot
A collapsed culvert was just one of the technical challenges on the contractor’s work to build a home for new state-of-the-art trains.
Aussie rules help Laing O’Rourke and VolkerRail unblock West Coast Main Line
An Australian collaboration model is driving innovation and cutting costs on the £250m Staffordshire Alliance project that will remove the last congestion blackspot on Network Rail’s busiest line.