JCB closed all of its UK factories as a result of the coronavirus crisis but now one of them in Uttoxeter is re-opening to join the national effort to manufacture ventilators. The digger maker was one of a host of manufacturers and engineering companies asked by the prime minister earlier this month to help plug…
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COVID-19: Construction Dive’s daily news and resource tracker

The coronavirus pandemic, affecting every facet of life in the U.S., is generating unprecedented levels of uncertainty for the construction industry. The news is changing every day, and to help readers make sense of how the outbreak will impact their businesses, Construction Dive is tracking the daily headlines from around the web that matter most…
COVID-19: construction briefing – 30 March

The following briefing has been produced in collaboration between the Association for Consultancy & Engineering, Builders Merchant Federations, Build UK, Chartered Institute of Building, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Construction Industry Council, Construction Plant-hire Association, Construction Products Association, Electrical Contractors Association, Federation of Master Builders, National Federation of Builders, and Institution of Civil Engineers, as part…
Network Rail in £500m labour search

Network Rail is seeking labour-supply firms to help find civils workers to supplement its existing workforce. The agencies will support Network Rail frontline workers in completing civils, electrification, signalling and track works across Britain. In a periodic indicative notice, the operator called for interested suppliers to register their interest in order to ascertain market demand…
Bam building new fast-track health facilities

Bam Construct is helping deliver emergency facilities for the NHS, it has revealed. In a statement that noted many of its sites had reopened today following a previously announced 48-hour pause and review of working practices in light of the coronavirus, the firm also announced it is working on “two fast-track care facilities” projects. A number of…