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Unite members at Balfour Beatty vote for strike action
Unite members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) have voted for a second time to strike over pay and conditions. Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers voted by two to one for strike action, which Unite say could hit high profile projects such as Crossrail.
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Confidence at a high in construction sector
The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI has revealed that despite stagnant employment and a decline in sub-sector output, there is a marked increase in confidence regarding future business activity. The weaker increase in activity was led by a slowdown in new order growth, with some panellists also noting the completion of existing contracts.
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European commercial property markets slump
Commercial property markets in Europe struggled to keep pace with other parts of the world, as the effects of the global financial crisis continued to impact on investment and occupier markets, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Global Commercial Property Survey Q4 2011.
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Construction company prosecuted for onsite death
A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead. Father-of-one, Craig Page, of Islington, was working on a building site in Denning Road, when a mini-crawler crane was in the process of lifting a skip onto the site.
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The Olympic Games spur construction on
According to commercial property consultancy, Drivers Jonas Deloitte, development activity across Greater London has risen in anticipation of the Olympic Games. The consultancy says that its latest London Residential Crane Survey (Winter 2011) highlights a 40% increase in construction activity since the same time last year.
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