5G Routers & Sept #3: Manchester housing, Derby health, Guildford rail, Highlands

5G Routers & Sept #3: Manchester housing, Derby health, Guildford rail, Highlands
5G Routers EMS has designed and developed a new range of 5G routers starting with the 5G modem router iMO 225. The 5G routers use cellular networks. The new 5G Routers are super fast and easy to setup and provide fast resilient internet with failover for places that have poor or limited wifi connection. Read more 5G Routers Product Sheet 5G Routers FAQ with other cellular and broadband router options 5G Routers Overview £2.5bn Manchester Housing...

September Update #2: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Liverpool Waters, Esh Drainage, Subsea cable factory, Stoke project, Kier wins, UK Construction Week

September Update #2: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Liverpool Waters, Esh Drainage, Subsea cable factory, Stoke project, Kier wins, UK Construction Week
Construction industry mourns the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The government has declared Monday 19th September to be a National Holiday to mourn the passing of the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s on the day of the funeral. Your employer must give you leave, and each employer has the right to decide whether they grant leave on the day. There is no statutory requirement for workers to take a day of leave. There is no obligation for employers to

September Update #1: £3.7bn hospital spend, £3.7bn rail spend, £1.5bn public assets sell-off, Tarmac goes solar, Balfour palm houses restoration, Brentford flats, JV cyber security guide

September Update #1: £3.7bn hospital spend, £3.7bn rail spend, £1.5bn public assets sell-off, Tarmac goes solar, Balfour palm houses restoration, Brentford flats, JV cyber security guide
£3.7bn public health works contract supplier day The Government is hosting a supplier day on 20 September in Birmingham on the New Hospital Programme to encourage contractors and suppliers to get involved in the upcoming £3.7bn project from the beginning. The project will deliver 48 new hospitals across England by 2030. Network Rail £3.74bn supplier spend Credit roman-fox--via unsplashNetwork rail has released a list of its top 20 suppliers

August Update #5: Project Gigabit, Stratford regen, £10bn Government offsite framework, Diversity, Bam A467, Fleet Street tower, John Sisk nixes diesel.

August Update #5: Project Gigabit, Stratford regen, £10bn Government offsite framework, Diversity, Bam A467, Fleet Street tower, John Sisk nixes diesel.
Government £5bn Project Gigabit biggest broadband rollout in history The Government has pledged £5bn to Project Gigabit which will be the biggest broadband rollout in history across the UK. It includes plans to roll full fibre out across the country and up to £210 million financial help for people in rural areas in the form of vouchers up to the value of £1,500 for homes and £3,500 for businesses. The first contract is £6m with Wessex Internet will

August Update #4: Subsea cable factory, BT strike, Network Rail goes green, Skanska A428 work, Granite replaces steel, £4.5bn Southern framework, Volker wins Weymouth cables, Oxford station upgrade, Tier 1B winners, Kier sick pay rules

August Update #4: Subsea cable factory, BT strike, Network Rail goes green, Skanska A428 work, Granite replaces steel, £4.5bn Southern framework, Volker wins Weymouth cables, Oxford station upgrade, Tier 1B winners, Kier sick pay rules
Longest subsea cables factory Last week we wrote about Xlinks the ambitious £17bn Morocco-UK renewable energy project that will provide electricity for up to 8% of UK homes. This week we’ve heard the four subsea cables that will run the 3,800km will be produced in Scotland by green energy manufacturer XLCC. The High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea cables will be the longest ever produced and will transport Moroccan solar and wind energy to 7 mi

August Update #3: New Leadenhall tower, Hanson zero carbon cement, Blackfriars tower, BAM £25m Bedworth Leisure Centre, Hull supports women, Cumbrian hydrogen

August Update #3: New Leadenhall tower, Hanson zero carbon cement, Blackfriars tower, BAM £25m Bedworth Leisure Centre, Hull supports women, Cumbrian hydrogen
Another London Tower: Leadenhall Another iconic City tower location has been proposed cornered on three sides by Grade II Listed Leadenhall Market. The 32-story tower will house 20,000 square feet of office space at 85 Gracechurch Street in the heart of the insurance district. Plans include a food court & market space plus public space. Architects Woods Bagot are designing the tower with manager Shaw Corporation & developer Hertshten Propert

5G Router: EMS i-Mo + Athonet starter kit network in a box

5G Router: EMS i-Mo + Athonet starter kit network in a box
EMS new 225 5G router bonds internet from several sources for fast performance and high resiliency. EMS + i-Mo + Athonet Starter Kit - full end-to-end products and services for a pop up LTE/5G private mobile network. The EMS + i-Mo + Athonet Starter Kit  combo solution provides a solution ideal for POCs, demo's, pilots and testing scenarios. EMS has developed a wrapper including products and services for the Athonet Starter Kit that allows any sit...

August Update #2: Balfour Beatty highways win, £1bn Pagabo up for grabs, Swiss Cottage flats, Morocco-UK power, Laing O’Rourke HS2 work, Wilmott Dixon £44m leisure centre

August Update #2: Balfour Beatty highways win, £1bn Pagabo up for grabs, Swiss Cottage flats, Morocco-UK power, Laing O’Rourke HS2 work, Wilmott Dixon £44m leisure centre
Balfour Beatty wins £176m Buckinghamshire highways Balfour Beatty has won a £176m highways maintenance contract for Buckinghamshire which include 5,000kms of road, cycleways and pedestrian paths. It has announced the use of carbon friendly reused rubber asphalt for laying road and the installation of further electric vehicle charging points in line with its new sustainability strategy ‘Building New Futures.’ It has also committed to allocating 50% o

August Update #1: Laing O’Rourke pregnancy benefits, Balfour charity fundraising, BAM EV Charging, Silvertown cutter head, Sellafield, Yorkshire regeneration

August Update #1: Laing O’Rourke pregnancy benefits, Balfour charity fundraising, BAM EV Charging, Silvertown cutter head, Sellafield, Yorkshire regeneration
Laing O’Rourke full pay pregnancy leave for all Laing O’Rourke is offering full paid leave for 6 months for workers in both UK & Australia where the firm operates. The policy line ‘any gender, any birth, any child’ extends to all workers and includes a pregnancy loss policy. CEO, Ray O’Rourke said: “When I joined the industry more than 50 years ago, I saw my own role as the traditional family breadwinner. “The world is now a very different

July Update #4: Sheffield forge, Barhale water works, Kent school JV, London office retrofit, London Victoria, Ports, York regeneration, Decarbonising homes, Another Britishvolt factory

July Update #4: Sheffield forge, Barhale water works, Kent school JV, London office retrofit, London Victoria, Ports, York regeneration, Decarbonising homes, Another Britishvolt factory
Vinci wins £70m Sheffield forge project Vinci has won a £70m contract to carry out pre contract services such as demolition & road building at Sheffield Forge. This first stage is part of a £400m project to renew the forge entirely. The forge was bought by Ministry of Defence in 2021. When complete it will be the UK’s largest open-die forging operation. It will have a 13k tonne forging line. The entire project is due to complete in 2025 with the