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Siltbuster Limited, the leading wastewater solutions provider for the construction and remediation sectors, has appointed James Mckiver as Northern regional sales engineer. Mckiver, 35, will cover the North of England, North Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from his base near Blackpool.
A PRODUCT innovation that reduces fuel usage on JCB diggers and allows operators to get to site quicker is today recognised with one of the highest honours in the UK – a Queen’s Award.
Lord Henley, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, was the special guest on a tour of sites demonstrating the ‘zero waste’ approach to construction waste in Brighton & Hove on Thursday, 31 March.
The tour was set up by the European Zero Waste Partnership, which oversees the programmes of work carried out by Pathway To Zero Waste (PTZW) and its sister project, European Pathway to Zero Waste (EPOW).
Kier North Tyneside operative goes above and beyond to have positive environmental impact
Operatives in North Tyneside have discovered the benefits making a few small changes can have on their carbon footprint thanks to newly introduced environmentally friendly processes implemented onto sites across the region. The scheme, set up by Kier North Tyneside temporary site supervisor Jimmy Scott, involves collecting rainwater and reusing it on site to mix mortar, service toilets and clean tools.
New European CEO aims to generate private-public real estate investment partnerships. LONDON (April 26, 2011) -- Joe Montgomery has joined the Urban Land Institute (ULI) as its new Chief Executive for Europe with responsibilities covering the expansion of its services and membership across Europe, and increasing the collaboration between public and private sectors in real estate and city development.