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The Manufacturing Technology Centre has opened a North Tyneside training centre expected to support more than 40 apprentices in its first year. buildindigital.com/mtc-opens… #construction #manufacturing

Wigan Council has appointed Conlon Construction to deliver an £18m expansion and relocation of Hope School and College. buildindigital.com/conlon-wi… #construction

Bidwells has appointed Puneet Vedhera as partner and head of building surveying in London, adding a new service to its capital office. buildindigital.com/bidwells-… #construction

NEURA Robotics and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have opened a €17m robotics training and research centre near Munich Airport. buildindigital.com/neura-and… #construction #robotics

Scotland recorded more than four times as many construction apprenticeship starts per 1,000 workers as London, according to new analysis from the CITB. buildindigital.com/scotland-… #construction @CITB_UK

A government-convened group has published a national roadmap setting out how the UK can commercialise metamaterials research over the next decade. buildindigital.com/uk-metama… #construction #science

Critical data centres must meet strict community, jobs and water tests to secure grid connections under a covenant unveiled in the Autumn Budget. buildindigital.com/chancello… #construction #Budget

Arcadis will manage a multi-year programme to remediate PFAS contamination around 3M’s site in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, the engineering consultancy has announced. buildindigital.com/arcadis-t… #construction

Uniwater has acquired Mansfield-based water tooling specialist Hy-Ram Engineering, its second UK acquisition this year following the purchase of WCI. buildindigital.com/uniwater-… #construction #infrastructure

Only 53% of built environment professionals measure and report on sustainability across all or most projects, despite 86% backing robust specification, research has found. buildindigital.com/sustainab… #construction #sustainability

Only 3.7% of small enterprises across the OECD used AI for ICT security in 2025, against 26.7% of large firms, new data shows. buildindigital.com/small-fir… #construction #cybersecurity

Natural Power has provided technical due diligence for ENERTRAG’s Les Sablons battery energy storage system (BESS) project in France, which has reached financial close. buildindigital.com/natural-p… #construction #energy

Chancellor John Healey has announced AI investment including £70m for a centre to identify cyber vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, ahead of the Budget. buildindigital.com/chancello… #construction #AI #technology

More than 174 data centre projects worth over $93bn are active across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, according to MEED. buildindigital.com/gcc-data-… #construction

Balfour Beatty has appointed Scott Skidelsky to the new role of US president for strategy and growth, with immediate effect. buildindigital.com/balfour-b… #construction

Nature minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter has met housing, transport, energy, and infrastructure leaders to identify joint priorities for nature-positive development over the next six months. buildindigital.com/developer… #construction

Heidelberg Materials UK has installed a wash plant and built a rail siding at its Agecroft recycling site in Swinton, Manchester. buildindigital.com/heidelber… #construction

Pagabo has launched two national frameworks for public sector construction and development projects. buildindigital.com/pagabo-la… #construction

The government has approved the Jackdaw gas field and unveiled a £2bn Energy Wealth Fund, prompting an accusation of “climate vandalism” from the Green Party. buildindigital.com/jackdaw-g… #construction #energy

The Hill Group has begun building the first tower at Coventry’s City Centre South regeneration scheme after completing demolition and groundworks. buildindigital.com/coventrys… #construction