Solomons Europe has been supporting specialist Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) design and build contractor AVRS Systems on scores of projects of national

The Infrastructure Service Alliance (ISA) is an integrated team made up of Sellafield Limited and Joint Venture, MSA (Morgan Sindall and Arup) established to deliver a programme of infrastructure

Solomons Europe has provided Wood’s Darlington-based transmission and distribution team with a wide range of support services on several major projects over the last five years.

These have included:

As well as helping to deliver energy facilities, Solomons Europe has also been involved in significant upgrade work to transmission and distribution infrastructure – particularly in Scotland.

Again,

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the construction industry.

Having been asked by several clients, North East Regional Director Ian Hedley takes a look at the possible

Why are we talking about “extension of time” instead of “completion date”?

What do you need to know the ins and outs of this subtle difference when talking a project under an NEC3® project?

Have no

The new NEC3® has a particular approach to dealing with time and the programme.

This approach can often be overlooked by client and contractor alike – but they do so at their peril.

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In construction and engineering projects, whether works have, or have not, reached completion is a regular area for disagreement. Although the terms ‘practical completion’ or ‘take over’ are widely

When I initially thought about writing this piece, I had a title ‘Why Do Construction Projects Fail?’ in mind. But after careful consideration I decided that if I had a negative mindset I’d never

Three of the most important aspects of any construction project are time, cost and quality.

The NEC3® is somewhat different to other standard forms of contract and clearly lays down a marker when it

As the saying goes, “you don’t know what you don’t know”.

Estimating uncertainty in construction is nothing new.

But things work a little different when it comes to tackling the issue under the new

Footballing bad boy Mario Balotelli’s unhappy year at Liverpool has come to an end.

As details emerge of his contract conditions – particularly those related to good behaviour – we look at the