Construction leaders call for exemption from “Pingdemic”
The Construction Leadership Council is the latest body to warn companies that sites will “grind to a halt” amid the pingdemic. Yesterday, the CLC co-chair Andy Mitchell warned that the pingdemic was “putting a very significant pressure on the sector,...
Having a hoot of a time at PIER (UK)
We’ve had a very unexpected visitor to PIER (UK) today. One of our vacuum excavators has been undergoing planned maintenance, but it turns out that our excavators make the perfect hiding place for a tired Barn Owl far from home and looking for a place to rest and...
HS2 Archaeologists Discover Iron Age Coin Treasure
A rare find of more than 300 1st Century BC Iron Age Coins has been discovered by Costain archaeologists working in West London. The “potins”, as the coins are known, were discovered as the site was being excavated by archaeologists. Already dubbed the...