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Everton stadium cladding firm files administration notice

Alucraft Systems Ltd has been on Everton job since last May

3 hours ago

Crest Nicholson hit by more build defect problems

Remediation work on four more sites could cost £15m

2 hours ago

Beard expands reach as revenue hits record £179m

Builder starts 2024 with healthy head of work

10 hours ago

Race to start for £25m Cardiff twin tower reclad job

Cardiff council to use SEWCAP to bid Butetown high rise flats revamp

13 hours ago

Gove calls up ‘super-squad’ to clear London planning log-jam

Specialist planning team first to unlock 7,000 homes in Newham and Greenwich

17 hours ago

Permasteelisa in £35m cladding win at St John’s Wood Square

Italian specialist to start work on luxury resi site by the end of this year

19 hours ago

Investor pumps another £30m into low carbon builder

House builder Greencore gets more funding as latest results reveal £4m loss

22 hours ago

800-bed Leeds student and shops scheme approved

Major three-block scheme will replace The Core shopping centre in the city

1 day ago

Modular homes specialist files administration notice

Lighthouse bosses battle to save the business

1 day ago

Go-ahead for £175m Birmingham Broad Street tower

Work to start on 47 storey build to rent tower in September

1 day ago

Erith trading rebounds after lengthy bid-rigging probe

Staff paid £1.5m bonus after year of growth and return to profit

1 day ago

Balfour and Costain win vast power and carbon capture job

Nine firms to share £4bn Teesside net zero work bonanza

4 days ago

First ‘Great Grid Upgrade’ job goes to MGroup and Murphy

Works to start this summer on £400m Yorkshire GREEN electricity pylon upgrade

4 days ago

London council can no longer police planning applications

Planing row reveals Greenwich officials no longer follow-up to check on developments

4 days ago

Surgo Construction falls into administration

46 jobs lost as historic contractor ceases trading

5 days ago

Mace fresh start date for £90m Natural History Museum hub

Reading project to build store for 28m specimens to start early next year

4 days ago

Competition watchdog probes Barratt Redrow merger

CMA opens investigation into creation of mega house builder

4 days ago

Safety chiefs act to avoid building control crisis

Three-month extension to deadline for professionals to prove their competence

4 days ago

TClarke hits £500m turnover target but profitability slips

Big work-winning year sees order book swell 70% to £943m

4 days ago

Just 10% of £10bn Levelling Up funding spent by councils

Speed of delivering ‘shovel-ready’ projects fails to meet expectations

4 days ago

Six win £1bn North West & Central railway works deal

Story, Murphy and Amey feature in five-year CP7 framework

4 days ago

Willmott Dixon names new finance chief

James Mackenzie joins from Willmott Dixon’s Eco World development JV

4 days ago

Ilke Homes name reappears after £320m collapse

New brand Homespace now owns modular designs after Ilke failure

5 days ago

Second staircase rule costs Vistry £19m

Firm reopens East Midlands timber frame manufacturing plant

5 days ago

Clients urged to get ahead of contractor recovery cycle

T&T says investment decisions must be ‘made not delayed’ for best value

5 days ago

Fife groundworks and plant hirer goes under axing 35 jobs

James Penman (Plant Hire) falls into administration in 50th anniversary year

5 days ago

Smart Motorway Programme Alliance chief to step down

Tony Slater is moving on to take up fresh career challenge

5 days ago

Balfour M25 workers vote for strike in pay row

Maintenance crews to down tools over “meagre” pay offer

6 days ago

Andrew English returns to Skanska as infrastructure boss

Returning director replaces Jonathan Willcock who is off to Costain

6 days ago

Construction back in growth as output rises 1.1% in January

Green shoots of recovery as private housing returns to growth

6 days ago

UK Construction shines in solid year for Balfour Beatty

Operating margin improves to 2.3% at UK construction arm

6 days ago

JJ Rhatigan wins £49m London co-living homes job

Wood Lane project will deliver over 200 flats

6 days ago

Cornish plant hire firm files administration notice

Duchy Plant Hire has a 400-strong fleet serving sites across the South West

6 days ago

Henry Construction scaffolding goes under the hammer

Online auction of kit owned by collapsed contractor

6 days ago

Norfolk invites bids for £600m highways deal

Firms invited to register now for 12-year roads deal

6 days ago

Galliford Try expands offer for water clients

Contractor to work closer with five leading consultants on AMP8 jobs

6 days ago

Costain profits dented by slide in transport arm trading

Revenue and operating profit slides after rephasing and rescoping of projects at highways

1 week ago

Persimmon prepares for another tough year ahead

Profilts halve but housing giant confident about medium term prospects

1 week ago

Reboot for £3.6bn NHS modular buildings framework

New hybrid construction/modular lot added as specialists face fight to retain places

1 week ago

2026 start for £6bn London Earls Court scheme

Detailed plans revealed for phase one which will include 1,000 homes

1 week ago

15-year London Waterloo Station revamp plan

Large rooftop extension and closed railway arches to be opened up over 15-year plan

1 week ago

Plans go in for £250m revamp of Glasgow site

Two-phase scheme will transform neglected Charing Cross area of city

1 week ago

Go-ahead for 1,600 rental homes for London biscuit factory

Greystar amends £500m Bermondsey site scheme to meet second staircase rules

1 week ago

A66 Northern Trans-Pennine job gains development consent

£1.3bn scheme will upgrade sections of the A66 between Penrith and the A1(M) at Scotch Corner

2 weeks ago

£450m Coventry city centre regeneration thumbs up

Demolition work will start in late summer on City Centre South scheme

1 week ago

Scaffold tower collapse caught on car dashcam

Video shows horror moment workers are catapulted onto busy road

1 week ago

Willmott Dixon nabs £18m Pendle police station

Firm secures another blue light building contract

1 week ago

Extra £180m of water spending to prevent sewage spills

12-month targeted programme of additional investment to keep rivers cleaner

1 week ago

Murphy tops February contracts league

Massive Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel award dominates rankings

2 weeks ago

HS2 tunnel workers hit out at site conditions

Unite union flags up worker concerns on SCS stretch of project

2 weeks ago

Galliford Try bags first phase of £135m Wigan Galleries project

Phase one includes a new market hall and food court and 144-bedroom hotel

2 weeks ago