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Former McAlpine boss lined up for Royal BAM board role

Paul Hamer to replace Paul Sheffield on Dutch group supervisory board

17 hours ago

Plans go in for £650m retail park to resi scheme

Construction could start in early 2027 on new neighbourhood for Lewisham

12 hours ago

M Group muscles into top five contractors after growth spurt

Private-equity backed infra giant builds £8.8bn work mountain

20 hours ago

Plans in for first major build phase of £2bn York Central scheme

Developers table plans for nearly 1,000 homes, parkland and York’s new western station gateway

19 hours ago

Lords push for staged Gateway 2 approval to aid design and build

Inquiry warns BSR’s over-detailed Gateway 2 demands are freezing D&B process

1 day ago

CITB wage bill tops £52m as staff numbers jump 13%

Accounts show 182 people at training body earn £60,000+ a year

19 hours ago

Peterborough electrical specialist files administration notice

EML Electrical Contractors lodges court notice

20 hours ago

Ant Yapi UK lands latest Chelsea Barracks deal

Fit-out work on Building 7 will last until summer 2027

20 hours ago

Go-ahead for plan to level Cambridge retail park for life-science hub

Minister overturns council refusal as Railpen’s scheme promises £600m economic uplift

2 days ago

Subcontractor competition keeps build costs flat at Berkeley

“Highly competitive tendering” expected to continue next year

2 days ago

Industry calls grow to scrap the CITB

Latest training cuts final straw for a lot of contractors

2 days ago

Green light for major Oxford Circus mixed use scheme

Construction to start in 2029 on revamp of BHS and London College of Fashion site

2 days ago

Coventry to back build of Very Light Rail street pilot

Council set to approve 800m twin-track route in push for rapid-build transport revolution

2 days ago

Willmott Dixon on blocks for £35m Surrey leisure centre

Cranleigh leisure centre will be the third in the UK built to Passivhaus-standard

3 days ago

Benniman bags latest DIRFT next-gen logistics job

DC11 shed to raise sustainability bar at rail-linked logistics park

3 days ago

Vinci wins funding sign-off to begin main £70m St Helens rebuild

Early 2026 start confirmed as council signs off biggest investment in decades

3 days ago

£175m Trafford Stretford Mall resi job out to bid

Trafford Council starts hunt for contractor for 249-home first phase

3 days ago

CITB cuts more training funds despite £79m cash pile

Training body imposes another round of sudden cuts on contractors

4 days ago

Mace design director joins McLaren

Lucy Craig appointed design director at Construction Management and Specialist Projects division

3 days ago

Trapped load drags labourer over scaffolding

Two firms fined £800,000 for not planning work properly

3 days ago

London new-build freeze drags Mulalley to £3.2m loss

Refurb boom softens development collapse as firm swings to £3.2m loss

3 days ago

Hampstead mega mansion to become super-prime apartments

Investor Bentry Capital to use in-house construction arm for three-year build programme

4 days ago

Groundforce appoints new Managing Director

Warren Buckland to lead specialist construction services provider

3 days ago

Worley lands EPCM deal for UK’s first full-scale cement CCS plant

Heidelberg pushes go-button on carbon capture build at Padeswood cement works

3 days ago

DfE names 23 winners for £15bn schools framework refresh

Galliford Try and McLaren join major school delivery team for first time

4 days ago

Employee-owned plant dealer Warwick Ward collapses

Case machinery dealer placed in administration with 89 jobs axed

4 days ago

Tucker M&E went under owing suppliers £4.7m

Assets of £25m turnover company bought for £55,000 by former director

4 days ago

Historic contractor sold to staff

Employee Ownership Trust deal at Emanuel Whittaker Ltd

4 days ago

Jobless young people to get six-week construction course

Industry to benefit from latest employment initiative

4 days ago

Reforms urged to unlock £262bn London office upgrade boom

Industry warns viability pressures are stopping critical upgrade projects

4 days ago