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Elland Steel ownership shifts to employee trust
Family of Halifax steelwork contractor sell to workforce trust
Bechtel’s £100m HS2 legal claim over contract award fails
American giant has procurement complaint dismissed
Commercial jobs spur February new orders rebound
Optimism levels among buyers hit five year high despite supply challenges
Amey raids Ringway Jacobs for highways chief
Andy Denman joins Amey in May to lead local authority highways growth plan
ISG tops February contracts league with mega-shed job
Big logistics projects boost ISG, TSL Projects and Winvic
Galliford Try returns to profit and resumes dividends
Business achieves 1.6% operating margin in improved first-half year
Vistry sets aside £20.9m for cladding retrofits
House builder reports strong second half in 2020 and start of this year
Robertson starts work on £22.4m robot centre
National Robotarium in Edinburgh to open in spring 2022
Willmott Dixon wins £16m Notts leisure centre
Bingham town leisure centre project includes a swimming pool, adjacent community pool and workspace
First eight freeports to lead regional regeneration drive
Chancellor unveils free trade zones in East Midlands, Felixstowe, Humber, Liverpool, Plymouth, Solent, Thames and Teesside
Bristol Beacon refurb cost doubles to £107m
Council agrees extra investment after Willmott Dixon discovers major structural issues
Corporation tax to increase to 25% in 2023
Chancellor also unveils “super deduction” scheme to boost construction investment
Groundworks firm moves to employee ownership
Brother and sister owners sell Fitfield to 60 strong staff trust
Persimmon doubles size of construction quality hit squad
House builder to boost team of build quality inspectors to 60
HS2 shortlists quartet for £540m signalling contract
Alstom, Hitachi, Siemens and Thales in race for phase one contract
Osborne forms JV for zero carbon housing retrofits
Partner Passivhaus specialist Bow Tie Construction to offer innovative carbon reduction techniques
Leeds to spend £100m on council home energy retrofits
Five-year programme to install heat pumps, district heating, wall insulation and solar panels
Utility contractor Falco sold to staff
London contractor becomes the latest to be sold to Employee Ownership Trust
Keltbray lands first major roads package
Specialist bags £14.1m bridges deal from Costain/Jacobs as it targets highways sector
Lee Marley Brickwork launches Scottish scaffolding division
Industry veteran Billy Dolan to lead latest brickwork and scaffolding offering
Interserve resurrects Tilbury Douglas name in rebrand
New Tilbury Douglas branded business targets £500m revenue this year
Taylor Wimpey pledges £125m for cladding and fire safety retrofits
Pre-tax profit slumps two-thirds to £264m as margin halved to just over 10%
Fusion21 names line-up for £1.1bn FM framework
Successful firms include BAM, Bouygues, Galliford Try and Eric Wright
Major pharma HQ in London’s King’s Cross approved
Work could start on 220,000 sq ft research facility before the end of 2021
Union fears over plan to house site workers on cruise ships
2,000 builders could live on ships during construction of London Resort in Kent
Another ISG director joins Structure Tone
Justin Fahy joins former ISG colleagues as Commercial Director at fit-out specialist
Stoke lines up Bowmer & Kirkland for new urban quarter
Goods Yard plan includes 180 homes, 150-bed hotel and workspace
£60m London Stratford student complex approved
Work to start later this year on 282-room student complex near the Olympic Park
D-day for VAT plan cutting cash flow across construction
Reverse charge scheme is now active despite industry lobbying
Project SPEED aims to slash costs and halve time of rail upgrades
Rail minister urges industry to pioneer faster, smarter and more efficient projects.