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Investment giant DWS buys stake in Flannery Plant Hire

Asset manager keen on prospects of UK infrastructure market

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HS2 reset hinges on contractor deals and £8bn Euston plan

HS2 review identifies £500m of disallowable contractor costs

10 hours ago

National Highways axes Skanska’s £300m A46 Newark bypass

Long-delayed scheme placed on hold for another rethink

9 hours ago

Fleet up for sale as plant hire boss retires

More than 500 quality machines available in online auction

58 minutes ago

Skanska gets start date for 55 Old Broad Street

Private equity firm kick-starts scheme with £282m contract

9 hours ago

Fusion plans 39-storey Manchester student tower

Domis Construction advises client on construction plan for 818-bed Whitworth Street scheme

10 hours ago

SCF starts hunt for £2bn+ framework contractors

Southern Construction Framework looking for new bidders

3 days ago

HS2 contractors fined £400,000 after tipper truck fall

Driver injured after vehicle fell off the edge of an excavation ramp

3 days ago

Scottish ministers halt £2.1bn Laing O’Rourke hospital job

Contractor sent back to the drawing board over affordability concerns

3 days ago

Ministers fail to plug imported fabricated steel tariff gap

Industry warns thousands of fabrication jobs now at risk with SMEs hit hardest

3 days ago

Hinkley M&E dispute leaves hundreds off site for three weeks

Workforce morale sinks after protest triggers disciplinary process and delayed restart

3 days ago

Glasgow green lights 25-storey student tower

Developer advances first phase of £250m Glasgow gateway project

4 days ago

Kier promotes finance chief to head highways business

Barry Jupp to lead Kier’s 2,000-strong highways operation after more than two decades

4 days ago

Labourer falls to death through window opening

Contractor fined after fatal fall from scaffolding

4 days ago

New boss takes charge at £118m revenue Barnwood

Employee-owned regional builder appoints former finance director Matthew Williams

4 days ago

Fresh inflation storm gathers over construction

Arcadis warns oil shocks, steel tariffs and carbon taxes will push project costs higher into 2027

4 days ago

Balfour lands £325m SSEN grid superhub job in Scotland

Firm to employ more than 800 workers building major transmission hub in Aberdeenshire

4 days ago

CField lands £176m Fusion student housing double

Contractor wins London and Glasgow jobs for 1,200 student beds and affordable homes

4 days ago

Developer hunt for London iconic meat and fish markets rebuild

Albert Island scheme combines wholesale markets, infrastructure and commercial development.

4 days ago

Habiko targets Chester with 342-home affordable flats scheme

£70m project is the second in the North West to be advanced by new affordable homes JV

4 days ago

Watkin Jones lands £50m Oxford aparthotel job

Firm mobilises for demolition next month on 145-room Wilde scheme at Gloucester Green

5 days ago

Sisk confirmed for £280m Battersea Power Station resi job

Work to start this summer on two Frank Gehry-designed blocks of 300 flats

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Berkeley warns flat delivery times have jumped to eight years

House builder chief demands reform and stamp duty cuts as red tape stifles delivery

5 days ago

Eleven firms land places on £1.5bn YORbuild framework refresh

Graham, McLaren, Caddick, Robertson and Vinci secure spots for first time

5 days ago

Major nuclear project plan for former Cottam power station

US nuclear specialist and EDF submit plans for 1.3GW project

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NG Bailey tops £700m as grid boom powers profit growth

Family-owned engineering group ramps up hiring amid fierce competition for skilled workers

5 days ago

Fit-out firm BW gives subbies the raspberry with new hi-vis rule

Fit-out firm adopts three-colour PPE system to instantly identify everyone on site.

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Five firms win £1.2bn of overhead power line work

Balfour Beatty, M Group, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Murphy and OTW land latest deal

6 days ago

Mulalley wins £1.8m claim over defective tower render system

Court orders German manufacturer to pay for unsafe flats block remediation

6 days ago

Severfield sinks to £40m loss as new boss clears decks for recovery

New strategy shifts focus to higher-margin sectors and India growth

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