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London office fit-out second most pricey in the world

High-spec fit-outs now cost nearly £4,400 per sq m as occupiers chase top quality workspace

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Statom builds £617m order book after board strengthened

Essex contractor reshapes around integrated engineering and self-delivery model

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Developers called up for £10bn Old Oak mega-scheme

Race starts to find developer partner by spring 2027 to deliver 8,000 homes

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Speller Metcalfe replaces Curo on £18m leisure job

Fenland council acts swiftly to keep Manor Leisure Centre on track

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Bachy and Kilnbridge team up for ground-to-frame offer

New UrbanCore venture to target complex basement and structural packages

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Lovell signs off £1bn Birmingham estate regen deal

Developer to lead 3,500-home rebuild of Druid’s Heath over 20 years

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Legendre to start £70m Mayfair office revamp

Main construction begins in June at 50 Stratton Street site

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Road worker loses leg in milling machine

Court hears how worker became entangled in machine while road planing

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Costain on track for 4% margin as workload builds

Contractor expects revenue and profit growth this year ahead of bigger 2027 uplift

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Falkirk steelwork firm workers protest after wages fail to land

Workers gather at Hescott Engineering as fears grow over firm’s future

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Ageing M53 bridges first in line for £1bn motorway structures repair

Four bridge decks to be replaced in three-year Merseyside and Cheshire upgrade

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Landsec flags more delays on major housing starts

Developer waiting for policy concessions to make schemes more profitable

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Plans in for £100m Buxton town centre reboot

Capital&Centric finalises plan for Spring shopping centre redevelopment

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Ex-Skanska VP joins M Group as energy infrastructure chief

Former COO Andrew English brought in to drive sector growth

4 days ago

Vistry warns first-half profits to be hit by discount drive

New Vistry chief starts operational review as cash drive shifts private homes stock

4 days ago

Strabag UK gears up for civils work surge next year

Trio of major tunnelling jobs to drive revenue to £1bn target

4 days ago

Glencar revealed as builder of £50m Minecraft World

Contractor confirmed on latest attraction at Chessington World of Adventures

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King’s speech building safety bill puts manufacturers in firing line

Government aims for new powers to make construction product firms contribute to remediation costs

4 days ago

TfL names trio for £700m station upgrade framework

Amey Rail, Costain and Dragados secure places on London stations deal

4 days ago

Quinn London sold to staff

£109m turnover contractor latest to transition to an Employee Ownership Trust

5 days ago

More fines and bans for former Carillion chiefs

Finance chiefs and trio of accountants hit with penalties

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Fusion21 starts race for £350m housing repairs framework

Firms face fight to retain spots on third-generation repairs and voids deal

4 days ago

London builder Curo Construction ceases trading

Directors write to up to 100 staff telling them not to return to sites

5 days ago

Vistry gets £600m Olympic Park homes go-ahead

First 355-home phase approved at Pudding Mill Lane in Stratford approved

5 days ago

Fox snaps up highways contractor and readymix firm

DSD Construction and Moore Readymix acquisitions dig group deeper into civils

6 days ago

Kier and Multiplex line up for Derwent London office starts

Developer presses button on two West End schemes as leasing demand and rents strengthen

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McLaren lands £99m London Bond Street over-station job

Retrofit-led West One Shopping Centre will retain 60% of existing concrete frame

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£26bn Pagabo developer framework goes live for bidders

Four-year framework targets councils, NHS trusts and housing providers

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Starmer confirms plan to nationalise British Steel

Plan could clear way for greener electric arc furnace produce steel in five years

6 days ago

Cardo gains place on L&Q’s £3bn home upgrade programme

Housing body expands delivery line-up for 15-year investment plan

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