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Tilbury Douglas reshuffles regional building team

Order book hits £1.6bn as Simon Butler steps up to lead growth plan

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Council building workers to strike over pay

More than a 1,000 craftworkers to kick-off action over 3.7% pay offer

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Rhatigan’s UK arm powers towards £200m turnover mark

Irish contractors UK business grows seven fold in five years

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Getjar revenue up a third as Gateway 2 bottlenecks start to ease

Concrete frame specialist expands cut-and-carve and precast operations

9 hours ago

Curo Living changes name after construction arm collapse

Residential contractor rebrands as Sorel Living

9 hours ago

Brick firms buys fencing company

BRCK Group acquires £40m turnover Jacksons

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National Grid delay threatens McAlpine’s £1.25bn steel furnace finish

Substation works to set back commissioning of Port Talbot electric arc furnace by up to a year

8 hours ago

£50m rescue loan to keep Manchester’s tallest tower on track

Viability gap bridged as GMCA backs 76-storey Nobu tower project

8 hours ago

Kier opens £70m subcontractor hunt on Army barracks rebuild

Groundworks, steelwork and envelope packages head to market for Aldershot job

9 hours ago

Knights Brown rides coastal work boom to record profit haul

£136m turnover firm plots further growth as coastal, energy and water work powers up business

3 days ago

Raft of redundancies at consultant Cundall

Cundall streamlines operations with job losses among 1,300 staff

3 days ago

Erith bags Ratcliffe power station demolition mega-job

Four-year demolition plan for Britain’s last coal power station

3 days ago

McAlpine hires former Wates director as healthcare MD

Simon Kydd replaces Stuart McArthur who steps down after 10 years

3 days ago

Scottish Hydro sparks £7.4bn contractor framework race

Contractors invited to bid for six lots covering civils, buildings and power infrastructure across Scotland

4 days ago

Watkin Jones green light for Cardiff 33-storey co-living tower

Custom House Street scheme will provide 400 co-living studios

4 days ago

A9 dualling race starts for £1.9bn mega framework

New delivery model for final 58 miles of Perth–Inverness upgrade

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House building downturn drags construction to six-year low

PMI survey reveals steepest contraction since 2020

4 days ago

Green light for £59m Swadlincote civic and leisure hub

Enabling works due to start this summer

4 days ago

Hollywood giant gears up for £5bn UK resort build

Government commits £1.3bn to infrastructure package as construction start nears

4 days ago

Hinkley workers locked-out of site after canteen sit-in

Hundreds of M&E staff sent home without pay after safety protest

4 days ago

BSR turns the tide as approvals outpace new home applications

Regulator determines schemes covering nearly 15,000 homes in latest 12-week period

4 days ago

Hunt starts for £60m Crystal Palace Park housing contractor

Clarion moves quickly to market after securing consent for 202 affordable homes

4 days ago

Labourer drowns in water-filled site excavation

Worker living next to “death trap” site dies making his way home after a night out

4 days ago

Government and Hill seal land for 10,000-home Cambridge site

Landmark airport site deal unlocks 700-acre growth district

5 days ago

McLaren wins £1bn data centre campus near M25

Contractor and MEP specialist Phoenix ME begin pre-development phase on hyperscale job

5 days ago

Willmott Dixon keeping close eye on supply chain

Contractor posts strong results and positive start to new financial year

5 days ago

Murphy builds record £412m cash pile in 75th year

Family-owned contractor hits historic high at £1.6bn revenue and £8bn order book

5 days ago

Construction test scam kingpin jailed over 500 fake safety passes

CITB and police smash industrial-scale cheating racket

6 days ago

HS2 finally slides in giant Curzon bridge after welding delay

4,200t structure launched above Birmingham railway after welders conquer one of project’s toughest engineering challenges

5 days ago

Tide unlocks £500m of projects after Gateway 2 approvals

Residential tower specialist emerges from Gateway 2 slowdown last year

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