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London new home starts plunge 38% as Building Safety Act bites
Capital only region to see Q1 fall in NHBC new home registrations
Higgins Homes and site workers face manslaughter charges
Contractor and four site staff charged after woman killed by falling pallet of bricks
Operator spots cracked mast on Hinkley tower crane
Hinkley Point C contractor hit with safety notice over failed mast pin and cracks
Countdown starts for £1bn Birmingham highways bid race
Council will break-up mega framework into five lots
Acciona wins £400m Thames waterworks upgrade
Lea Valley Coppermills water treatment works to get full overhaul
Pension giants pledge £25bn for infrastructure push
Seventeen pension providers pledge to invest in projects
Safety row over London tower ducking fire regs by 30cm
Fire union calls on Mayor to block Bromley flats plan over single staircase
Midgard lands £145m deal to build Edition Birmingham
Construction to start shortly on twin residential towers
McAleer & Rushe set to break £500m turnover barrier
Pre-tax profit jumped 16% to £46m last year
Top design team picked for £2.5bn York Central scheme
Massive city centre regen scheme moves to detailed design
MoD to bid £100m command HQ enabling works
Hertfordshire joint forces command centre expansion advances
Failed shed specialist Marbank owed suppliers £10m
Contractor was facing a string of adjudication claims
New scaffolding training trade body launches
Scaffolding Training Alliance formed amid disquiet caused by planned training changes
£1.8bn framework planned for green retrofit drive
Procure Plus to invite bids later this month
Breakthrough for HS2 as first Birmingham tunnel section dug
Balfour Beatty VINCI completes 3.5-mile TBM drive in 652 days
HS2 Curzon Street station redesign approved as timber roof axed
Change to meet stricter fire safety rules and cut maintenance costs
Care home fire trial collapses
Prosecution withdrawn against four firms including Morgan Sindall Property Services
Leicester rebids £22m station revamp after failed tender race
Council opts for ECI route after receiving one bid for project
Kier wins £58m East Coast College rebuild job in Great Yarmouth
Work to start this summer for 1,300-student college
R G Carter wins £28m hospital car park job in King’s Lynn
MSCP paves way for £1.5bn Queen Elizabeth Hospital rebuild in 2027
London to relax green belt building rules
Sadiq Khan shifts position on planning
Willmott Dixon wins Great Yarmouth waterfront deal
North Quay 10.5 acres mixed-use scheme to advance
SIG chief quits to join Travis Perkins
Gavin Slark to leave by the end of this year
Eight take key spots on £250m Prosper framework
Housing and public building upkeep deal for North East awarded
Early call-out for £150m Ebbsfleet Garden City infrastructure
Bidders day to set out plan for Ebbsfleet Central commercial scheme
McLaren storms April contracts league with flurry of wins
Cardiff Bay Arena job headlines a series of big contract wins
Balfour Beatty lifts cash forecast after strong first quarter
Contractor set to hit £1bn average monthly net cash in 2025
Goldman Sachs-owned Adler & Allan buys 180-strong civils outfit
West Country's Glanville Environmental gets new owner
Caddick lands first contract for £200m Skelmersdale revamp
Developer gets green light for masterplan
Van Elle sells HGV fleet to haulage firm
WS Specialist Logistics pays £2.9m to take on fleet and drivers
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