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HS2 Euston needs full design reset as costs set to double

Spending watchdog warns Euston stop-start delay will simply inflate already ballooning costs

8 hours ago

Worker dies on major warehouse site in Stafford

Main contractor Glencar halts work while tragedy is investigated

1 hour ago

Sellar switches London flats/hotel plan for 444 student rooms

Southwark’s King’s Place scheme will comprise five buildings of up to 11 storeys

1 hour ago

Bid race starts for Norfolk £30m Long Stratton Bypass

Council hopes to start work on 3.9km bypass in April 2024

51 mins ago

GMI to build first warehouse at £200m Teesside business park

Work to start early next month on first shed at airport business park

9 mins ago

Skanska Costain Strabag JV sets up own rebar plant

HS2 team now running on-site manufacturing facility to avoid supply chain issues

46 mins ago

Bid rigging: Keltbray to appeal and so could Squibb

Both contractors “disappointed” with level of fines

3 days ago

Ten demolition firms fined £60m for bid rigging

Full details of fines with Erith and Keltbray hardest hit

4 days ago

Retail contractor J M Scully files administration notice

£23m turnover Dorset based contractor lodges court notice

3 days ago

Civils specialist M Lambe delivers record performance

Housing civils specialist seeks to diversify in face of challenging housing market

3 days ago

Willmott Dixon clinches £60m Oxford Brookes University job

Preparation work starts on two new buildings at Headington Hill campus

3 days ago

Ferns seals £50m+ Openreach network services deal

Five-year south west deal to provide civils, poling and complex manhole programme

3 days ago

20 firms win £4.5bn Southern construction framework

A dozen new firms secure spots on fifth generation public sector deal

4 days ago

Call grows for bolder 18m second staircase rule for flats

Architects, surveyors and builders professional trade bodies demand lower height threshold than proposed 30m

4 days ago

GRS Roadstone warns staff following cyber attack

Materials giant sends out letters highlighting the extent of the attack

4 days ago

Inland Homes to suspend shares as results delayed again

Auditors need more time to go through embattled house builder’s books

4 days ago

Kier wins £73m Southport events centre job

Local supply chain set to benefit from major new project

4 days ago

Multiplex profit rebounds as margin restored to 2.9%

London tower builder predicts return to revenue growth this year as major schemes advance

5 days ago

Upbeat Vistry to re-open mothballed offsite factory

Former Countryside timber panel factories rebranded Vistry Works in revived drive to deliver 5,000 units a year

5 days ago

Builder crushed and blinded in wall collapse

Property owner in court after barn conversion goes horribly wrong

5 days ago

Keltbray bags £140m haul of energy infrastructure work

Specialist secures trio of power frameworks, two battery storage facilities and an energy from waste package

5 days ago

Government awards £1.8bn for energy retrofit schemes – list

Housing and public building decarbonising funds awards to support 20,000 construction jobs

5 days ago

Landmark London scheme switches from flats to student rooms

Regal London rethinks Old Kent Road scheme with 900 student rooms and 220 affordable homes

5 days ago

Align reveals designs for final portal of HS2 tunnel

Contractor confirms how final key structure on project will look

5 days ago

Plans in for 1.4m sq ft of industrial space at Fiddlers Ferry

Peel NRE to appoint demolition contractors for coal-fired power station in weeks

5 days ago

Tilbury Douglas to replace hospital hit by weak concrete

Stoke-on-Trent outpatients building containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete to be replaced

6 days ago

Derby picked as destination for Great British Railways HQ

Public vote secures Derby’s bid to be nerve centre of the rail industry

6 days ago

London tower over historic Leadenhall market approved

Building work to start in 2025 on 32-storey tower by historic city market

6 days ago

PfH starts race for £520m housing decarbonising deal

Four-year framework covers service specific lots from £5m to £100m

6 days ago

“Rock solid” balance sheet and record results for Henry Boot

Firm sees early signs of recovery this year in core markets

6 days ago