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Thames Water finance chief joins BAM UK & Ireland

Abigail Farrell-Black joins contractor as new finance head after senior roles at Thames and Southern Water

5 hours ago

GRAHAM gets go-ahead for £110m Boddingtons Brewery revamp

Work to start this summer after Gateway 2 approval secured

5 hours ago

FM Conway profit jumps to £33m under Vinci

Turnover hits £608m and cash surges £68m just two months into new ownership

8 hours ago

McAlpine breaks ground at £1.25bn Port Talbot green steel job

Port Talbot switch to scrap-powered production by 2027

8 hours ago

Cappagh lands £136m Portsmouth Water deals

Utility specialist wins AMP8 contracts for infrastructure and smart meters

8 hours ago

Rethink over “anti-dumping” tariffs on Chinese diggers

Fair trade body reconsiders ruling after lobbying by manufacturers

8 hours ago

Sparks agree near 4% wage increase from 2026

Top hourly rate in London to rise to £26.70 under JIB deal

7 hours ago

Morgan Sindall to build new Cambridgeshire school

Latest win for contractor at Alconbury Weald development

7 hours ago

BSR backlog swells as new build approvals run to 36 weeks

First official Government figures expose full extent of Gateway project logjam

3 days ago

Repair slowdown drags down construction output

New work activity rises in May despite overall 0.6% output fall

3 days ago

Equans suffers £29m loss as new build exit drags on

Refocused retrofit contractor still dogged by legacy losses despite profitable core work

3 days ago

Scaffolding trade body NASC facing discrimination claim

Former training manager to take trade body to Employment Tribunal

3 days ago

ACS lands lead role on Stafford transformers lab

Contractor to start main £20m expansion in live site environment

3 days ago

GRAHAM sees profits rise despite dip in turnover

Record order book as contractor confident about future prospects

3 days ago

Nixon Hire sells 200-strong welfare van fleet to Sunbelt

Sunbelt more than doubles mobile site welfare capability

4 days ago

Henry family and directors face claims topping £31m

Administrators chasing dividend payout, unpaid loans and family benefits

4 days ago

Vistry eyes second-half affordable homes work surge

Government rent reforms and funding pledges power-up work pipeline

4 days ago

JV picked to progress Severn-Thames water transfer plan

AtkinsRéalis and Stantec to map pipeline or canal link

4 days ago

Police catch on the run construction boss

Director missing for months after failing to appear in court after site death

4 days ago

Green light for £800m Poplar estate revamp

Construction to start next year at Teviot Estate

5 days ago

Civil engineering trade body boss leaves to join Mace

CECA Chief Executive Alasdair Reisner joins consulting arm

5 days ago

House builders offer £100m to drop competition probe

CMA set to strike deal with cash going to affordable housing programmes

5 days ago

Transport Secretary axes £1.4bn road jobs in south east

Alexander pulls plug on A12 and A47 upgrades in budget crackdown

5 days ago

Fusion taps HG for first Birmingham student job

622-bed Bristol Road scheme kicks off contractor’s Midlands push

5 days ago

VolkerWessels UK parent group to sell core Dutch business

UK, German and North American operations remain with Dutch owner Reggeborgh

5 days ago

Union claims sex pests are rife in construction

Shock assault figures following Unite survey of 100 workers

5 days ago

Green light for two more City of London towers

Combined 77 more storeys of office schemes approved

6 days ago

John F Hunt starts enabling works on £200m Strand Premier Inn

Main contractor due to be appointed this summer

6 days ago

£200m deal unlocks full 1,000-home Digbeth scheme

Caddick has started early works on the Moda-led Stone Yard project

6 days ago

10 big road and rail upgrades get funding green light

£1.3bn A66 dualling, Simister Island junction upgrade and Midlands Rail Hub get funding

6 days ago