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Morgan Sindall to build former Willmott Dixon leisure job

New contractor appointed on

9 hours ago

Graham consortium wins £400m Manchester job

Equitix consortium to now work up DBFO plans for University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus

6 hours ago

Keltbray looking to sell infrastructure business

£378m turnover rail, energy and highways business up for sale

16 hours ago

Innovative viaduct building method used for first time in UK

HS2 contractors will build nine viaducts in Delta Junction using special cantilevered process

17 hours ago

Unite buys London site to fast-track 444-bed student scheme

£800m to be spent on London development pipeline in next five years

16 hours ago

CITB awards £2.5m of contracts to management consultant

Three outsourced deals in the last year for “project leadership and management consultancy”

16 hours ago

Village centre approved for 6,000-home new town plan

Hampshire’s Welborne Garden Village plan has been in the pipeline for two decades.

16 hours ago

£3m fine after cherry picker demolition death

Court rules after tragedy during decommissioning of gas rig

17 hours ago

BAM plans wave of job cuts at UK Construction arm

Co-op Live arena plunges Bam Construction to £19.5m first-half loss

2 days ago

Robot tunnel builder goes into administration

Hypertunnel was hoping to revolutionise how underground structures are built

2 days ago

Wates to build £86m Guildford Council housing scheme

40% of the 248 homes will become council homes under partnership deal

2 days ago

“Scrap CITB” say three quarters of construction firms

Payroll giant Hudson Contract calls for CITB to be absorbed into new Skills England training body

2 days ago

£100m Prestwich Village revival approved

Vinci and Willmott Dixon in chase for Muse-led regeneration scheme

2 days ago

Carbon negative asphalt aggregate trialled on M11

Skanska and Tarmac test CO2 absorbing aggregate material on stretch of Essex motorway

2 days ago

Father and son sentenced over covid construction loan fraud

Bristol builders given suspended jail sentences over bogus Bounce Back Loans

2 days ago

Beck Interiors files administration notice

Supply chain has suffered delayed payments from £139m-turnover luxury fit out specialist

3 days ago

Green light for York Central civil service office hub

£60m office project accelerates York Central goods yard redevelopment

3 days ago

Blenheim House Construction enters administration

Administrators looking at options on present projects

3 days ago

Profits rise at Esh Group with more to come

Contractor confident about year ahead as market conditions move in right direction

3 days ago

Piling specialist Van Elle sees housing orders rise 30%

Mark Cutler says firm on course to deliver 10% annual sales growth

3 days ago

HS2 to spend £100m shutting sites where work never started

Remediation of sites no longer needed for cancelled Phase 2 will take three years

3 days ago

Willmott Dixon wins £61m deal for new Army dog unit

Contractor to revamp Kendrew Barracks in Rutland

3 days ago

Stockport advances 4,000-home Town Centre East plan

Council seeks consultants to steer plan for 280-acre area in the city

3 days ago

ISG sale imminent as buyers set-up UK holding company

South African nutrition entrepreneur and Australian partner primed to take over

4 days ago

CR Construction wins £210m Manchester towers

Construction to start next year on four blocks ranging from nine to 34-storeys

4 days ago

Southern Housing to rationalise supply chain following merger

Firms put on alert for £1.7bn construction framework renewal

4 days ago

Decision delayed on 52-storey Isle of Dogs tower

Hong Kong developer plans 460 flats block next to Millwall Inner Dock

4 days ago

Go-ahead for £850m North London estate rebuild

Flagship Edmonton housing estate redevelopment will deliver 2,000 new homes

4 days ago

Mace lands £184m Oxford Science Park contract

Contractor to build trio of laboratory and office buildings

5 days ago

Worker paralysed in 30ft fall during electricity pylon demolition

Specialist firm fined £240,000 after court hears linesman attached lanyard to a loosened steel section

4 days ago

Sir Robert McAlpine clinches £4bn Somerset gigafactory

2.6m sq ft car battery plant will require over 2,000 workers at peak construction

5 days ago

House builder Hill Group tops £1bn turnover

Group’s controlled development pipeline stands at £10bn

5 days ago

Higgins wins 360 new homes job in south London

Firm will now work up planning for phase 2 of Brixton housing project

5 days ago

Kier starts £48m Ealing high school job

Northolt High School to be rebuilt for 1,130 pupils

5 days ago

Plans in for £64m Suffolk A12 upgrade

Work to start next summer on dualling and junction upgrades

5 days ago

Man suffers multiple fractures in HS2 accident

Engineering firm fined after fall leaves worker in hospital for two months

5 days ago
Platform_ Milton Keynes

Go-ahead for Milton Keynes’ largest private rental project

Platform_ to build 20-storey scheme of 335 flat next to train station

1 week ago

A2Dominion reins in new-build and cuts development team

Housing association to stop private new build sales in big strategy switch

1 week ago

Sellafield partnership appoints final key delivery partners

Altrad and Kaefer bag £180m access, insulation and painting deal

1 week ago

Health centre canned as build costs double in four years

Devon NHS stands down plans for Health and Wellbeing Centre in Teignmouth

1 week ago

Family confirm death of Des O’Rourke

Deputy chair and co-founder of Laing O’Rourke dies aged 75

1 week ago

Plans approved for major phase of £2.5bn Salford Crescent

Crescent Innovation will help create global research hub

1 week ago

Deal to kick-start 3,000-home Northstowe town centre

Labour Government acts to unlock next phase of new town near Cambridge

1 week ago

Striking new-look for Canary Wharf HSBC tower

Large chunks of upper floorplate to be removed in major overhaul

1 week ago

Kier halves debt to £115m after strong trading year

Order book up 7% to £10.8bn with 85% of work secured for year ahead

1 week ago

Developer blasts “unfair” power charges on huge Liverpool site

Romal Capital unhappy about site power hook-up costs

1 week ago

Regal to start Wembley 1000-bed student scheme

Backer found to deliver £400m twin tower student scheme

1 week ago

Breyer Group bags £163m housing repair deal

Major repair and maintenance win from Kingston Council

1 week ago

VolkerFitzpatrick lands Piccadilly Line upgrade deal

Contractor to work on Cockfosters depot

1 week ago

26 face fight to renew spots on £1bn NEPO civils deal

Next generation framework to start in March 2025

1 week ago

Go-ahead for £170m King’s Cross life sciences office project

Innovative arched design to carry landmark building over railway tunnels

1 week ago