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Plans in for 800-bed Leeds student and retail scheme

Major scheme will replace The Core shopping centre in the city

15 hours ago

Housing contractor Real LSE files administration notice

Real LSE part of group formed in 2021 following acquisition of Rydon contracts

23 hours ago

ISG clinches £155m Cat D prison expansion

Firm to deliver 780 new places at three existing prison locations

23 hours ago

27-storey Salford student tower approved

540-bed student block to be built on former site of McDonalds’ regional HQ

22 hours ago

Morgan Sindall £48m Dumfries school job approved

Building work to start before the end of 2023

21 hours ago

Pagabo starts race for £1.6bn decarbonising frameworks

Two frameworks are anchored by Great Ormond Street Hospital and Hull City Council

22 hours ago

Former HS2 chairmen blast plans to scale back scheme

Fears grow for future of UK’s biggest construction project

22 hours ago

Redrow plans 1,400 home garden village in Rochdale

Construction on first phase could start next year

22 hours ago

Bouygues/Murphy JV tipped for £2.3bn Thames tunnel job

Frontrunner emerges for Lower Thames Crossing 4.2km tunnel job

4 days ago

Subbies facing squeeze as main contractors tighten belts

Pay disputes increasing as suppliers fear major contractors returning to “bad old ways”

4 days ago

Portview takes control of Fulham Buckingham stand

Fit-out specialist steps in after main contractor failure

4 days ago

Firefighters probe cause of Leeds modular scheme blaze

Fire broke out in timber frame office job at Citu’s eco development

4 days ago

Manslaughter probe dropped after demolition deaths

HSE to now lead investigation of 2019 tragedy

4 days ago

Vinci/McAlpine JV to start £105m NHS rehabilitation centre

Treasury clears New Hospital Programme job to start main construction

4 days ago

First sign of price falls for construction products

Supply returns to pre-covid levels as demand drops

5 days ago

Three giant lab buildings approved at £700m Oxford R&D district

Phase 2 Oxford North office and lab buildings to deliver 460,000 sq ft of space

6 days ago

PM fails to quash speculation about plan to axe HS2 phase 2

Sunak ducks future of HS2 question at big net zero Government briefing

5 days ago
Wind farm construction theme

Green light for giant North Wales offshore wind farm

Awel y Môr wind farm is the biggest renewable investment in Wales for a decade

5 days ago
Vincent Clancy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Turner and Townsend

T&T breaks £1bn revenue mark for first time

Global consultant enjoys strong growth across all seven geographical regions

5 days ago

Subcontractors and suppliers wanted across Scotland

Constructionline Meet the Buyer event next week at Hampden Park: Register now

5 days ago

Springfield switches strategy as private housing slumps

Scottish house builder turns back to affordable homes market

6 days ago

Sunak details zero carbon targets climbdown

Ban on gas boilers delayed five years; 50% rise in scrappage scheme

6 days ago

RG Group to build tallest student block in the world

Contractor confirmed on 45-storey tower in Leeds

6 days ago

Galliford Try forecasts profit to double next year

Contractor delivers strong results this year and raises expectation for 2024

6 days ago

Strabag hires 15 senior Buckingham Group staff

Austrian civils giant to set up UK building business with pool of staff

7 days ago

Contractors raise pay offer to avert engineering construction strike

Blue book agreement employers up final offer to 10%

6 days ago

Former Mid Group chief joins Tilbury Douglas

Steven Hearn gets new role as regional director of the South East division

6 days ago

Crumbly concrete found at extra 27 schools

A total of 174 schools now found to contain RAAC concrete

7 days ago

Henry Boot Construction struggling to find work

Contracting arm looking to fill order book

7 days ago

More schools found to have crumbly concrete

Surveyors find another 27 schools containing Raac

7 days ago

Buckingham Plant Hire still trading as normal

Separate plant business “not affected” by collapse of contractor

7 days ago

NG Bailey makes £25m loss after Britishvolt shock

Gigafactory loss and problem contracts blow hole in books

1 week ago

Steelwork specialist Billington delivers record first-half

Overseas recruitment push boosts headcount by 10% to drive growth

7 days ago

Vinci wins major St Helens town centre revamp

£90m first phase includes new market hall, 120-bed hotel and over 60 flats

7 days ago

Mace deputy chairman to step down from board

Mace veteran Mark Holmes will leave at the end of the year

7 days ago

CHIC extends bid deadline on £3.2bn new build framework

Closing date for 8-year framework set for 20 October

1 week ago

Work to start this year on Manchester £250m spa resort

Developer Therme gets green light for re-engineered 28-acre Trafford complex

1 week ago

Costain bags £80m water order for upgrades at 16 sites

Severn Trent contracts include work to improve wastewater quality and protect wildlife

1 week ago

Barhale JV sign-off for £18m Dewsbury sewage works upgrade

Project forms part of Yorkshire Water’s £500m investment in Phosphorous removal

1 week ago

Murphy seals main build on £124m Essex station

Contractor lands main contract after successful start on enabling works package

2 weeks ago

GMI lands latest £42m phase of lab cluster

Citylabs life sciences complex in Manchester continues to grow

1 week ago

Director ban for asbestos dumper

Twenty tonnes of construction waste illegally dumped on farmland

1 week ago

HS2 leg to Manchester could be axed

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are reportedly in talks to axe Northern leg

2 weeks ago

FM Conway revenue tops £500m

Highways contractor reduces net debt by £10m amid strong operating cash flow

2 weeks ago

Cardo Group completes an acquisition hat-trick

West Midlands-based Jefferies joins fast-expanding social housing maintenance group

2 weeks ago

Builder jailed for stealing wallet from site drying room

Construction worker caught stealing on Cambridgeshire road job

2 weeks ago

Focus on frameworks pays off for Applebridge

Civils contractor sees turnover growth boost profits

2 weeks ago

Fresh blow to house builders as Lords sink pollution reforms

House of Lords blocks Government plan to ditch EU nutrient neutrality rule

2 weeks ago

Prater bust-up with Balfour Beatty at £200m London flats job

Facade contractor terminates contract in row at Lewisham Gateway project

2 weeks ago

Profits rebound at Kier as margin rises to 3.9%

Contractor to resume dividend payments to shareholders after strong performance

2 weeks ago

Algeco in restructure after Mobile Mini acquisition

Job losses as businesses align under Algeco brand

2 weeks ago

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