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Housing slump sees output fall at faster pace in August

Buyers report continuing drag from residential sector

6 hours ago

Ascot brickwork specialist Harlequin falls into administration

Firm worked on landmark London schemes after growing turnover to more than £20m

8 hours ago

Creditors back Ardmore CVA rescue plan

CVAs protect seven group companies ahead of key Building Liability Order appeal

9 hours ago

Applebridge buys housing civils contractor Hughes Bros

Construction group acquires £35m-turnover groundworks specialist

10 hours ago

Demolition go-ahead for Derby city centre regeneration

Site clearance to begin in early 2027 ahead of Market Place redevelopment

10 hours ago

Mace and Arcadis land lead role on £2.5bn Luton Airport expansion

Consultants brought in to shape delivery plan for new terminal and airfield expansion

1 day ago

Trio win £208m Karbon Homes extra care framework

Robertson, Caddick and Esh appointed to North East and Yorkshire programme

10 hours ago

Crest Nicholson issues profit warning as lender talks slip

House builder now expects £10m operating loss after weak summer sales

1 day ago

Galliford Try wins £110m Leicestershire pipeline job

Severn Trent awards major 23km treated foul water transfer scheme to River Tame

1 day ago

Graham gets Gateway 2 OK for Manchester student scheme

Work to start on first phase of £286m Cambridge Halls redevelopment

2 days ago

Go-ahead for 200 council homes at Battersea Power Station

Wandsworth scheme set to start construction in 2027

2 days ago

Restructuring costs see Eurocell make a loss

Results at UPVC firm hit by cost of branch closures and staff cuts

1 day ago

McLaren starts on industrial site at Hinckley

Work on steel frames to get going later this month

1 day ago

Laing O’Rourke to start £400m Lancashire prison job

Garth 2 enabling deal announced alongside £110m boost for new jail places

3 days ago

Balfour appoints management consultant to lead strategy

Emma Loxton to join from McKinsey & Company to take up new Chief Strategy Officer role

3 days ago

CField returns to profit after legacy jobs cleared

London contractor posts £3.3m pre-tax profit as cash doubles to £13.5m

2 days ago

First section of latest HS2 viaduct installed

Balfour Beatty VINCI manoeuvres first 55-metre span into place

2 days ago

Gilbert-Ash confirms £40m RIBA HQ revamp deal

Firm to transform landmark Portland Place building by autumn 2027

3 days ago

Blackburn picks firms for £50m highways framework

Lancashire firms George Cox, Multipave and NMS land £20m civils lot

2 days ago

Government names line-up for £120bn FM framework

Amey, Kier, Mitie, Skanska, Vinci and Wates among firms bagging biggest Total and Hard FM lots

3 days ago

Brick maker battles “long trough” in construction

Michelmersh sees sales drop another 9% in first half of the year

3 days ago

Bidding set to start for £800m south Wales civils framework

Major regional procurement to cover roads, bridges, marine and specialist works

3 days ago

Graham to build Sky Livingston Campus

Planning green light for 21,000 sq metre scheme

3 days ago

Data centre plan unveiled for former IBM site

Greenock scheme to provide 80,000 sq m of floorspace

3 days ago

Barnwood warns of tougher market after profit fall

Employee-owned contractor doubles trust payment as turnover rises

3 days ago

Thames Water to retender £500m Teddington river abstraction job

New contest to combine major tunnelling and treatment works into one contract

1 week ago

Durkan quits contracting

Firm exits market after 50 years due to “heightened risk and declining returns”

1 week ago

Mount Anvil profit rises 24% as JV schemes drive earnings

Group targets nearly 800 completions this year from expanding London pipeline

1 week ago

Willmott Dixon starts £40m Leeds rail office overhaul

Eight-storey Princes Exchange will be transformed into new rail industry office hub

1 week ago

Morgan Sindall names new London construction chief

Richard Dobson promoted as contractor expands Home Counties operation

1 week ago

John F Hunt starts basement build at Tenter House

Latest package to last until next year at 45 Moorfields site in City of London

1 week ago

HB Reavis unveils retrofit rethink for stalled Waterloo mega-scheme

Developer switches new-build Elizabeth House office plan to mixed-use retrofit scheme

1 week ago

Wates to finish Ardmore’s £200m Britannia resi towers job

London’s Hackney council targets autumn deal to rescue 371-home Shoreditch project

1 week ago

Hill lands £1.5bn Lewisham regeneration partnership

10-year strategic deal will drive affordable housing and estate renewal

1 week ago

Over 2,000 unsafe cladding blocks still waiting for work to start

Government figures show 46% of identified buildings have yet to start remediation

1 week ago

Fire safety costs see Durkan record another loss

Exceptional items drag down numbers after operating profits increase

1 week ago

Graham lands £50m Basingstoke school rebuild

RAAC-hit Cranbourne campus to be replaced with 10,000 sq m new school

1 week ago

House builder went down owing subcontractors £35m

Trade debts revealed following collapse of Devonshire Homes

1 week ago

Rayner tells councils to find sites for new homes push

Town halls told to unlock land, cash and Section 106 deals ahead of Autumn Budget

1 week ago

Kier seals £29m early works for £170m Blackburn biogas plant

Firm starts design and enabling package for United Utilities digestion scheme

1 week ago

SCAPE opens bidding for £8bn construction framework

Three firms to be appointed to each of five construction lots

1 week ago

BAM raids Robertson for new Scotland regional boss

Mike King joins in September to lead Scottish construction business

1 week ago

Kier and Tilbury Douglas win £108m schools double

Contractors picked for major DfE schemes in London and Eastbourne

1 week ago

Finance deal agreed for 30-storey Cardiff tower

Harlech Court will be one of the tallest buildings in Wales.

1 week ago

Vistry to receive £350m in Homes England funding

House builder among 33 partners to get more government funding

1 week ago

National Highways fires gun on £8bn roads upkeep deal

Amey, Kier, Costain, Colas and Ringway face fight for just seven regional deals

2 weeks ago

Cardo snaps up 280-staff compliance specialist CCS

£30m turnover Andover firm strengthens electrical, heating and retrofit skills

2 weeks ago

Energy and coastal work powers Knights Brown growth

Pre-tax profit rises to £5.6m as revenue climbs 17% to £136m

2 weeks ago

Contractors called up for £80m Llandeilo bypass

South Wales A483 bypass goes out to tender

2 weeks ago

Firms named to advance £89m trio of school jobs

Tilbury Douglas, McLaren and Willmott Dixon picked for DfE schemes

2 weeks ago

Network Plus margin climbs to 9.4% on utilities boom

Turnover hits £671m ahead of private equity ownership switch

2 weeks ago