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Lords push for staged Gateway 2 approval to aid design and build

Inquiry warns BSR’s over-detailed Gateway 2 demands are freezing D&B process

3 hours ago

Go-ahead for plan to level Cambridge retail park for life-science hub

Minister overturns council refusal as Railpen’s scheme promises £600m economic uplift

19 hours ago

Subcontractor competition keeps build costs flat at Berkeley

“Highly competitive tendering” expected to continue next year

19 hours ago

Industry calls grow to scrap the CITB

Latest training cuts final straw for a lot of contractors

1 day ago

Green light for major Oxford Circus mixed use scheme

Construction to start in 2029 on revamp of BHS and London College of Fashion site

20 hours ago

Coventry to back build of Very Light Rail street pilot

Council set to approve 800m twin-track route in push for rapid-build transport revolution

19 hours ago

Willmott Dixon on blocks for £35m Surrey leisure centre

Cranleigh leisure centre will be the third in the UK built to Passivhaus-standard

2 days ago

Benniman bags latest DIRFT next-gen logistics job

DC11 shed to raise sustainability bar at rail-linked logistics park

2 days ago

Vinci wins funding sign-off to begin main £70m St Helens rebuild

Early 2026 start confirmed as council signs off biggest investment in decades

2 days ago

£175m Trafford Stretford Mall resi job out to bid

Trafford Council starts hunt for contractor for 249-home first phase

2 days ago

CITB cuts more training funds despite £79m cash pile

Training body imposes another round of sudden cuts on contractors

3 days ago

Mace design director joins McLaren

Lucy Craig appointed design director at Construction Management and Specialist Projects division

2 days ago

Trapped load drags labourer over scaffolding

Two firms fined £800,000 for not planning work properly

2 days ago

London new-build freeze drags Mulalley to £3.2m loss

Refurb boom softens development collapse as firm swings to £3.2m loss

2 days ago

Hampstead mega mansion to become super-prime apartments

Investor Bentry Capital to use in-house construction arm for three-year build programme

3 days ago

Groundforce appoints new Managing Director

Warren Buckland to lead specialist construction services provider

2 days ago

Worley lands EPCM deal for UK’s first full-scale cement CCS plant

Heidelberg pushes go-button on carbon capture build at Padeswood cement works

2 days ago

DfE names 23 winners for £15bn schools framework refresh

Galliford Try and McLaren join major school delivery team for first time

3 days ago

Employee-owned plant dealer Warwick Ward collapses

Case machinery dealer placed in administration with 89 jobs axed

3 days ago

Tucker M&E went under owing suppliers £4.7m

Assets of £25m turnover company bought for £55,000 by former director

3 days ago

Historic contractor sold to staff

Employee Ownership Trust deal at Emanuel Whittaker Ltd

3 days ago

Jobless young people to get six-week construction course

Industry to benefit from latest employment initiative

3 days ago

Reforms urged to unlock £262bn London office upgrade boom

Industry warns viability pressures are stopping critical upgrade projects

3 days ago

Graham bags £45m Uni of East London campus build

Construction to start in early 2026 on new medical teaching hub in Stratford

3 days ago

£700m Scottish super-hospital goes to ministers for final approval

Laing O’Rourke on track to start Monklands Replacement Hospital next year

6 days ago

Gateway 2 sign-off for landmark Stratford student tower

RG Group tipped to build 41-storey, 952-bed building

6 days ago

13 firms win £150m Lincolnshire roads race

County signs four-year deal for general works and resurfacing across A and B roads

6 days ago

£125m South London estate rebuild approved

278 homes to be delivered at New Cross Achilles Street Estate rebuild

6 days ago

Roofer verbally abused safety inspector

Court issues fine to Cornish roofer

6 days ago

Ravenscraig 200-acre site remediation gets go-ahead

Huge land remediation push will clear way for 2,000 future homes

6 days ago

Kori wins £30m London care home job

Main construction work to start next month in Highgate

6 days ago

Buyers report steepest output fall for five-and-half years

Budget uncertainty sends workloads plummeting across all sectors

7 days ago

Balfour Beatty powers up order book 20% to over £20bn

£3bn Sizewell C civils and power grid haul ends year on a high

7 days ago

Monster TBM hunt starts for Lower Thames Crossing

Motorway tunnel project cost soars to £11bn

1 week ago

Anglian Water to shift £1.5bn work to single Tier 1 partner

Bidding to open in New Year for single integrated partner in fresh drive for value for money

7 days ago

Builder ordered to pay back stolen plant and car money

Construction director faces jail if he can’t repay £190,000

1 week ago

BAM gets green light for £140m Cardiff Central revamp

Spring 2026 start for major rebuild adding new entrances, bigger concourse and platform upgrades

7 days ago

Electrical apprentice falls through fragile roof

M&E contractor and surveyor fined after accident

7 days ago

Willmott Dixon tops contracts league after £136m Luton win

Contractors report softer pipeline as client caution drags down November totals

1 week ago

Civils firm files administration notice as part of restructure

E.J. Taylor & Sons lines-up pre-pack sale of £41m turnover contractor

1 week ago

Iconic London meat and fish markets line up Royal Docks move

Albert Island relocation unlocks Smithfield cultural hub and 4,000-home Billingsgate plan

1 week ago

Water orders flow as Kier nets £44m ECI haul

Southern Water signs off fresh batch of AMP8 waste water packages

1 week ago

£350m plan lodged for Leatherhead town centre revamp

Revamp plans 480 homes, new offices and a full Swan Centre rebuild

1 week ago

Tilbury Douglas appoints new fit-out MD

Jack Dixon joins from Structure Tone

1 week ago

Amey rail maintenance workers to hold strike ballot

Industrial action threat after 2.2% pay offer

1 week ago

Kier CFO to step down after six-year turnaround mission

New CFO from Wincanton to replace Kesterton in January

1 week ago

London co-living job storms through Gateway 2 in 13 weeks

Developer Morro hails UK’s fastest Building Safety Act approval for Hackney scheme

1 week ago

Severfield suffers £7.6m first-half loss amid work slowdown

New CEO starts full review of operating model for 2026 reset

1 week ago

London Mayor ends stalemate over Paddington student towers

Long-disputed Baltic Wharf scheme approved after two Westminster refusals.

1 week ago

Balfour regional civils chief joins Costain

Peter Mumford takes vacant role of managing director for natural resources division

1 week ago

Caddick lands £20m Nottingham addiction clinic

Former fire HQ to make way for 32-room treatment clinic with wellness facilities

1 week ago