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Morgan Sindall to build former Willmott Dixon leisure job
New contractor appointed on
Graham consortium wins £400m Manchester job
Equitix consortium to now work up DBFO plans for University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus
Keltbray looking to sell infrastructure business
£378m turnover rail, energy and highways business up for sale
Innovative viaduct building method used for first time in UK
HS2 contractors will build nine viaducts in Delta Junction using special cantilevered process
Unite buys London site to fast-track 444-bed student scheme
£800m to be spent on London development pipeline in next five years
CITB awards £2.5m of contracts to management consultant
Three outsourced deals in the last year for “project leadership and management consultancy”
Village centre approved for 6,000-home new town plan
Hampshire’s Welborne Garden Village plan has been in the pipeline for two decades.
£3m fine after cherry picker demolition death
Court rules after tragedy during decommissioning of gas rig
BAM plans wave of job cuts at UK Construction arm
Co-op Live arena plunges Bam Construction to £19.5m first-half loss
Robot tunnel builder goes into administration
Hypertunnel was hoping to revolutionise how underground structures are built
Wates to build £86m Guildford Council housing scheme
40% of the 248 homes will become council homes under partnership deal
“Scrap CITB” say three quarters of construction firms
Payroll giant Hudson Contract calls for CITB to be absorbed into new Skills England training body
£100m Prestwich Village revival approved
Vinci and Willmott Dixon in chase for Muse-led regeneration scheme
Carbon negative asphalt aggregate trialled on M11
Skanska and Tarmac test CO2 absorbing aggregate material on stretch of Essex motorway
Father and son sentenced over covid construction loan fraud
Bristol builders given suspended jail sentences over bogus Bounce Back Loans
Beck Interiors files administration notice
Supply chain has suffered delayed payments from £139m-turnover luxury fit out specialist
Green light for York Central civil service office hub
£60m office project accelerates York Central goods yard redevelopment
Blenheim House Construction enters administration
Administrators looking at options on present projects
Profits rise at Esh Group with more to come
Contractor confident about year ahead as market conditions move in right direction
Piling specialist Van Elle sees housing orders rise 30%
Mark Cutler says firm on course to deliver 10% annual sales growth
HS2 to spend £100m shutting sites where work never started
Remediation of sites no longer needed for cancelled Phase 2 will take three years
Willmott Dixon wins £61m deal for new Army dog unit
Contractor to revamp Kendrew Barracks in Rutland
Stockport advances 4,000-home Town Centre East plan
Council seeks consultants to steer plan for 280-acre area in the city
ISG sale imminent as buyers set-up UK holding company
South African nutrition entrepreneur and Australian partner primed to take over
CR Construction wins £210m Manchester towers
Construction to start next year on four blocks ranging from nine to 34-storeys
Southern Housing to rationalise supply chain following merger
Firms put on alert for £1.7bn construction framework renewal
Decision delayed on 52-storey Isle of Dogs tower
Hong Kong developer plans 460 flats block next to Millwall Inner Dock
Go-ahead for £850m North London estate rebuild
Flagship Edmonton housing estate redevelopment will deliver 2,000 new homes
Mace lands £184m Oxford Science Park contract
Contractor to build trio of laboratory and office buildings
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
Sir Robert McAlpine clinches £4bn Somerset gigafactory
2.6m sq ft car battery plant will require over 2,000 workers at peak construction
House builder Hill Group tops £1bn turnover
Group’s controlled development pipeline stands at £10bn
Higgins wins 360 new homes job in south London
Firm will now work up planning for phase 2 of Brixton housing project
Kier starts £48m Ealing high school job
Northolt High School to be rebuilt for 1,130 pupils
Plans in for £64m Suffolk A12 upgrade
Work to start next summer on dualling and junction upgrades
Man suffers multiple fractures in HS2 accident
Engineering firm fined after fall leaves worker in hospital for two months
Go-ahead for Milton Keynes’ largest private rental project
Platform_ to build 20-storey scheme of 335 flat next to train station
A2Dominion reins in new-build and cuts development team
Housing association to stop private new build sales in big strategy switch
Sellafield partnership appoints final key delivery partners
Altrad and Kaefer bag £180m access, insulation and painting deal
Health centre canned as build costs double in four years
Devon NHS stands down plans for Health and Wellbeing Centre in Teignmouth
Family confirm death of Des O’Rourke
Deputy chair and co-founder of Laing O’Rourke dies aged 75
Plans approved for major phase of £2.5bn Salford Crescent
Crescent Innovation will help create global research hub
Deal to kick-start 3,000-home Northstowe town centre
Labour Government acts to unlock next phase of new town near Cambridge
Striking new-look for Canary Wharf HSBC tower
Large chunks of upper floorplate to be removed in major overhaul
Kier halves debt to £115m after strong trading year
Order book up 7% to £10.8bn with 85% of work secured for year ahead
Developer blasts “unfair” power charges on huge Liverpool site
Romal Capital unhappy about site power hook-up costs
Regal to start Wembley 1000-bed student scheme
Backer found to deliver £400m twin tower student scheme
Breyer Group bags £163m housing repair deal
Major repair and maintenance win from Kingston Council
VolkerFitzpatrick lands Piccadilly Line upgrade deal
Contractor to work on Cockfosters depot
26 face fight to renew spots on £1bn NEPO civils deal
Next generation framework to start in March 2025
Go-ahead for £170m King’s Cross life sciences office project
Innovative arched design to carry landmark building over railway tunnels