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Go-ahead for City of London’s tallest tower

1 Undershaft building will equal the Shard in height

17 mins ago

Construction T Level scrapped due to lack of demand

Courses canned after less than 100 sign-up for latest round

22 hours ago

Five firms clinch £300m Greenwich Uni framework deal

McLaren, Wates, Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Willmott Dixon secure places

6 hours ago

Hill Group strikes first Build to Rent deal

House builder agrees finance with Lloyds Living to start Stevenage scheme

7 hours ago

Construction output hit by fall in repair and maintenance

Industrial and commercial new work grows despite wider fall in activity

6 hours ago

Wates transfers pension scheme to “superfund”

Pension management specialist Clara to take charge of £210m fund

6 hours ago

Muse hires new development director for North West

Tom Darby joins from developer Bruntwood

6 hours ago

Bid rigging probe launched into school repair work

Firms raided this week with focus on roofing contracts

2 days ago

McLaren hires ex-ISG regional boss for north east expansion

Andrew Beaumont becomes MD of new Yorkshire and North East business

1 day ago

Government commits to four new prisons in seven years

£2.3bn pledged for new prison build programme

2 days ago

Road and rail delays hit revenue at Van Elle

Turnover drops 5% as markets remain challenging for piling specialist

1 day ago

Boot reports ‘noticeable improvement’ in planning system

Government planning reforms already unblocking council planning

1 day ago

Go-ahead to revamp former London city hall

Project will straighten the building’s leaning profile with terraces to every level

2 days ago

United Living to divert Midlands gas pipeline

600m pipeline diversion clears way for M54 to M6 link road construction

1 day ago

Credit insurance saves Billington from ISG hit

Steel specialist puts on extra shifts at its plants to cope with demand

2 days ago

M&E specialist Dodd doubles profit on retrofit surge

Family-owned Telford specialist delivers record revenue of nearly £250m

2 days ago

Go-ahead for 800-home Croydon dual towers

One Lansdowne Road build to rent scheme to cost £260m to build

2 days ago

Construction inflation set to return raising tender prices

End of 2024 to mark the bottom of present inflationary trough

2 days ago

Start date for vast Balfour and Costain carbon capture power job

£4bn Teesside project to start construction next year creating 3,000 jobs

3 days ago

Plans go in to start revamp of North Finchley town centre

Developer Regal unveils first details of Barnet masterplan

2 days ago

Glencar bags £18m Big Yellow London store

Six-storey stoarage centre to be built at Staples Corner

2 days ago

Plan unveiled for 31-storey London Fenchurch Street tower

Demolition work to start in 2026 for new office tower

3 days ago

Vinci Building buys tower cranes for first time

Contractor invests in two WOLFFKRAN all-electric cranes at £138m Sheffield site

3 days ago

30 local firms land United Utilities £500m framework

Minor works deal win for North West civils and M&E specialists

3 days ago

Restructure pays off as Higgins returns to profit

Housing contractor recovers from £25.9m loss last year

3 days ago

Former Heathrow boss joins Mace in board rejig

Firm completes string NED appointments to expanded group board

4 days ago

Planning officers to get powers to bypass committee stage for housing

Rayner reform plan to cut out local council planning committees

4 days ago

National Insurance hike to delay construction recovery

Arcadis paints varied picture with full recovery delayed until 2026

4 days ago

Gratte Bros rides out cost rises with profit increase

M&E specialist warns of further upward pressure on wage costs

4 days ago

Sellar’s 36-storey London City office tower approved

Demolition work to start in 2026 at 60 Gracechurch Street site

6 days ago