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Ilke Homes put up for sale in battle to save modular builder

Works stops at factory and sites as loss-making offsite specialist fights for survival

23 hours ago

Henry Construction crashes into administration

Hundreds of trade contractors hit by collapse of £400m revenue firm

2 days ago

Barratt to demolish 36 new homes with faulty foundations

Problems found on Cambridge estate

1 day ago

Firms readied for £750m Parliament repairs deal

Strategic Estate is renewing the estate repair framework

1 day ago

Magna Park developer to build 1.4m sq ft of spec sheds

Four major warehouse units to be spec built as total space hits 13m sq ft

1 day ago

Second staircases to delay resi tower projects by 9 months

Cost consultants cuts London tender price rise forecast to 2% this year

1 day ago

Plan approved for tallest resi tower in Wales

£55m project will be built next to Cardiff’s Central Square

2 days ago

Bowmer + Kirkland bags £46m events centre in Derby

Developer keeps to original fixed price contract figure despite inflationary pressures

1 day ago

Costain dropped from £1.3bn A66 road job

National Highways pulls Costain off TransPennine upgrade and demands its £1bn A12 widening now shared as a JV

2 days ago

Laing O’Rourke plans to cut 200 staff jobs

Dartford head office to see bulk of job cuts

3 days ago

SES Services restructures senior team

New MD Rob Clifford to head four new divisions at M&E specialist

2 days ago

Galliford Try ranks top in May contracts league

Kier holds pole position for highest value of work won over last 12 months

2 days ago

£800m NEPO construction framework winners

BAM, B&K, Caddick, Esh and Morgan Sindall secure places for first time

2 days ago

Manchester Uni reboots 3,300-bed campus plan

Initial £7m demolition package out to tender ahead of planning submission

2 days ago

Subcontractors wanted across Derbyshire

Register now to meet big name buyers at latest Constructionline event

2 days ago

House builder Lane End owes £12m to suppliers

Administrators probing claims by creditors about company transactions prior to failure

4 days ago

£500m Suffolk construction framework winners

Fourteen contractors and seven M&E specialists secure spots on East of England framework

3 days ago

Illegal cartel whistleblower reward raised to £250,000

Competition watchdog hikes rewards to flush out more construction bid rigging activity

3 days ago

McLaren wins £28m East London health centre job

New three-storey health centre to be built in Hornchurch

3 days ago

Balfour sells telecoms division to Obelisk

Irish infrastructure firm continues expansion plans with Balfour acquisition

4 days ago

Blackburn M65 £20m junction 5 revamp to go-ahead

Balfour Beatty to be confirmed this week to start mobilising in November for 2025 start

4 days ago

Unfit planning system means 4,700-year wait for onshore wind

Call for urgent planning reform for even a chance to meet net zero and housing ambitions

3 days ago

Commercial work boosts construction new orders

Buyers report inflation easing to its weakest for 32 months

4 days ago

Mace, T&T and Atkins secure place on MoD framework

JV wins provide technical services on £5bn defence optimisation programme

4 days ago

Enabling works start on £200m Cambridge station

Murphy starts site preparation ahead of main contractor award next month

5 days ago

Industry aims to be almost diesel-free by 2035

Big players agree first steps to eliminate diesel from most sites

4 days ago

Weston Homes plans £50m East London scheme

Land deal for 147 homes at Town Quay Wharf in Barking

4 days ago

Lee Marley Brickwork hires Countryside regional FD

Matt Sheehan joins from house builder’s partnerships arm

4 days ago

Demolition deal awarded on Chancery Lane refurb

General Demolition Ltd lands demolition and enabling works package

4 days ago

Contractors no longer lagging on digital transformation

Construction shrugs-off image as late adopter of technology

4 days ago