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Wates names Midlands construction chief

Matt Johnson promoted after just 10 months at family-owned builder

3 hours ago

Glencar lands £28m Peel Ports Liverpool shed job

240,000 sq ft Alexandra Docks warehouse will be five football pitches long

4 hours ago

Private equity giant buys United Living

US based investment group Apollo makes latest swoop on UK construction market

7 hours ago

Quartet secure Thirteen Group £500m new homes deal

Esh, Morris & Spottiswood, ReGen and Henry Boot secure spots on new build framework

7 hours ago

Luton Town FC to start new stadium before end of 2023

Talks already underway with contractors ahead of submission for detailed planning this summer

7 hours ago

Plans for renovation of historic Cardiff Market

Subject to planning and final funding work could start next year

8 hours ago

£53m race to cut Magnox reactor buildings down to size

Trawsfynydd reactor buildings to be reduced in height by a third

8 hours ago

Cyclist dies in lorry collision outside Keltbray site

Work shut down after fatal collision with truck delivering to central London site

4 days ago

Another demolition director banned after bid rigging probe

Brown and Mason boss becomes fourth director disqualified after cartel investigation

4 days ago

Five hospitals at risk of collapse added to new build programme

Weak concrete crisis and soaring costs force £20bn hospital programme rethink

5 days ago

Scottish South West Hub names new partners

Balfour Beatty joins construction partners for first time

4 days ago

RC frame specialist Getjar revenue tops £100m again

Profit margins nearly halved in face of labour and material price rises

4 days ago

London’s Camden Council advances £470m King’s Cross scheme

Camley Street scheme to consist of 350 homes and 200,000 sq ft of offices

4 days ago

Vinci issues fraud alert to suppliers

Subcontractors targeted by scammers posing as main contractor

5 days ago

Solar panels set to cover commercial buildings

Latest government taskforce targets power potential of non-residential roofs

4 days ago

Quantum Construction collapse costs suppliers £4.3m

Liquidator reveals scale of debts at Staffordshire contractor

5 days ago

Jaguar Land Rover set to build huge gigafactory in Somerset

The vast battery plant would be one of the biggest buildings in the UK

5 days ago

Tender race starts for £95m Victoria Tower repair job

Up to five firms will be invited to bid with work set to start by end of next year

6 days ago

Go-ahead for Brum iconic curved truss HS2 bridge

Balfour Beatty Vinci will carry out one of the largest bridge launches in the UK

6 days ago

Green light for Trafford Waters 85-bed care home

Montpelier Estate advances specialist dementia nursing home at major regeneration site

5 days ago

Fusion21 awards £300m building and refurb framework

Over 60 firms secure places on national building and refurb deals

6 days ago

Supply chain owed £3.8m after collapse of London builder

ME Construction went into administration in March

6 days ago

Ferrovial Construction UK plunges to £30m loss

£54m provisions for Silvertown Tunnel fixed-price contract tip firm into the red

7 days ago

HG Construction hits record revenue but profit slides

Material and labour inflation halves operating margin

6 days ago

Aggregate Industries buys big Midlands concrete block maker

Telford-based Besblock makes 1.7 million m² of aggregate building blocks a year

6 days ago

McAlpine starts Paradise Birmingham green office

10-storey Three Chamberlain Square office project finally gets underway

6 days ago

Wates regional MD joins McLaughlin & Harvey

John Carlin to lead expansion plans in the Midlands

6 days ago

Contractor collapse causes losses at Watkin Jones

Results at build to rent specialist also hit by redundancy costs

1 week ago

Helical to start £100m London office refurb job

Developer gears up to deliver 790,000 sq ft pipeline of projects in the capital

1 week ago

Barratt board requests chairman John Allan resigns

Chair designate Caroline Silver will take over three months earlier than planned

1 week ago