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M&E specialist J S Wright files administration notice

Employee-owned Midlands specialist was established 135 years ago

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£90m funding release for quartet of road upgrades

Government green lights schemes to improve journey times in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.

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Another month of repairs at McAlpine problem panel hotel

Road closure causes chaos as wind-hit cladding needs fixing above

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Skanska lands design role on £1.25bn steelworks

Skanska team to work alongside main contractor McAlpine on Port Talbot project

2 days ago

Construction boss jailed for double Covid loan claim

Two-and-a-half years for building fraudster

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Bleak January for construction buyers

Latest bellwether survey shows output down and costs up

2 days ago

Starmer rips up rules to ease building of nuclear reactors

Industry backs push for small modular reactors to be built where needed

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McAlpine tops January work league with steelworks win

Port Talbot steelworks job dominates January orders haul

2 days ago

McLaren winning spree as £1bn turnover in sight

Major deals imminent as contractor posts stable set of results

2 days ago

Ring road builder wanted at £4bn Somerset gigafactory

Bidders wanted for £60m job. Latest video update from site

3 days ago

Kier seals HMP Glasgow super prison job at £684m

Deal finally signed to replace Scotland’s notorious Barlinnie prison

3 days ago

Contract winners revealed for £332m Didcot infrastructure job

Construction set to start early next year

2 days ago

Fraudsters jailed after £22m construction tax scam

Gang sentenced after bogus payroll firm failed to pay VAT and CIS money to revenue

3 days ago

MPB clinches substructure for HS2 Curzon Street station

Contracts for station superstructure to be let in coming months

4 days ago

Flood defence spend rises to record £2.65bn over two-years

Key projects mapped as Government injects extra £250m to shore up defences

3 days ago

Turnaround strategy continues to pay off for Careys

Profits continue to rise as £50m investment plan in full swing

4 days ago

All change on £800m Eastern Highways Alliance

Octavius and Winvic sweep up all three lots in new line-up

3 days ago

Vinci bags first phase of £350m Stockport scheme

Contractor edges-out Willmott Dixon to start major mixed-used project

4 days ago

Crest Nicholson slumps to £144m loss

Incoming CEO review unearths further writedowns on fire remediation and closed divisions

4 days ago

Piling job cuts loom over safety regulator project delays

Bottleneck in high rise project approvals hits demolition and foundation firms

5 days ago

Developer Ghelamco swaps to self delivery for Battersea tower

John F Hunt no longer part of project team on 24-storey resi scheme

5 days ago

Pagabo starts renewal race for two mega frameworks

Contractors and developers asked for input on reshaping deals worth billions

4 days ago

Giant HS2 viaduct deck slide breaks records: Video

EKFB consortium oversees four-day installation

4 days ago

Ferrovial lands £230m National Grid tunnel

Work to start shortly on Grain to Tilbury electricity infrastructure upgrade

5 days ago

Tax-row tunnellers down tools on Balfour Hinkley job

Lodge allowance tax dispute hits tunnelling site

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Go-ahead for Square Mile’s fifth tallest tower

Multiplex set to start 99 Bishopsgate job late next year

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New £4.5bn funding model for stalled London rail schemes

Residential TIF funding offers key to unlock Bakerloo and DLR extensions

5 days ago

Speedy Hire latest to be hit by slow CP7 rail spending

Plant-hire firm flags issues with latest Network Rail spending round

5 days ago

FM Conway family chair steps away from business after Vinci deal

Joanne Conway steps away as Andrew Hansen becomes MD

5 days ago

Manchester Hotspur Press mill scheme rescued

37-storey student tower will now go-ahead

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