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O’Connor Utilities sold to private equity
OCU Group reported to have fetched around £400m
Carillion collapse hospital hit by more construction delays
Balfour will take another 18 months to complete Midland Met scheme
Willmott Dixon blasts new Building Safety law
Rick Willmott accuses Government of scapegoating construction over its own regulatory failure
£550m plan to redevelop The Galleries centre in Bristol
Shopping centre building to be demolished for major mixed-use scheme
Costain cancels supply chain event on £260m road job
Preparation work for A1 upgrade stalls as Transport Secretary dithers over approval
£170m London Holborn Circus office approved
Demolition work set to start in the autumn for 10-storey office block
City leaders launch net zero construction skills drive
City of London leader warns “skills gap and labour shortage are threats to our net zero ambitions”
Marlborough Highways lands £32m Islington civils deal
Contractor to help with north London borough’s green drive
Osborne makes £45m construction loss
Sale of infrastructure business balances books as contractor looks for zero-carbon wins
John F Hunt forecasts record revenue and profits this year
Demolition contractor back on strong financial footing after previously setting aside £5.6m for bid rigging probe
Notting Hill Genesis names £2.8bn framework winners
26 firms land places on main contractor deal: Full list
Green light for dual hotel scheme at Nine Elms
Two new hotel towers will share common basement
Trials start on cement-free pre-cast piles
Aarsleff is hopeful a product will come to the market shortly
Ex-Telford Homes boss to run green house builder
Jon Di-Stefano takes helm at M&G backed Greencore Construction
Subcontractors told to stop work on Brymor sites
£80m revenue southern contractor files letter of intent to enter administration
House builder Chartway sold to private equity firm
Cabot Square Capital signs another major construction deal
Murphy Group appoints new chairman
Capita chairman and investment banker John Cresswell to start in November
Tolent seals £40m Newcastle ‘future-living’ housing job
135-home Vaux scheme will be first of four neighbourhoods totalling 1,000 homes
Cruden takes first job at £1.3bn Edinburgh Waterfront scheme
Preferred bidder named for first 750 net zero homes at new Granton Waterfront coastal town
Trio of student towers to be built at Brent Cross Town
Ground works under way with main contractor due to be appointed next month
Keltbray gets start date for £50m motorway upgrade
Contractor hails “significant step forward” for highways business
Site workers settle for 5% pay increase
Contractors and unions agree one-year deal following months of talks
Rising wages and skills gap to overshadow materials issues
Materials and product Inflation tops 20% so far this year, but labour set to be next big headache
Erith pays £2.8m bonus to staff after ownership switch
Around 450 staff have on average received over £6,000 since move to employee ownership five years ago
Algeco lands £19.2m Leeds modular school scheme
Offsite specialist will supply and install 192 steel frame modules
Eight firms placed on £750m Midlands and Eastern framework
Next generation framework for jobs up to £7.5m employs a parallel plotting structure
Aston Villa unveil plans for £100m stadium expansion
Construction set to start next year on first phase of Villa Park upgrade
Skanska bans ‘swing-up’ lorry loaders after site death
Banned vehicles are used mainly to deliver bulky items like cabins and welfare units
HS2 agrees £78m variation on Euston tunnels cost
Skanska Costain Strabag seals extra payment for agreed changes to the scope of work
B&K breaks ground at £150m Newcastle HMRC job
Work gets underway on city’s largest ever office project