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PM pledges to fast-track 150 infrastructure schemes

Fresh promise to speed up planning decisions on infrastructure and house building

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Buyers report boom in commercial work

Construction bucks slowdown in general economy

3 hours ago

Plans in for £250m Stockport 8 housing-led scheme

Work to start on phase 1 by the end of next year

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Galliford Try tops monthly contracts league

Contract awards slow down in November

6 hours ago

Erith explosives set demolition record at Sizewell

Watch blast at former nuclear turbine hall: Video

6 hours ago

Vistry to build 950 homes next to Olympic Park

Developer signed for £600m Pudding Mill Lane scheme in East London

6 hours ago

Inflatable formwork used for 45m tall cement silo

Ground-breaking dome silo inflated at Tilbury Docks

6 hours ago

Briggs & Forrester sells maintenance arm

100 engineers to move over to new owner

24 hours ago

£2bn Edinburgh ‘West Town’ scheme approved

7,000 homes to be built at 205-acre site

22 hours ago

Rayner approves Lancashire super prison

Communities secretary overrules planning inspector for 1,700 inmate prison.

1 day ago

Wates boss returns after collapse of his own contractor

Paul Nicholls was head of the failed Real construction group

2 days ago

Trio secure Birmingham deal to retrofit 3,000 homes a year

Specialist contractors to install insulation, efficient heating and solar panels

1 day ago

Costain confirms £400m HS2 tunnels win

Work to start early next year on tunnel and lineside mechanical and electrical systems

1 day ago

First nuclear reactor installed at Hinkley: Video

Watch precision operation at Somerset site

1 day ago

Winner named for £14m Harbourside revamp

Local Irvine contractor to transform beach front

1 day ago

New Fair Payment Code goes live today

Latest bid to get subcontractors and suppliers paid within 30 days

2 days ago

Lincolnshire concrete supplier files administration notice

Ever Readymix Concrete & Screed operates three depots and a fleet of 20 trucks

2 days ago

Graham lands first deal on Liverpool’s largest brownfield site

Contractor bags infrastructure package on 10.5 hectare site

3 days ago

Bouygues UK boss to step down

Fabienne Viala to leave after eight years at the helm

3 days ago

Galliford Try scoops £87m brace of London jobs

Firm will redevelop a prominent corner building on Sloane Street in Chelsea

2 days ago

New HS2 boss Mark Wild starts amid prep for final TBM drives

Former Crossrail CEO starts with a sharp focus on controlling costs

3 days ago

Ten consultants land Thames Water major upgrade places

Firms will share £400m of fee work over next five years

3 days ago

Rayner ultimatum to fix all unsafe tall buildings by 2029

Recladding work must start on all 18m+ resi buildings by 2027

3 days ago

ISG administrator finds just £35m to pay down £1.1bn debt

Failed firm was set to report £148m blackhole from legacy jobs

3 days ago

Redesign needed on Colas “bridge to nowhere”

Technical challenges continue as £38m scheme faces further delays

3 days ago

Skanska UK shakes-up boardroom team

Four new board appointments as two directors step down

3 days ago

Ultra rich clamour for Mace super prime resi scheme

Topping out at £2bn 1 Mayfair scheme where homes start at £35m

3 days ago

Watkin Jones wins £48m St Helen’s affordable homes deal

Firm to build nearly 300 homes for housing association

3 days ago

Barratt sets start date for High Barnet station scheme

Latest scheme to be delivered by the £1.9bn West London Partnership

3 days ago

Investors lose £26m after M&E contractor goes under

78 private investors hit by Gallant Building Services collapse

6 days ago