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Lords push for staged Gateway 2 approval to aid design and build
Inquiry warns BSR’s over-detailed Gateway 2 demands are freezing D&B process
Go-ahead for plan to level Cambridge retail park for life-science hub
Minister overturns council refusal as Railpen’s scheme promises £600m economic uplift
Subcontractor competition keeps build costs flat at Berkeley
“Highly competitive tendering” expected to continue next year
Industry calls grow to scrap the CITB
Latest training cuts final straw for a lot of contractors
Green light for major Oxford Circus mixed use scheme
Construction to start in 2029 on revamp of BHS and London College of Fashion site
Coventry to back build of Very Light Rail street pilot
Council set to approve 800m twin-track route in push for rapid-build transport revolution
Willmott Dixon on blocks for £35m Surrey leisure centre
Cranleigh leisure centre will be the third in the UK built to Passivhaus-standard
Benniman bags latest DIRFT next-gen logistics job
DC11 shed to raise sustainability bar at rail-linked logistics park
Vinci wins funding sign-off to begin main £70m St Helens rebuild
Early 2026 start confirmed as council signs off biggest investment in decades
£175m Trafford Stretford Mall resi job out to bid
Trafford Council starts hunt for contractor for 249-home first phase
CITB cuts more training funds despite £79m cash pile
Training body imposes another round of sudden cuts on contractors
Mace design director joins McLaren
Lucy Craig appointed design director at Construction Management and Specialist Projects division
Trapped load drags labourer over scaffolding
Two firms fined £800,000 for not planning work properly
London new-build freeze drags Mulalley to £3.2m loss
Refurb boom softens development collapse as firm swings to £3.2m loss
Hampstead mega mansion to become super-prime apartments
Investor Bentry Capital to use in-house construction arm for three-year build programme
Groundforce appoints new Managing Director
Warren Buckland to lead specialist construction services provider
Worley lands EPCM deal for UK’s first full-scale cement CCS plant
Heidelberg pushes go-button on carbon capture build at Padeswood cement works
DfE names 23 winners for £15bn schools framework refresh
Galliford Try and McLaren join major school delivery team for first time
Employee-owned plant dealer Warwick Ward collapses
Case machinery dealer placed in administration with 89 jobs axed
Tucker M&E went under owing suppliers £4.7m
Assets of £25m turnover company bought for £55,000 by former director
Historic contractor sold to staff
Employee Ownership Trust deal at Emanuel Whittaker Ltd
Jobless young people to get six-week construction course
Industry to benefit from latest employment initiative
Reforms urged to unlock £262bn London office upgrade boom
Industry warns viability pressures are stopping critical upgrade projects
Graham bags £45m Uni of East London campus build
Construction to start in early 2026 on new medical teaching hub in Stratford
£700m Scottish super-hospital goes to ministers for final approval
Laing O’Rourke on track to start Monklands Replacement Hospital next year
Gateway 2 sign-off for landmark Stratford student tower
RG Group tipped to build 41-storey, 952-bed building
13 firms win £150m Lincolnshire roads race
County signs four-year deal for general works and resurfacing across A and B roads
£125m South London estate rebuild approved
278 homes to be delivered at New Cross Achilles Street Estate rebuild
Roofer verbally abused safety inspector
Court issues fine to Cornish roofer
Ravenscraig 200-acre site remediation gets go-ahead
Huge land remediation push will clear way for 2,000 future homes





















































