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Fatal accident at Laing O’Rourke Oxford site
Work suspended on site after tragedy
Balfour renews £330m Lincolnshire highways deal
Firm will use its new operational control hub to promptly address network issues
Three Caledonian Modular-built schools to be demolished
DfE confirms Essex, Somerset and Northampton schools will be bulldozed and rebuilt
Gilbert-Ash takes £30m Tate Liverpool revamp
Work to start in the New Year on remodelling of iconic 1846 warehouse
HS2 Solihull mass transit enabling works out to bid
Bidding for £60m main works to start early next year
Modular health specialist Vanguard rescues M-AR
Deal with administrators sees Vanguard add production capacity with 100,00 sq ft offsite factory
Torsion forms JV to build £90m Leeds resi tower
Construction to start in January on one of Leeds’ tallest towers
Approved change to concrete ‘recipe’ to slash carbon emissions
New approved concrete mixes will be able to blend finely ground limestone and fly ash
Network Rail unveils Cardiff South Central masterplan
Plans being drawn up for major housing-led mixed-use scheme
McLaren Living to revamp Watford police station site
Developer to submit plans for a major mixed-use development
National Grid £12.8bn HV civils framework hits market
Firms needed for major power line links and high voltage direct current converter stations
P.P O’Connor blows down four iconic cooling towers – video
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station regeneration gets off with a bang
Worker injured at £300m offshore wind factory site
Accident on major Teesside construction site
8Build bags Cambridge office and labs scheme
Firm wins phase 2 of The Press biotech development
Cash boost to accelerate Transpennine Route Upgrade work
Government commits £3.9bn for latest phase of rail upgrade
Further fines after fatal fall on office conversion
£600,000 CDM fine after death while installing lightning protection system
Lonsdale went down owing £65m to supply chain
More than 600 firms owed money as reduced credit rating sinks M&E giant
Wates only bidder for £80m Cardiff estate rebuild
Council contacted 20 framework firms but received only one bid for 295-home Channel View estate rebuild
£21m legal battle over flawed concrete at Salford flats job
Developer in compensation battle with Arcadis after new concrete core demolished
Abu Dhabi developer Aldar Properties buys London Square
UAE giant swoops on resi specialist in vote of confidence for London market
Hunt for delivery partner to revive New Hospital Programme
Programme delivery partner to get £600m fee to get plans back on track
Green light for new £780m Essex garden village
3,700 homes and four new schools to be built at Dunton Hills
Laing O’Rourke makes a £288m loss
Rampant inflation on fixed-price jobs and problem contracts blow hole in accounts
Keltbray, OCU and Clancy clinch £1bn electricity network upgrade
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks awards biggest ever deals for central southern England
G&T enlisted for commercial review of HS2 main civils contracts
Phase 1 Main Works Civils Contracts to come under cost scrutiny
TClarke order books doubles to top £1bn for first time
M&E specialist on track to exceed £500m turnover this year
Wates signs Government safety remediation pact
Private builder belatedly signs fire safety developer remediation contract
Liverpool all-electric industrial park approved
McLaren and Caddick in chase for Sefton 800,000 sq ft Atlantic Park scheme
Former Buckingham Group MD to join John F Hunt
Simon Hyams is new Managing Director for Contracting
Three in race for retendered £150m A9 dualling job
Bidders take another look after client takes on more risk