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Offsite specialist Merit goes into administration
340 jobs lost as specialist loses fight for survival
Barhale restructure sees management team strengthened
Changes see new Chief Operating Officer and rejig of regional operations
New housing near train stations to get auto planning green light
Default “yes” from planners will speed-up construction
Birmingham fires starting gun on £1bn highways deal
Council launches eight-year new works framework
Crest Nicholson to cut 50 jobs in further streamlining
House builder shuts a divisional office after summer slide and Budget jitters hit earnings
GPE bullish on London market with £392m office pipeline
Developer looks to capitalise on shortage of supply
Willmott Dixon gets go-ahead for Luton’s £136m Stage scheme
Gateway 2 deal paves way for homes-led town centre regeneration
Bidders circle for Orbit’s £264m housing overhaul
Two-contractor model per region to tighten performance and turnaround times
Mace Consult appoints ex-ISG chief exec Zoe Price
Former head of failed contractor becomes MD at newly independent consultancy business
Dubai developer acquires £2.5bn Royal Docks site
Construction to start in 2027 on new neighbourhood containing 5,000 homes
Severn Trent taps supply chain for £200m Minworth job
Midlands-to-South East canal water transfer link hits engagement stage
Immigration raid finds illegal workers on Vistry site
17 men including Albanian, Georgian and Indian workers detained
Derby Market Place scheme heads for planning in New Year
Vinci and Ion gear up to lodge long-awaited city centre revamp
Client sentenced after worker found dead on London site
HSE launches synagogue site probe after police find body
Mount Anvil JV secures approval for Isle of Dogs estate rebuild
Tower Hamlets backs Tiller Road Estate 400-home rebuild
Timber giant files administration notice
National Timber Group England lodges court notice while rescue options assessed
Landsec pushes back starts on four major housing schemes to 2027
Housing slump forces developer to slow £3.6bn resi pipeline
Network Rail launches property development company
Platform4 targets 40,000 new homes and 10 million sq ft of commercial space over the next decade
Glencar starts first major job at Atom Valley
Green materials centre kick-starts development at Rochdale site
Magazines pose as main contractors to pester subbies
Contractors and clients urged to stop handing over supply chain lists to publishers
Construction hangs on to growth as new orders rebound
New orders up nearly 10% as commercial and industrial work demand stirs
Kier’s new boss off to a flyer as order book hits £11.6bn
Contractor locks in 94% of annual revenue as Stuart Togwell takes charge
Sisk hires former Graham civils MD as new infrastructure boss
Leo Martin joins in New Year in COO role created after Farrans acquisition
BSR to break free of HSE in late January
Draft regulations lodged to create independent Building Safety Regulator with power to prosecute
Wylfa to be home of UK’s first small modular nuclear reactors
Construction will start on £2.5bn Anglesey site next year
Morgan Sindall starts £100m Manchester labs hub
Work starts on 217,000 sq ft Knowledge Quarter lab hub
Willmott Dixon and Milligan team up for Weymouth revival
Partnership to draw up masterplan shaping seaside town regeneration.
Ballymore and Sainsbury’s to build new neighbourhood
11-year construction programme scheduled to start in 2026 in west London
Construction employment sinks to 24-year low
Direct employees now falling faster than self-employed as costs bite
Galliford Try still stumped by legionella at £45m health centre
Contractor takes control of water system at building still empty nearly a year after completion




















































