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House builders to face fines for dragging feet on site starts

New powers will let councils penalise slow developers and reclaim stalled plots

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HS2 investigation into labour supply pay rates

Probe follows claims that self-employed workers were charged out at PAYE rates

21 hours ago

Rydon narrows losses as £27m spent on fire safety repairs

Post-Grenfell work provisions increased to £19m

14 hours ago

McLaren lands Boxing Academy school

Contractor starts work on East London site

12 hours ago

Firms wanted for £1.5bn green housing retrofit deal

Procure Plus opens bidding for low-carbon housing upgrades framework

13 hours ago

Waterloo Station revamp plan advances with new regeneration pact

15-year improvement scheme back on track with new partnership deal

13 hours ago

Groundworks firm Corbyn goes under

£33m-turnover specialist now in hands of administrators

5 days ago

Home office says sorry to FP McCann after site raid

Precast concrete contractor wins damages over “entirely erroneous and unfounded allegation”

5 days ago

Race on for £60m London Gateway container yard job

Civils and M&E job up for grabs at Berth 5

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Plans in for 3m sq ft Warwickshire logistics park

Thrive Park to deliver £343m in construction investment

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Bouygues go-ahead for South London estate rebuild

Nearly 300 flats to be build in Tustin Estate phase two

5 days ago

Court ruling opens floodgates for legacy defect claims

Barratt wins test case unlocking 30-year defect claims on sold buildings

6 days ago

Morgan Sindall wins Crystal Palace sports centre revamp

Major upgrade to iconic South London venue

5 days ago

Bowmer + Kirkland to build Manchester office block

Commercial scheme to kickstart Mayfield Park development

6 days ago

Design team named for £1bn rebuild of Airedale Hospital

Construction set to start in 2027 to 2028 on Keighley hospital replacement

6 days ago

Vistry secures 600-home Sunderland scheme

Work to start early next year on new Sheepfolds neighbourhood

6 days ago

Bilfinger bags National Gas compressor stations deal

Contract will create up to 100 jobs during construction phase

6 days ago

Saint Gobain to build new stone wool insulation factory

Construction to start next year at Melton Mowbray site

6 days ago

United Living acquires civils firm Peter Duffy

Contractor gears-up for AMP8 investment round

7 days ago

Wates calls for PFI reboot to unlock schools and hospitals

Firm sets out fresh model for private cash in public projects

7 days ago

Strabag targets £1bn UK turnover by 2028

Austrian civils contractor ramps up UK push with HARP and HS2 pipeline

7 days ago

Training reform row splits scaffolding sector

Changes planned to the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme

7 days ago

BBV gears up for big HS2 viaduct slide over M6

First 119m viaduct section set to slide into place in June

7 days ago

Council terminates Spencer bridge repair contract

Delays have hit restoration of Grimsby’s historic Corporation Road Bridge

1 week ago

Liverpool unveils £850m highways framework line-up

Graham, Sisk and Wright land spots on city road improvement deal

7 days ago

Tender price rise forecasts downgraded as market stalls

Schemes stall as clients drag feet on project starts

6 days ago

Westminster gears up for £500m housing repairs deal

Council eyes multiple strategic alliances for major housing overhaul

1 week ago

Henry Boot sets October start on £1bn cyber hub next to GCHQ

160,000 sq ft IDEA office building starts 10-year build plan

1 week ago

Cementation Skanska names new operations director

Emma Haddow now heads up UK-wide ground engineering services

1 week ago