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Laing O’Rourke chairman to step down

Ray O’Rourke to take over chair from Sir John Parker

11 hours ago

Farrans lands Leeds Bradford Airport phase 2 upgrade

Contractor takes follow-on refurb job after terminal extension

5 hours ago

ISG built Bristol housing block to be torn down

Contractor’s collapse sinks Bristol flats remediation claim

13 hours ago

RSK revenue nears £2bn as losses soar to £132m

Refinancing last summer puts group on course for more growth this year

13 hours ago

Bridge design wind error adds £20m to construction costs

Completion of £148m Grantham Southern Relief Road delayed by a year

13 hours ago

Rayner pledges extra £350m for social house building

More than 3,000 homes could be built with cash injection

12 hours ago

City’s biggest retrofit tower scheme approved

Triple-fronted 70 Gracechurch Street building will rise to 33 storeys

1 day ago

Defibrillator saves worker’s life on Wates site

Machine operator saved after “dying” for 16 minutes on prison job

1 day ago

Funding deal for £125m Camden Roundhouse scheme

Developer Regal set to start 264-bed student scheme

2 days ago

Balfour leadership rejig to focus on three key growth sectors

Divisional CEO trio take lead roles for energy, defence and transport expansion

2 days ago

ABP bidders day for £150m Humber ports pipeline

Nine projects in the pipeline to support automotive and energy transition schemes

2 days ago

Hinkley Point C to create 3,000 jobs as work ramps up

Fitout surge to swell workforce to 15,000 in next 18 months

2 days ago

Hercules sells suction excavator division for £2.4m

Loss making arm sold by labour hire specialist

2 days ago

Foundations complete at HS2 Old Oak Common station

Station base completed using 76,000 cubic metres of concrete and 17,000 tonnes of reinforced steel

2 days ago

Bids invited for £175m consultancy framework

Fusion21 inviting consultants to join latest four-year deal

2 days ago

Regulator pledges to clear 122 project backlog by April

A third of applications failed to meet required standards says building safety regulator

3 days ago

Government opens bidding for new AI Growth Zones

Interest for sites in Scotland, Wales, the North East and North West

3 days ago

Vistry strikes deal for phase 3 of £1.2bn London estate rebuild

323-homes at giant Clapham Park scheme move to construction

3 days ago

Fire hits £31m student accommodation site

Blaze breaks out on Lancaster job where Bridgestone Construction is main contractor

3 days ago

Green light for £250m Salford data centre

Six acre plot to be transformed at Peel Waters site

3 days ago

Two in race for £269m HS2 people mover deal

Winner expected next year as hunt continues for infrastructure builder

3 days ago

M&E specialist J S Wright files administration notice

Employee-owned Midlands specialist was established 135 years ago

6 days ago

£90m funding release for quartet of road upgrades

Government green lights schemes to improve journey times in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.

6 days ago

Another month of repairs at McAlpine problem panel hotel

Road closure causes chaos as wind-hit cladding needs fixing above

6 days ago

Skanska lands design role on £1.25bn steelworks

Skanska team to work alongside main contractor McAlpine on Port Talbot project

6 days ago

Construction boss jailed for double Covid loan claim

Two-and-a-half years for building fraudster

6 days ago

Bleak January for construction buyers

Latest bellwether survey shows output down and costs up

6 days ago

Starmer rips up rules to ease building of nuclear reactors

Industry backs push for small modular reactors to be built where needed

7 days ago

McAlpine tops January work league with steelworks win

Port Talbot steelworks job dominates January orders haul

7 days ago

McLaren winning spree as £1bn turnover in sight

Major deals imminent as contractor posts stable set of results

7 days ago