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Sellar’s 36-storey London City office tower approved

Demolition work to start in 2026 at 60 Gracechurch Street site

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Historic property magazine to close

Estates Gazette has been in business since 1858

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M&S Marble Arch rebuild approved after three-year planning fight

Plans were delayed when Michael Gove backed carbon campaigners

2 days ago

£191m revamp funding approved for London Barbican Centre

Construction to start in 2027 on five-year programme

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RED Construction tops £100m turnover

Builder maintains profit margin at 1.7% as business nearly doubles in size

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Timber designs shortlisted for roads ‘footbridge of the future’

Three of five designs for National Highways propose timber structures over busy highways

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PM pledges to fast-track 150 infrastructure schemes

Fresh promise to speed up planning decisions on infrastructure and house building

2 days ago

Amey FM firm fined after legionella kills prisoner

Court fines company £600,000 for prison upkeep failures

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Buyers report boom in commercial work

Construction bucks slowdown in general economy

2 days ago

Plans in for £250m Stockport 8 housing-led scheme

Work to start on phase 1 by the end of next year

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Galliford Try tops monthly contracts league

Contract awards slow down in November

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Erith explosives set demolition record at Sizewell

Watch blast at former nuclear turbine hall: Video

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Vistry to build 950 homes next to Olympic Park

Developer signed for £600m Pudding Mill Lane scheme in East London

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Inflatable formwork used for 45m tall cement silo

Ground-breaking dome silo inflated at Tilbury Docks

2 days ago

Briggs & Forrester sells maintenance arm

100 engineers to move over to new owner

3 days ago

£2bn Edinburgh ‘West Town’ scheme approved

7,000 homes to be built at 205-acre site

3 days ago

Rayner approves Lancashire super prison

Communities secretary overrules planning inspector for 1,700 inmate prison.

3 days ago

Wates boss returns after collapse of his own contractor

Paul Nicholls was head of the failed Real construction group

4 days ago

Trio secure Birmingham deal to retrofit 3,000 homes a year

Specialist contractors to install insulation, efficient heating and solar panels

3 days ago

Costain confirms £400m HS2 tunnels win

Work to start early next year on tunnel and lineside mechanical and electrical systems

3 days ago

First nuclear reactor installed at Hinkley: Video

Watch precision operation at Somerset site

3 days ago

Winner named for Harbourside revamp

Local Irvine contractor to start transformation of beach front

3 days ago

New Fair Payment Code goes live today

Latest bid to get subcontractors and suppliers paid within 30 days

4 days ago

Lincolnshire concrete supplier files administration notice

Ever Readymix Concrete & Screed operates three depots and a fleet of 20 trucks

4 days ago

Graham lands first deal on Liverpool’s largest brownfield site

Contractor bags infrastructure package on 10.5 hectare site

5 days ago

Bouygues UK boss to step down

Fabienne Viala to leave after eight years at the helm

5 days ago

Galliford Try scoops £87m brace of London jobs

Firm will redevelop a prominent corner building on Sloane Street in Chelsea

4 days ago

New HS2 boss Mark Wild starts amid prep for final TBM drives

Former Crossrail CEO starts with a sharp focus on controlling costs

5 days ago

Ten consultants land Thames Water major upgrade places

Firms will share £400m of fee work over next five years

5 days ago

Rayner ultimatum to fix all unsafe tall buildings by 2029

Recladding work must start on all 18m+ resi buildings by 2027

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