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Nearly 40 solid wall insulation firms suspended

Botched work scandal rocks Government home insulation programme

8 hours ago

Manchester 18-storey top-heavy tower approved

Office scheme oversails 19th-century buildings at street level

9 hours ago

Travis Perkins fined £2m after timber falls from lorry killing driver

Father-of-three Jack Stevens, 28, died when plank went through his windscreen

8 hours ago

Plan approved for Oxford homes and life sciences quarter

Major enbling work package to start at Oxpens site

9 hours ago

Slow spending by Network Rail hits Renew profits

Infrastructure giant reports slow start to £45bn CP7 spending round

8 hours ago

Cartel watchdog drops probe into cement admixtures

Probe closed as no longer an ‘administrative priority’

1 day ago

Bid race begins for £1bn concrete road replacement deal

National Highways invites bids for Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction framework

1 day ago

Groundworks specialist Kaybridge faces liquidation

£30m turnover contractor has been in business since 1972

1 day ago

“Cynical” legal bids to block infrastructure neutered

Government backs “builders over blockers” to speed up construction

1 day ago

Watkin Jones returns to trading profit

Strong ongoing demand for student room supports work pipeline

1 day ago

Social housing firm Fortem targets £300m turnover

Three-year plan to raise revenue by 50%

1 day ago

£150m Bristol student scheme approved

B&K tipped for 530-bed Temple Quarter scheme

1 day ago

Falco electric digger trial could lead to £6m fleet-swap

Utility contractor using new Takeuchi machines on UK Power Networks sites

1 day ago

Council pulls £274m road scheme over bats row

Ferrovial stood down after £56m spent on Norwich Western Link

2 days ago

£500m house building framework opens for bids

17 firms face fight to retain places on north west housing consortium list

2 days ago

Government faces £49bn estate maintenance backlog

Spending watchdog calls for urgent action to save crumbling public estate

2 days ago

Sellafield awards £95m industrial services framework

Kaeffer seals new access, asbestos and insulation deal

2 days ago

HG Construction names new MD

Greg Purkiss appointment completes corporate restructure

2 days ago

Plasterer in court for Covid loan fraud

Fraudster spent £50,000 Bounce Back loan on gambling, groceries and fantasy football

2 days ago

Industry’s best construction managers revealed

Full shortlist for CIOB Construction Manager of the Year award

3 days ago

Steeplejack dies after 60 metre church fall

Specialist contractor, which has ceased trading since accident, fined £60,000

2 days ago

Government to signal backing for London airports expansion

Chancellor growth plan speech to give nod to Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton plans

3 days ago

Hospital building plan extended by a decade – full list

All planned projects retained with fresh start dates for industry certainty

3 days ago

Kier launches £20m share buyback as debt cut

Steady first-half trading shrinks average month end debt to £38m from £137m

3 days ago

Plans unveiled for £365m Heathrow data centre

Distribution centre developer moves into data centre market

3 days ago
Proposed view of Northern Gateway

Plan for 6.5m sq ft Greater Manchester industrial zone

Russell LDP and Harworth to submit ambitious Northern Gateway plan this Spring

3 days ago

Building boss sold diggers still on HP

Court hears how building director sold rented machines to fund sports car and gambling habit

4 days ago

Wates names new hard FM chief

Jack Prady joins from Thermic Technical FM

4 days ago

Council steps-in at sites where developer failed

First Endeavour LLP went under while building new homes across Fife

4 days ago

Mace confirmed for £93m weather centre HQ

Work to start on weather scientist hub at University of Reading

4 days ago