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Council steps-in at sites where developer failed

First Endeavour LLP went under while building new homes across Fife
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Mace confirmed for £93m weather centre HQ

Work to start on weather scientist hub at University of Reading
7 hours ago

Council starts £200m hunt to replace Balfour Beatty

Tender race begins after Herefordshire Council parts ways with contractor
8 hours ago

St William gets go-ahead for 245-home Stratford scheme

Planning approved for Stratford Gasworks regeneration
8 hours ago

Balfour Beatty to sell Omnicom to Hitachi Rail

Digital rail monitoring business employs over 100 engineers
8 hours ago

Van Elle partners with Wood on power transmission jobs

Ground investigation and piling deal worth over £30m
8 hours ago

Former Balfour regional MD dies before taking up new role

Lindsay McGibbon struck down by cancer
3 days ago

One of Wales’ oldest contractors delivers record profit

Andrew Scott chairman says clients are now looking beyond lowest bids for jobs
3 days ago

Henry administrators chase £10m director payment

Cash frozen as legal action continues
4 days ago

Warning after scammers pose as plant hire bosses

Flannery targeted by fraudsters trying to con customers
3 days ago

Carey co-founder Tom Carey passes away

Contractor confirms death of second of three founding brothers
4 days ago

Robertson and Balfour win £333m schools deal

Contractors land work for five schools in Scotland
3 days ago

Go-ahead for £125m Ealing leisure centre and homes scheme

Council seeks contractor to deliver flagship Gurnell development
3 days ago

State of Englands local roads a ‘national embarrassment’

Spending watchdog urges Govt to tackle £15bn repair backlog
3 days ago

Worker loses three fingers at timber frame factory

Construction supplier fined after panel saw accident
3 days ago

Three in race for £20bn fusion power station

Balfour Beatty, Kier and Ferrovial head consortia in chase for 'star power' reactor
4 days ago

Office work drives 0.4% uptick in construction output

Activity in November grew four times faster than the UK economy as a whole.
4 days ago

Plans in for 34-storey Manchester student tower

Developer Vita plans 861-room tower in First Street district
4 days ago

Council quits homes joint venture to speed-up construction

Worthing Borough Council selling land to Roffey Homes
4 days ago

Kier signs £243m army barracks upgrade

Latest big defence optimisation deal signed off for Aldershot barracks
4 days ago

Winners revealed for £814m FM framework

Latest deal from Pagabo will provide roofing, mechanical and decorating work - see all 27 winners
5 days ago

Jackson signs £19m Sizewell C access roads deal

Latest contract takes work awarded to £2.5bn but concern mounts about final cost
4 days ago

Vistry slims down to three operating divisions

Delayed completions and lower sales push month-end debt to £535m
5 days ago

Business better than expected at bullish Galliford Try

Key work wins to power strong set of annual results
5 days ago

Refurb contractor went down owing supply chain £9.5m

Troy Central owed cash to more than 300 subcontractors
5 days ago

Morgan Sindall starts £90m Cambridge mixed-use job

Works starts on Mill Yard regeneration scheme two years after planning go-ahead
5 days ago

Cardo breaks into Scotland with fifth acquisition

Investor-backed building maintenance contractor continues expansion
5 days ago

Tilbury Douglas bags major Barbican Centre M&E upgrade

Barbican Arts Centre revamp could be worth up to £185m over 10 years
5 days ago

Former Keltbray site managers stand trial over contract “bribes”

Trio accused of taking kickbacks from labour supply specialist
6 days ago

Trio of tech giants unveil £14bn AI data centre hub building plans

Building bonanza beckons as total committed investment hits £39bn
6 days ago

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