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Cannabis farm gang posed as utilities contractor

Gang jailed for 28 years after diverting power to more than 100 cannabis farms

2 days ago

Former Liverpool mayor charged in building contracts probe

Construction bosses also charged as part of Operation Aloft

2 days ago

Bidding to start for £700m Irish sea interconnector work

Work includes converter stations at Hunterston and Kilroot near Belfast

2 days ago

Muse to redevelop Durham County Hall HQ site

Morgan Sindall regen specialist seals another major development deal

2 days ago

Mace to transform Imperial College Great Hall

Work to start next month on ambitious refit

2 days ago

£100m plan to regenerate former Digbeth ironworks

Hartwell unveils 260,000 sq ft office and 240 homs plan

2 days ago

Legendre UK wins £21m London homes job for Clarion

Tower Hamlets building to be replaced due to building and fire safety issues

2 days ago

Construction buyers report fastest downturn since 2020

Double whammy of decreasing new orders and delayed projects

3 days ago

Bidders day for £15bn schools alliance framework

Online event to set out details of DfE alliancing framework procurement plan

3 days ago

MPs told safety regulator delays forcing industry job cuts

Industry chief warns housing select committee that BSR is now a main block on meeting housing targets

3 days ago

£600m delivery partner named for new hospital programme

Mace/T&T JV named programme delivery partner for £37bn new hospital plan

4 days ago

£230m Southampton waterfront scheme approved

Town Quay includes trio of 25 storey towers around new marina

3 days ago

Planning green light for £10bn Northumberland data centre

Blackstone-backed project will create 1,200 construction jobs

4 days ago

Bauhaus block above Southwark Station gets green light

Student accommodation and affordable housing scheme replaces original office plan

3 days ago

Police arrest plant hire fraud gang

Nine arrests after kit hired “with no intent of ever returning the machines”

4 days ago

Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn to step down

Group Chief Executive to be replaced by consultant AtkinsRéalis chief Philip Hoare

4 days ago

Galliford Try upgrades target as half-year profits jump 54%

Firm closes in on deal to take on ISG custodial work

4 days ago

Trespasser dies in crane fall at Willmott Dixon site

Tragedy after man breaks into £60m Manchester science park site

4 days ago

Ibstock pulls out of GRC cladding market

Materials giant blames subcontractor failures and low margins

4 days ago

Green light for 1,000-home Wolverhampton city centre regen

Phase one of ECF Smithgate scheme to start this year

4 days ago

Oval revises Manchester scheme with trio of towers

Flats doubled to 800 at reworked Albert Bridge House project

4 days ago

More repair work needed at McAlpine problem panel hotel

Contractor looking for long-term solution to loose panels

4 days ago

Redesign delays hit giant McAlpine car battery factory

Size of first building reduced and steelwork start pushed back

5 days ago

‘Affordable’ HS2 Crewe to Euston plan submitted to Treasury

Industry presses for scaled back Euston terminus and connection to Crewe

5 days ago

Regal submits plan to revive stalled London resi tower

Swiss Cottage project redesigned with second staircase and 237 flats

5 days ago

Construction boss jailed for siphoning off cash for casino

Money removed from contracting firms before they went under

6 days ago

Muse signs up to £3.2bn Solihull health campus district

Ambitious Arden Cross scheme next to HS2 Interchange advances

5 days ago

Drees & Sommer acquires RSP Consulting Engineers

Expanding consultant sees UK workforce grow to 300

5 days ago

Watkin Jones wins over £50m student digs campus upgrade

Work to start next month on phase 714-bed south London campus

6 days ago

Severfield warns on profits blaming major project delays

Steelwork firm cancels share buyback and steps up cost cutting programme

6 days ago

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