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Microsoft to build ‘hyperscale’ datacentre near Leeds
Harworth sells remediated land at former Skelton Grange power station
Housing giants to build bird nests and hedgehog highways
Twenty house builders sign pledge to support wildlife in every home built
Birmingham 450 inner-city flats scheme approved
Derelict railway site housing plan at Winson Green gets outline backing
M Group sold to new private equity group
New owners CVC plan to accelerate growth drive
Mace names new datacentre and pharma MDs
Two key promotions to target fastest-growing construction markets
Concrete delivery driver electrocuted on site
Main contractor fined £30,000 after crane arm of lorry hits power line
United Living seals two strategic energy retrofit takeovers
Contractor snaps up net zero training specialist and heat pump design tool software firm
Balfour Beatty names next construction chief
Alstom UK managing director Nick Crossfield joins Balfour later this year
Ballymore’s Stratford Waterfront resi towers approved
Construction of quartet of towers to start in Spring 2026
Huge fire hits Staines resi towers site
Four workers treated for smoke inhalation on Fairview job
Third contractor appointed to finish Wokingham apartments
Third time lucky for council after two previous contractors went bust
Olgivie wins Edinburgh offices-to-hotel job
1970s offices in Haymarket area to be converted into 157-bed hotel
Prep works to begin for £49m Howden Relief Road
Hull-based PBS Construction prepares for full project start in January 2025
Fit-out and refurb contractor Pexhurst tops £50m turnover
Industrial and logistics specialist looking to grow in other sectors
BAM plans another round of construction redundancies
Second round of redundancies in four months
Sunderland film studio enabling works out to bid
Bid race to start in mid-July for Crown Works Shipyard £15m prep works
Costain JV wins £65m brace of water treatment upgrades
Southern Water awards Southampton and Kent jobs as part of AMP7 programme
J Coffey passes £200m turnover milestone
Data centre job lifts diversified concrete frame contractor to record revenue
Red wins £50m Westminster office job
Work to start on 40 Broadway project this summer
Invisible Connections acquired by concrete giant Terwa
Consolidation in the precast fixings market
Ray O’Rourke steps down as chief executive
Son Cathal O’Rourke to head the Laing O'Rourke Group as new CEO
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ARJ Construction went down owing £9m to supply chain
Unsecured creditors can expect some money back for unpaid invoices
CBRE and T&T to combine project management arms
New $3bn revenue PM giant employs 20,000 staff in over 60 countries.
Multiplex starts London 36-storey ‘hanging gardens’ tower
Piling starts on Square Mile's £400m 50 Fenchurch Street tower
Eastern Green Link 1 looking for local suppliers
Subcontractors wanted for electrical superhighway scheme
Caddick wins £10m Manchester college extension
Loreto Sixth Form College in Hulme to get new three-storey building
Green insulation firm buys flooring contractor
Energystore acquires Advanced Traditional Screeding
Birmingham to pick five firms for £265m homes retrofit plan
Firms to be charged annual fee to cover Council cost of promoting energy efficiency
Arup and Binnies to design Abingdon reservoir
Embankment trial will help consultants to draw up £1.5bn reservoir design
Subdued market sees profit warning from SIG
Insulation and building products supplier pushes back timing for market turnaround
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