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Industry’s best construction managers revealed

Full shortlist for CIOB Construction Manager of the Year award

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Government to signal backing for London airports expansion

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

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Hospital building plan extended by a decade – full list

All planned projects retained with fresh start dates for industry certainty

11 hours ago

Kier launches £20m share buyback as debt cut

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

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Plans unveiled for £365m Heathrow data centre

Distribution centre developer moves into data centre market

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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

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Building boss sold diggers still on HP

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

1 day ago

Wates names new hard FM chief

Jack Prady joins from Thermic Technical FM

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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

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Council starts £200m hunt to replace Balfour Beatty

Tender race begins after Herefordshire Council parts ways with contractor

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

Planning approved for Stratford Gasworks regeneration

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Balfour Beatty to sell Omnicom to Hitachi Rail

Digital rail monitoring business employs over 100 engineers

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Van Elle partners with Wood on power transmission jobs

Ground investigation and piling deal worth over £30m

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Former Balfour regional MD dies before taking up new role

Lindsay McGibbon struck down by cancer

4 days ago

One of Wales’ oldest contractors delivers record profit

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

4 days ago

Henry administrators chase £10m director payment

Cash frozen as legal action continues

5 days ago

Warning after scammers pose as plant hire bosses

Flannery targeted by fraudsters trying to con customers

4 days ago

Carey co-founder Tom Carey passes away

Contractor confirms death of second of three founding brothers

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Robertson and Balfour win £333m schools deal

Contractors land work for five schools in Scotland

4 days ago

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

Council seeks contractor to deliver flagship Gurnell development

4 days ago

State of Englands local roads a ‘national embarrassment’

Spending watchdog urges Govt to tackle £15bn repair backlog

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Worker loses three fingers at timber frame factory

Construction supplier fined after panel saw accident

4 days ago

Three in race for £20bn fusion power station

Balfour Beatty, Kier and Ferrovial head consortia in chase for ‘star power’ reactor

5 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.

5 days ago

Plans in for 34-storey Manchester student tower

Developer Vita plans 861-room tower in First Street district

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Council quits homes joint venture to speed-up construction

Worthing Borough Council selling land to Roffey Homes

5 days ago

Kier signs £243m army barracks upgrade

Latest big defence optimisation deal signed off for Aldershot barracks

5 days ago

Winners revealed for £814m FM framework

Latest deal from Pagabo will provide roofing, mechanical and decorating work – see all 27 winners

6 days ago

Jackson signs £19m Sizewell C access roads deal

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

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