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Planning Bill to have “seismic” impact on construction

Building-boosting reforms go before Parliament

14 hours ago

Man Utd confirm plan for £2bn ‘super-tent’ stadium

Club to press ahead with 100,000-seat ‘Wembley of the North’

18 hours ago

Government spending keeps profits edging-up at Kier

91% of work now with public sector and regulated companies

21 hours ago

Costain on track for step change to 5% margin

Alex Vaughan says order book has jumped £1.5bn to £5.4bn

20 hours ago

Mace tops February contracts league

Confirmation of £300m London Victoria Street project lifts firm to pole position

20 hours ago

Wates raids Laing O’Rourke for new construction operations chief

George Mosey leaves Laing O’Rourke after 16 years

1 day ago

Travis Perkins CEO Pete Redfern steps down due to ill health

Redfern joined builders’ merchant last year after 14 years at Taylor Wimpey

2 days ago

Morgan Sindall wins £61m Liverpool lab scheme

Construction to start this Autumn on latest Knowledge Quarter project

20 hours ago

Glencar to build timber-framed office block

Work to start next month on 79,200 sq ft scheme in Maidenhead

2 days ago

Shed specialist Marbank files administration notice

£67m turnover portal-framed building specialist files court notice

2 days ago

Birmingham council submits £1bn Druids Heath plan

High rise estate to be replaced by-3,500 home eco village

2 days ago

Cannabis farm gang posed as utilities contractor

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

4 days ago

Firm fined after workers climb scaffold without ladder

HSE investigation prompted by death on Liverpool site

2 days ago

Clancy renews £250m Southern Water deal

Contractor vows to maximise value for money and minimise disruption

2 days ago

McLaren go-ahead for 314 flats Watford scheme

Police station and magistrates court to be demolished

2 days ago

Former Liverpool mayor charged in building contracts probe

Construction bosses also charged as part of Operation Aloft

5 days ago

Bidding to start for £700m Irish sea interconnector work

Work includes converter stations at Hunterston and Kilroot near Belfast

5 days ago

Muse to redevelop Durham County Hall HQ site

Morgan Sindall regen specialist seals another major development deal

5 days ago

Mace to transform Imperial College Great Hall

Work to start next month on ambitious refit

5 days ago

£100m plan to regenerate former Digbeth ironworks

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

5 days ago

Legendre UK wins £21m London homes job for Clarion

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

5 days ago

Construction buyers report fastest downturn since 2020

Double whammy of decreasing new orders and delayed projects

6 days ago

Bidders day for £15bn schools alliance framework

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

6 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

6 days ago

£600m delivery partner named for new hospital programme

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

6 days ago

£230m Southampton waterfront scheme approved

Town Quay includes trio of 25 storey towers around new marina

6 days ago

Planning green light for £10bn Northumberland data centre

Blackstone-backed project will create 1,200 construction jobs

7 days ago

Bauhaus block above Southwark Station gets green light

Student accommodation and affordable housing scheme replaces original office plan

6 days ago

Police arrest plant hire fraud gang

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

7 days ago

Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn to step down

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

7 days ago