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Building safety levy rate set at up to £10,000 a home in London
Levy introduction pushed back a year to Autumn 2026 – list of new rates
BAM wins £100m revamp of Broadgate Tower in London
Front of tower 3-storey extension to use cross laminate time and re-used steel
£600m funding to train 60,000 construction workers
Government pledges massive cash injection to produce “site-ready” workers
Construction to start in May on £1bn port expansion
Work at London Gateway site will last four years
Utilities specialist Ipsum buys second power contractor
Acquisition of Wootton & Wootton strengthens service in Midlands and Wales
Councils will lose cash if they fail to fix potholes
Local authorities will have to publish road repair stats
Green light for London Euston Tower rebuild
British Land says nearly a third of original tower will be retained
Contractors struggling to keep-up with demand for data centres
More than half of clients fear supply chain will struggle
Robert De Niro’s Nobu backs Manchester super tower
76-storey skyscraper will be tallest outside of London
PAC warns post-Grenfell policies threaten new homes goal
Watchdog MPs warn new build rates are being hit by diversion of funds to safety remediation
400 schools and hospitals to get rooftop solar panels
£180m investment is the first major project for Great British Energy
Legendre UK to convert Diageo HQ into hotel
Work to start this year transforming former home of drinks giant
Glencar wins phase 2 of Harwell tech scheme
Tech Foundry West will create 70,000 sq ft of lab and manufacturing space
Beard breaks company record with latest results
Family-owned firm posts best results for 133 years
United Living buys street lighting contractor
North West’s Jones acquisition also strengthens power distribution offer
Deal to start £1.1bn British Library extension
Japanese developer takes control with aim to start construction next year
Fraud warning over bogus site supplies orders
Site temporary protection specialist sounds alarm after foiling scammers
Plan for world’s tallest energy-positive tower in Birmingham
£60m solar clad 29-storey tower will produce more energy than it consumes
Costain to lead on nuclear fuel site upgrade
Programme delivery partner role for upgrade to infrastructure at Capenhurst site
Willmott Dixon wins £32m Doncaster digital tech hub
Construction to start next month on Gateway One scheme
Pickstock to build Stratford resi tower
Construction set to start next year by modular builder owner
ISG accountants face investigation over audit
Watchdog launches probe into final accounts for collapsed contractor
Developer given suspended jail sentence for fire safety breaches
Director wrongly allowed residents to move into block before getting fire safety sign-off
Muse submits 1,600-home regen plan for Solihull town centre
Work to start early next year on Mell Square shopping centre redevelopment
Plans to be submitted for £140m Cardiff Central revamp
Enabling works to start this year to pave the way for construction
Developer fined after site hit with nine safety notices
Company “showed a total disregard to keeping its workers safe”
Ringway retains Hertfordshire highways after 12 years
Contract worth £55m a year and could be extended to 21 years
Driver pulls knife on Balfour Beatty road worker
East Sussex incident highlights dangers faced by highways staff
Wates starts £300m Suffolk prison expansion
Firm to build three house blocks at HMP Highpoint
Southern Housing seeks 10 firms for £1.7bn upgrade deal
South east fire safety and housing upgrade framework out to bid
Pothole patch-up policy fails as roads repair backlog hits £17bn
Industry calls for urgent mindset change on funding and maintaining local roads
Green light for 2,100 homes at old East London gasworks
St William secures S106 deal for world’s largest Victorian gasworks regen scheme
Lifting regs review bagged up with ‘bat and newt’ red tape purge
Government calls in regulators and tells Ofwat to speed up 30 major water projects
House builders call for rethink on Building Safety Levy
Developers call for spotlight to be turned on product manufacturers
Costain raids Balfour Beatty for new head of rail
Alistair Geddes joins as rail director
Plans in for nearly 900 homes at Manchester Mayfield
First homes at £1.4bn regeneration site will be built over four blocks
Problem contracts send Robertson into the red
Contractor confident of return to profit this year after review of jobs
National Grid names key suppliers for £59bn HVDC deal
Cable and converter station supply chain firms named
Contractors wanted for £215m care home framework
Firms invited to express their interest in projects across South West
Muse hires London Crown Estate MD
Simon Harding-Roots will lead regeneration specialist’s south office
Pellikaan wins £25m Wiltshire leisure centre job
Work to start next month on Trowbridge swimming pool and gym
Cat deal sees Flannery plant investment top £100m this year
Leading plant hirer continues to invest in fleet
Fall in office and housing activity dents industry output
Confidence fragile after 0.2% dip in output for second month
Lendlease OK’d to start Birmingham’s £1.9bn Smithfield scheme
First phase of 400 build to rent homes at Manor Square approved
Fresh plan for £170m Newcastle resi tower and hotel
Gainford Group scales down New Bridge Street scheme to 29 storeys
Berkeley warns over-regulation a drag on planning reform gains
House builder joins calls for urgent Gateway 2 building safety regulator reform
Mace confirmed for £140m Gatwick Airport Pier 6 extension
Contractor PJ Hegarty has started enabling works in middle of busy airport
Cost of M3 upgrade soars by £70m
Budget for VolkerFitzpatrick/Balfour Beatty road job jumps to £280m
Graham takes on ISG £45m Coventry cultural hub job
Firm will start conversion work in the Spring on former IKEA store
Alun Griffiths to “restructure and resize” after £95m loss
Redundancies due to be announced at Welsh civils contractor
Fire safety project approval delays hit Van Elle profits
Piling specialist also reviews future of Canadian operation amid fresh economic uncertainty