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Henry administrators chase £10m director payment

Cash frozen as legal action continues

23 hours ago

Former Balfour regional MD dies before taking up new role

Lindsay McGibbon struck down by cancer

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One of Wales’ oldest contractors delivers record profit

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

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Warning after scammers pose as plant hire bosses

Flannery targeted by fraudsters trying to con customers

6 hours ago

Carey co-founder Tom Carey passes away

Contractor confirms death of second of three founding brothers

21 hours ago

Robertson and Balfour win £333m schools deal

Contractors land work for five schools in Scotland

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

Council seeks contractor to deliver flagship Gurnell development

6 hours 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

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Three in race for £20bn fusion power station

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

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Office work drives 0.4% uptick in construction output

Activity in November grew four times faster than the UK economy as a whole.

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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

1 day ago

Kier signs £243m army barracks upgrade

Latest big defence optimisation deal signed off for Aldershot barracks

1 day ago

Winners revealed for £814m FM framework

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

2 days ago

Jackson signs £19m Sizewell C access roads deal

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

1 day ago

Vistry slims down to three operating divisions

Delayed completions and lower sales push month-end debt to £535m

2 days ago

Business better than expected at bullish Galliford Try

Key work wins to power strong set of annual results

2 days ago

Refurb contractor went down owing supply chain £9.5m

Troy Central owed cash to more than 300 subcontractors

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Designed by architect Buckley Gray Yeoman, the seven-building-block project will transform a three-acre site previously a Travis Perkins depot.

Morgan Sindall starts £90m Cambridge mixed-use job

Works starts on Mill Yard regeneration scheme two years after planning go-ahead

2 days ago

Cardo breaks into Scotland with fifth acquisition

Investor-backed building maintenance contractor continues expansion

2 days ago

Tilbury Douglas bags major Barbican Centre M&E upgrade

Barbican Arts Centre revamp could be worth up to £185m over 10 years

2 days ago

Former Keltbray site managers stand trial over contract “bribes”

Trio accused of taking kickbacks from labour supply specialist

3 days ago

Trio of tech giants unveil £14bn AI data centre hub building plans

Building bonanza beckons as total committed investment hits £39bn

3 days ago

Crest Nicholson delays results over £250m fire safety provision

Auditors request more time to confirm figures

3 days ago

Bid race for £55m London leisure centre and homes

Tower Hamlets advances St George’s swimming pool and 29 homes plan

3 days ago

Winners revealed as NHS plans to spend £500m on decarbonisation

Refurb deal will help NHS become world’s first net zero national health service

4 days ago

Seven scoop £850m Yorkshire Water complex projects deal

Firms will deliver non-infrastructure clean and wastewater assets over the next five years

4 days ago

L&G submits plan for £350m Bristol Temple Island

520 homes, two office blocks and hotel plan for former diesel depot site

4 days ago

London Embankment scheme rebooted as student rooms

Urbanest plans Albert Embankment student towers

4 days ago

Hercules tops £100m turnover but suffers £1.7m loss

Suction excavator arm drags labour supply agency into the red

4 days ago

£22m Leicester station revamp rethink after one bid

Council to retender London Road station refurbishment

4 days ago

Watchdog extends competition probe into house builders

Competition and Markets Authority to gather more evidence

4 days ago

Universal Civils and Build picks-up another ISG job

Contractor to complete Wilson Sports Village in Clayton-le-Moors

1 week ago

Precast worker loses leg after 800kg pallet drop

Sheffield manufacturer fined £60,000 after accident

4 days ago

Prep work starts for vast HS2 box slide under A46

Freyssinet designed system will push 14,500t box under Kenilworth Bypass

1 week ago

Downing Construction hit by third year of losses

Building safety works and problem student job tip Liverpool builder £5.8m into red

1 week ago

Problem contracts make it another tricky year for Taziker

Infrastructure specialist confident restructure and new strategy now paying off

1 week ago

£250m Stockport homes scheme set to start

Oak Construction to deliver first block in 440-flats scheme

1 week ago

Morgan Sindall wins Canary Wharf office-to-labs job

Construction to start this month on £65m conversion

1 week ago

Building stone firm ignores silica dust safety warnings

Workers at risk after manufacturer ignores HSE improvement notices

1 week ago

Resi developer Sheen Lane heading for administration

Richmond based firm has a turnover of £50m

1 week ago

Building safety act adding six months to delivery times

New approval gateways slow student room development programmes

1 week ago

Five contractors win £550m airfield framework deal

MAG picks team for Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports

1 week ago

Galldris bounces back to strong profits

South east civils specialist gets trading margin up to 11%

1 week ago

Management buyout at Midlands contractor

Family business GI Sykes sold to management

1 week ago

Taylor Woodrow wins Wolverhampton city centre revamp

£19m contract will last two-and-a-half years

1 week ago

Morgan Sindall contracts league champion for second year

Kier ranks second in closely contested race between majors

1 week ago

New Year layoffs as Scottish modular house builder collapses

East Ayrshire Connect Modular falls into administration

1 week ago

Thames Water bidders day for £2.2bn reservoir scheme

Tenders to be invited in October for new Abingdon reservoir in Oxfordshire

1 week ago

Buckingham Plant Hire quits heavy kit market

Firm to sell fleet and focus on lighter, sustainable plant

1 week ago

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