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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

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One of Wales’ oldest contractors delivers record profit

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

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Henry administrators chase £10m director payment

Cash frozen as legal action continues

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Warning after scammers pose as plant hire bosses

Flannery targeted by fraudsters trying to con customers

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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

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

Council seeks contractor to deliver flagship Gurnell development

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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

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Kier signs £243m army barracks upgrade

Latest big defence optimisation deal signed off for Aldershot barracks

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Winners revealed for £814m FM framework

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

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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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Vistry slims down to three operating divisions

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

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Business better than expected at bullish Galliford Try

Key work wins to power strong set of annual results

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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

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Cardo breaks into Scotland with fifth acquisition

Investor-backed building maintenance contractor continues expansion

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Tilbury Douglas bags major Barbican Centre M&E upgrade

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

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Former Keltbray site managers stand trial over contract “bribes”

Trio accused of taking kickbacks from labour supply specialist

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

Building bonanza beckons as total committed investment hits £39bn

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