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Demolition giant John F Hunt Group sold to staff

Chairman John Hall to remain at helm

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OCU doubles size to over £600m turnover in two years

Private equity owned infrastructure services contractor delivers record year

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Site slavery fears rise over migrant labour gangs

Foreign workers being paid in cash by labour masters on major jobs

1 hour ago

Plans in for major London Shoreditch mixed-use scheme

650,000 sq ft Shoreditch Works scheme includes 19-storey tower

1 hour ago

Wates and Equans bosses join Morgan Sindall Property Services

MSPS strengthens leadership team with two new hires

45 mins ago

Construction falls 20% in Build to Rent sector

Completions consistently outpacing the number of starts

36 mins ago

University of Warwick advances £700m campus plan

Enabling works to get underway for main build works next year

1 day ago

Go-ahead for £750m East London data centre

Urban 11-storey data centre to be built next to River Lea and A13 in Newham

2 days ago

Keltbray Infrastructure Services buys Linbrooke rail arm

First deal since infrastructure business was bought by private equity this summer

2 days ago

Elizabeth Line wins Stirling Prize for architecture

Infrastructure scheme wins premier design prize

1 day ago

Winners named for Worcestershire and West Mids framework

Deal covers development work from design to construction

1 day ago

Piling starts on HS2 Curzon Street Station

Mace Dragados Joint Venture and Keltbray working on Birmingham site

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M Group joins top seven as revenue jumps to £2.2bn

Infrastructure services specialist continues to hunt acquisitions

2 days ago

BlackRock to take control of Lanes Group

Takeover of leading water contractor to complete this month

2 days ago

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire builders’ merchant goes under

1928-founded Builders Merchant Company hit by winding up petition

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Trio wins £170m West Country new build housing deal

Curo Enterprise, E.G. Carter and Speller Metcalfe Malvern

2 days ago

Roofer dies in fall from potato box on forklift

Court hears how victim fell 16ft from makeshift platform

2 days ago

Clancy bolsters senior management team

Skanska project director Jon Arnold joins as operations director of energy

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High tech construction plant could save country £417bn

Costain report says kit which connects and drives itself will provide a massive economic boost

3 days ago

Concrete frame defects cost Bellway another £14m

Cost of repairing Greenwich scheme rises while £5.4m was spent on aborted Crest Nicholson chase

3 days ago

Green light for 52-storey Isle of Dogs resi tower

460 flats One East Point project will be built at 3-4 Harbour Exchange

3 days ago

Contractors urged to “hire now” as labour supply crunch looms

Vacancies rise and wages grow as fight for new workers intensifies

3 days ago

Kier confirmed for £20m Yasa Motors Bicester HQ

Developer Bicester Motion advances future mobility business park

4 days ago

Data centres and airport expansion to spur growth

Government hails £25bn data centre and £1.1bn Stansted Airport expansion plan

4 days ago

Hinkley Point second reactor unit build up to 30% faster

Engineering team lifts last giant steel ring onto reactor 2 yesterday

3 days ago

BAM reassures supply chain after winding-up petition

Firm’s credit rating temporarily affected after dispute with supplier

4 days ago

Winvic secures Leeds build to rent scheme

Phase one of £500m Sweet Street South Bank regeneration starts

4 days ago

£60m turnover construction group sold to staff

Meldrum Construction Services Group becomes Employee Owned Trust

4 days ago

Starmer vows to “rip out” obstacles to investment

Prime Minister to make pledge at inaugural International Investment Summit

4 days ago

VolkerFitzpatrick starts prep-work for £210m M3 junction upgrade

Main works to begin in early 2025 on Winchester junction job

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