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Comment: Gateway is acting like a barricade

Contractors left banging their heads on an (unbuilt) brick wall

2 days ago

Final phase of £1.5bn Elephant and Castle revamp hits planning

Get Living submits revised plan for 500 homes and 450-bed student block

3 days ago

Ealing backs final phase of £1.3bn estate rebuild

Friary Park estate rebuild in Acton reaches end stage

2 days ago

Green light for scaled-down Nottingham student tower

Glasshouse Street scheme will deliver 247 student rooms

2 days ago

Aston Villa to revamp North Stand

Club to reuse existing structure rather than complete rebuild

3 days ago

Mace signs ex-ISG director to lead Euro health and tech push

Gary Sweeney to head up healthcare and life sciences consultancy arm

2 days ago

Sir Robert McAlpine claws way back into profit

Firm says return to profit and strong cash balance validates new strategy

3 days ago

Severfield to cut staff by 6% amid pricing pressure

Steelwork contractor warns of extended tighter pricing due to project delays

3 days ago

JRL completes sale of 50% stake to Malaysian giant IJM

Deal boosts balance sheet and kicks starts growth plan

3 days ago

Green light for £100m Liverpool Baltic station build

Enabling highway works to start in the autumn

4 days ago

First live tests for flying construction robots

Drones can lay construction materials at height on site

3 days ago

Three firms land £170m Gentoo Sunderland housing deal

PHS Solutions, Esh and RE:GEN to deliver 10-year home upgrade plan

4 days ago

Gateway gridlock hits build-to-rent delivery as starts nosedive

Build to rent starts plunge 18% in the capital

4 days ago

Call to shift Gateway 2 checks to end building bottleneck

“The current system isn’t working but we all want to see safe buildings”

4 days ago

GBN launches £600m bid race for SMR engineer roles

Owner engineers to provide technical and assurance services

4 days ago

Wates hires ex-Homes England chief to head public sector push

Robert Stone to spearhead its public sector and national frameworks strategy

4 days ago

Acheson Construction collapse costs suppliers £8.5m

One frustrated creditor seized a telehandler after contractor went into administration

5 days ago

Dominus wins go-ahead for 173-bed Glasgow scheme

Old Wynd Street job expected to cost around £25m to build

5 days ago

Safety Regulator misses deadline to clear Gateway 2 backlog

Investors pulling out of funding high rise buildings

5 days ago

CITB still sitting on £95m cash pile

Staff numbers jump from 666 to 763 as training body wage bill soars

5 days ago

£500m road surfacing framework market call

NEPO goes out to consultation on north east regional highways deal

5 days ago

Two share £220m Scottish rail repairs and minor works deal

AmcoGiffen and CPMS win civils and building repair deals

5 days ago

Builder wanted for £60m London leisure and flats job

Tower Hamlets aims to replace St George’s Leisure Centre in Shadwell

5 days ago

Contractor confirmed for business park expansion

Roe Developments to start on next phase of Castle Donington scheme

5 days ago

Driver escapes injury as scaffold collapses onto van

Major three-lift scaffold fall blocks north London high street

1 week ago

Gilbert Ash to be sold to staff

£267m turnover contractor to transition to an Employee Ownership Trust

1 week ago

M Group seals biggest-ever deal with Telent takeover

Digital infrastructure specialist deal lifts turnover to £3bn

1 week ago

Aggregates firm Ashville went down owing more than £3m

Debts revealed in Companies House update

1 week ago

Cardo saves 100 jobs at Breyer roofing arm

Private equity-backed Welsh maintenance group continues to expand

2 weeks ago

Excavator knocked off lorry going under bridge

Traffic Commissioner inquiry after accident in south London

1 week ago