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Chancellor to fund HS2 tunnel to Euston

Schools and hospital get £1.7bn cash injection to tackle work backlog

32 mins ago

Wates hires former ISG fit-out chief to lead new team

Lee Phillips to head up new London office fit-out arm

2 hours ago

VINCI Construction swoops for FM Conway

Conway family sells £580m turnover Kent-based highways contractor

7 hours ago

United Living bolts on property upkeep firm Pilon

Deal to buy £40m turnover social housing property services contractor

7 hours ago

Sheffield facade specialist bought by Swedish firm

Building envelope giant Fasadgruppen makes first UK acquisition

8 hours ago

Nexus buys Coleman Construction & Utilities for £5.4m

Nexus moves into civils with acquisition of East Sussex contractor

7 hours ago

Councils get £68m to clear brownfield sites

Site renovation work will clear way for 5,200 new homes

7 hours ago

Private investor buys Midlands contractor MCS

Deal values £100m revenue building contractor at £22m

8 hours ago

Willmott Dixon to build Oxford net zero council HQ

Work to start next year on net zero office upgrade as Old County Hall sold off

8 hours ago

Phoenix subbies get pay less notices after ISG failure

Building services specialist tells suppliers they won’t be getting paid

1 day ago

Midgard confirmed on £60m Golden Lane office contract

Main works will create 120,000 sq ft of prime office space on historic site

1 day ago

Van Elle buys Scottish specialist Albion Drilling for £3.5m

Acquisition builds capability in Scotland’s booming energy sector

1 day ago

French PM and cost consultant Artelia buys Pick Everard

Artelia UK operations swell to nearly 1000 staff after bolting on UK consultant

1 day ago

Go-ahead for West London 58-storey resi skyscraper

North Acton scheme at Old Oak Common to form gateway to emerging cluster

2 days ago

Plans in for £200m Trafford Wharf scheme

Mid-rise tower scheme of over 850 build to rent and student homes

2 days ago

ISG Fit Out arm went down owing subbies £111m

Latest slew of debts brings initial supply chain hit to nearly £300m

2 days ago

Construction to grow 2.5% next year

Industry output expected to rebound after 2.9% fall this year

2 days ago

Chancellor finds over £1bn for new schools and social homes

Budget extra cash to get school builds back on track and boost affordable homes

3 days ago

ISG collapse brings down lighting specialist

30 jobs go as Cheltenham-based Seventynine Lighting Ltd ceases trading

5 days ago

Kier lands £100m naval helicopter base rebuild

Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall to get big upgrade

3 days ago

Go-ahead for £88m York Coney Street Riverside

£56m Cooney Street riverside construction project set to start

2 days ago

Safer concrete pours after Balfour and O’Rourke trials

New attachments from Conquip mean end to operatives standing under concrete skips

2 days ago

ROCKWOOL buys Wetherby Building Systems

Materials giant continues expansion of non-combustible facade products

2 days ago

Debt rule change to salvage infrastructure spending plans

Chancellor to free up £50bn for road, rail and hospital building plans

6 days ago

Roofer thrown from basket after bus hits cherry picker

Contractor fined £215,000 after worker lands on roof of parked car

6 days ago

Construction to be standalone business as Stepnell demerges

Tom Wakeford will continue to lead construction company

6 days ago

Tilbury Douglas searching for suppliers across north of UK

Sign-up now for supply chain roadshows

6 days ago

CLC blasts clients over standard contract changes

Client changes making life more “onerous and difficult” for contractors

6 days ago

Six towns and cities to pilot clean heat networks

Leeds, Plymouth, Bristol, Stockport, Sheffield, and London to draw up schemes

5 days ago

Rail civil servant to head Palace of Westminster restoration

Russ MacMillan to lead delivery authority planning working on options and cost

5 days ago