EG announces plans to close
EG, the UK’s real estate news and intelligence service, is to close.
Vistry to build 950 homes next to Olympic Park
Partnership homes specialist Vistry has teamed up with the London Legacy Development Corporation to build 948 new mixed-tenure hom...
Erith explosives set demolition record at Sizewell
Erith has used over 700kg of explosives in the first stage demolition of four giant concrete plinths as part of work to decommissi...
Amey FM firm fined after legionella kills prisoner
Amey Community Limited has been fined £600,000 after it failed to manage the risk of legionella bacteria in the hot and cold water...
PM pledges to fast-track 150 infrastructure scheme...
The Prime Minister has committed to speed-up development consent order decisions on 150 infrastructure schemes to turbocharge econ...
Timber designs shortlisted for roads ‘footbridge o...
National Highways has picked three timber designs among the five shortlisted as a next-generation template for footbridges over th...
RED Construction tops £100m turnover
RED Construction Group has delivered a strong year of growth nearly doubling turnover to £115m.
£191m revamp funding approved for London Barbican ...
A major programme of critical repairs and upgrades to the iconic Barbican Centre can now proceed after a £191m funding packages wa...
M&S Marble Arch rebuild approved after three-year ...
Angela Rayner has granted approval for the redevelopment of the M&S store at Marble Arch following a planning wrangle lasting more...
Radical changes needed to boost homebuilding, expe...
06 Dec 2024 By Greg Pitcher Industry experts have called on the government to make radical changes to boost homebuilding.
Calls for more research into modular construction’...
Two newly published reports have called for more research into the fire-safety performance of volumetric modular construction.
Why does it cost £100m for HS2 to protect bats?
The chairman of the HS2 rail line said it was spending £100m on a shield to protect bats in ancient woodland in Buckinghamshire.
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First reactor goes in at Hinkley Point C
Workers building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station have installed Britain’s first new nuclear reactor for more than 30 yea...
Tilbury cement silo inflated
A new landmark has popped up at Tilbury Docks – an inflatable silo for storing cement.
ISG collapse: prison-delay estimates revealed
ISG’s collapse will add between three and 18 months to the programme for the prisons it was working on, according to Ministry of J...
Saint Gobain acquires chemicals firm
Construction giant Saint Gobain has acquired a UK-based chemicals firm.
Costain wins £400m HS2 M&E package
04 Dec 2024 By Ian Weinfass Costain has landed a £400m contract to deliver tunnel and lineside mechanical and electrical (M&E) ...
Small firms dominate November casualty list
Monthly contractor administrations are inching upwards but the year-on-year trend remains positive, according to the latest data f...
Contractors alerted to £600m housing framework
City of Edinburgh Council is on the lookout for contractors to take on £600m worth of housing work.
