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Construction output growth drops to six-month low

Construction buyers reported a loss of momentum at the end of 2024 as total business activity in December expanded at the slowest ...

Castleforge plans expansion after £100m data centr...

Real estate investor Castleforge is planning a major expansion of Redhill Data Centre after acquiring the £100m site in partnershi...

Clients ‘ignoring building safety’ reforms

Construction clients are failing to engage with the new building safety regime, according to research carried out by trade body th...

Thames Water bidders day for £2.2bn reservoir sche...

Thames Water is planning to hold an industry bidders day in March for its planned major reservoir project.

New Year layoffs as Scottish modular house builder...

Scottish volumetric house builder Connect Modular has called in administrators just months after completing its biggest contract.

Management buyout at Midlands contractor

Midlands commercial contractor GI Sykes has been bought by its management.

Galldris bounces back to strong profits

North London civils contractor Galldris has delivered strong profits reaping rewards from a selective bidding regime and cost-plus...

Five contractors win £550m airfield framework deal...

Manchester Airports Group has revealed its line-up of firms to deliver airfield infrastructure work for the next five to eight yea...

Building safety act adding six months to delivery ...

Student accommodation developer Unite today warned the Building Safety Act will slow development pipelines by around six months.

Resi developer Sheen Lane heading for administrati...

Residential specialist Sheen Lane Developments is set to go into administration.

Building stone firm ignores silica dust safety war...

A building stone products manufacturer and its director have been fined £19,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from e...

Morgan Sindall wins Canary Wharf office-to-labs jo...

Morgan Sindall has been confirmed for a £65m life sciences development in Canary Wharf.

£250m Stockport homes scheme set to start

North West developer Cityheart has picked local contractor Oak Construction Projects to deliver the first phase of its 440-flat St...

Downing Construction hit by third year of losses

Liverpool contractor Downing Construction has suffered a third year of losses after further provisions for building safety works a...

Prep work starts for vast HS2 box slide under A46

Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture has completed construction of a 14,500-tonne box structure designed to allow HS2 trains beneath...

Universal Civils and Build picks-up another ISG jo...

Nottingham based contractor Universal Civils and Build has won another job to restart a leisure centre stalled by the collapse of ...

Winner unveiled for £2.9bn aqueduct revamp

United Utilities has confirmed the STRABAG Equitix Consortium as preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the repla...