The latest Housing Pipeline Report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF), containing data from Glenigan, shows…
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Morgan Sindall picked for Salford acoustics building
CGI of the new facility A planning application for a new acoustics building, within Crescent Salford’s…
Caddick breaks ground on Max Spielman warehouse
Stakeholders assemble for a photo to mark start of works Caddick Construction has an £8m contract…
Ramboll appoints UK transport director
Ann Gordon Danish consulting engineer Ramboll has appointed Ann Gordon as market director for transport in…
CBRE completes Turner & Townsend tie-up
Vincent Clancy, chair and chief executive of Turner & Townsend, has now joined CBRE’s board of…
6,000-tonne box pulled under Radlett railway line
The underbridge was jacked into place during a nine-day line closure During a nine-day closure of…
Strabag to renew Haweswater tunnels
Haweswater Aqueduct under construction in the 1950s [image from www.unitedutilities.com] United Utilities has named Strabag Equitix…
Hercules quits suction excavator business
Hercules has a fleet of 30 suction excavators Since floating on AIM, the alternative investment market…
The return of whisper concrete
Grooves were created into the existing concrete pavement while grinding was applied onto raised ‘turrets’ on…
Catesby grows on back of L&Q acquisition
The Catesby Estates team Catesby Estates, one of the country’s leading strategic land promoters, has expanded…
Manchester’s Chinese contractor struggles but plans to stick around
image from bcegi.co.uk BCEGI Construction (UK) filed its accounts for the year to December 2023 on…
Lendlease agrees £35m sale of UK construction business
Atlas Holdings, whose portfolio of companies includes cladding specialist Permasteelisa and US steel fabricator Veritas Steel,…
Haines and Riley lead the way in New Year honours
Gill Riley CBE Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines becomes Sir Andrew Haines in recognition of…
Daily takings down again for buiders’ merchants
Headlines from the latest Builders Merchant Building Index report, published in December, show that sales increased…
£120k fine results from roof fall
The company had been hired to move solar panels on the homeowner’s roof EE Renewables Limited…
More cranes for Preston steel erector
SWC’s new Liebherr LTM 1150-5.3 German crane manufacturer Liebherr has completed delivery of a four-crane order…
New president for RICS
Justin Sullivan The new RICS president, a chartered quantity surveyor, is the founder and chief executive…
HS2 chief commits to fix HS2 crisis
Foundations go in for Curzon Street station in Birmingham Costs have escalated so much on HS2…
New name for Keltbray Infrastructure Services
Aureos chief executive Darren James EMK Capital, a London private equity outfit, bought Keltbray Infrastructure Services…
Miller Homes buys St Modwen Homes
St Modwen’s Blythe Fields development in Stoke-on-Trent The deal sees Miller Homes acquire 19 live sites,…
Robertson confirmed for £50m Aberdeen beachfront works
The Aberdeen beachfront site, captured by Robertson Construction Robertson Construction has been confirmed as main contractor…
Retailer takes the chair at M Group Services
Archie Norman Archie Norman came to prominence in the business world in the 1990s as chief…