Construction labour rates up 8.6% in past year

Latest figures from Hudson Contract, the construction payroll services specialist, show average weekly earnings for self-employed…

New MD for Suffolk house-builder

Joshua Hopkins Joshua Hopkins has been promoted from land director to managing director at Denbury Homes.…

New Scotland director at Barratt Redrow

Alison Condie Alison Condie has taken over as Barratt Redrow’s Scotland managing director from Douglas McLeod,…

Isle of Wight showcases speedy building

Gibbs Timber Frame erected three houses in a day at Newport’s Three Oaks development Sovereign Network…

Graham lands £100m Kirkstall flats contract

CGI of the Dyecoats development in Kirkstall Latimer’s Dyecoats is a mixed-use project on Kirkstall Road…

Balfour Beatty to build Trent footbridge

CGI of the planned Waterside Birdge [Images from Mammoet] The lattice arch Waterside Bridge will be…

McPhillips wins home-town college assignment

Addenbrooke House is being turned into Telford College’s sixth form centre McPhillips will renovate Telford &…

Goldbeck to build new Cardiff County Hall

CGI of the planned new Cardiff County Hall Cardiff’s new council headquarters are being built as…

Burns & McDonnell appoints new UK boss

Kyle Roberts As UK executive managing director, Kyle Roberts will be in charge of all three…

JCB adds to battery digger line-up

The JCB 8008E CTS The 8008E CTS joins the proven 19C-1E in JCB’s E-Tech compact excavator…

Fourth quarter output up 0.5% despite slow December

The Office for National Statistics says that construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.5%…

Galliford Try wins £63m accommodation contract at RAF Digby

Galliford Try will erect four SLA blocks for junior ranks Galliford Try will erect four single…

Tilbury Douglas secures £100m Dorchester hospital job

CGI of Dorset County Hospital’s new emergency department Tilbury Douglas will start work this spring on…

Heathrow signs UK Steel Charter

Heathrow Airport chief executive Thomas Woldbye (second from right) signs the UK Steel Charter At an…

Laing O’Rourke founder takes over as chair

Sir John Parker (left) and Ray O’Rourke Sir John Parker has decided to step down as…

Leeds Bradford Airport stick with Farrans for phase two

CGI of the new terminal extension at Leeds Bradford Airport With Farrans coming to a close…

Bids called for TRU programme manager

Network Rail is taking a single team approach for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) to break…

First NHBC multi-skills training centre clears planning

An NHBC brick-laying class Planning has been approved in Lichfield for a construction apprentice training centre…

Roofer gets suspended jail sentence after man falls from scaffold

Iain Smith fell more than 25ft from the scaffold Daniel Hooper was given a 16-week custodial…

Three Rs requirement for apprentices scrapped

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson (right) visited Oval Village yesterday to mark National Apprenticeship Week and met…

Survey confirms industry preference for structural steelwork

The latest annual survey of market trends for the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) found that…

Revised plans approved for 70 Gracechurch Street

The 70 Gracechurch Street scheme is designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox with engineers Arup and Robert…