Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component…
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Anchor signs up Equans for repairs
Anchor Repairs & Property Services, a joint venture of Anchor and Equans, is taking over Anchor…
Pay rates set to drive tender price inflation
Construction consultant Turner & Townsend has issued a call for firms to focus on retention and…
Watchdog draws on back catalogue for private finance lessons
Despite the years of scandal and failure surrounding the private finance initiative (PFI) procurement model, the…
Lawyers oppose planning reforms
The proposed Stonehenge Tunnel was mired in legal challenges but was ultimately dropped by government on…
Manager fined for safety breaches despite company liquidation
Maciej Rozanski stepped onto a fragile roof and fell more than 20 feet to the floor…
Building safety levy pushed back a year
The building safety levy is being introduced in England to raise an estimated £3bn over 10…
Schindler robot makes UK debut on Victoria Street
The Schindler RISE [© Schindler] Swiss lift and escalator manufacturer Schindler has to date produce five…
Bam wins £100m Broadgate Tower revamp
The 34-storey building will undergo a major refresh Bam has been appointed to add a three-storey…
FIDIC names new chief executive
Susanna Zammataro Susanna Zammataro will join FIDIC in Geneva on 1st May 2025 from the International…
Hill breaks ground in Cambridge
Artist’s impression of the council flats going up in East Barnwell Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP), the…
Torsion promotes in care division
Torsion Care is the division of Torsion Group that specialises in developing and constructing care homes…
Government allocates £600m to plug construction skills gap
The government has appointed Mace chairman Mark Reynolds as industry side-co-chair of its new Construction Skills…
Big Construction calls on MPs to support planning reform
The House of Commons debates the Planning & Infrastructure Bill today Today sees the second reading…
Planning & Infrastructure Bill debate today
Housing secretary Angela Rayner wants to ‘prove the naysayers wrong’ Today sees the second reading of…
Beard turnover nears £200m
Beard finance director Fraser Johns presents to colleagues In the year to 31st December 2024, EW…
MPs call for manufacturers to contribute to remediation bill
The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 claimed 72 lives and exposed flaws in the nation’s building…
UK construction sees more pine as timber mix evolves
Pine is fine says TDUK Trade body Timber Development UK has issued a bulletin to its…
Schools and hospitals to get solar panels
200 schools and 200 hospitals will be fitted with solar panels The first project from Great…
Planning applications down 7% in England
Cala’s Finchwood Park development in Finchampstead, with plots to be built out by Vistry circled in…
Construction industry failing on data centres
Research from construction and property management consultant, Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) finds that while demand for…