Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone

Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component…

Lower Thames Crossing secures development consent – but not funding

CGI of the Lower Thames Crossing’s southern entrance The £10bn project has now cleared planning, but…

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…