Galliford Try took October’s top spot in the contractor league table after being appointed the contractor for eight major projects totalling just under £343m. Read more…
Kier Highways is set to finish construction of its Highways England project M6 13-15 motorway upgrade work six months early. Read more…
Construction sites will continue to operate during the latest lockdown which comes into force from Thursday. Read more…
HS2 has switched its next major meet the contractor event online as the project gears up to appoint key subcontract packages and do deals with suppliers. Read more…
BAM Construct has promoted Mark Lockwood to director of health and safety. Read more…
BAM Construction has been appointed to a new 10-year construction framework by the University of Birmingham. Read more…
Galliford Try’s Building business has secured contracts worth £65m and a major framework place in the education sector. Read more…
Developer CEG has confirmed a deal with BAM Construction to deliver the first phase of its £350m development at Globe Road in Leeds. Read more…
Morgan Sindall Construction’s Northern Home Counties office has been selected to deliver a new £29m ‘all-through’ school in Wavendon, Milton Keynes. Read more…
BAM Construction has secured the job to build a mental health inpatient facility in Highgate, North London. Read more…
Balfour Beatty has secured a £63m contract on behalf of Highways England to develop, design and deliver much-needed dual carriageway upgrades on the A19 between Norton and Wynyard. Read more…
G F Tomlinson has been selected as a key contractor on the new £500m 10-year construction framework, focusing on improving higher education facilities in the West Midlands. Read more…
Morgan Sindall has got the planning green light for a new science block for Salford University. Read more…
Willmott Dixon has secured another blue light contract, as its interiors arm secures projects worth £18m to refurbish existing Metropolitan Police stations in Peckham, Ilford, Colindale and Brixton. Read more…
Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced a £27bn fund for the Strategic Road Network in this year’s Budget. He also confirmed that the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel will go ahead. Read more…
Balfour Beatty has secured the job to provide key designs for a major link road in Wigan Borough. Read more…
Willmott Dixon has been confirmed for the job to transform Stockport’s bus station into a modern transport interchange. Read more…
With the construction sector set to create almost two million new jobs by 2021, Inland Homes’ Group Procurement Assistant Manager, Lynsey Allen, explains why more needs to be done to encourage more women to consider this industry as an exciting career opportunity. Read more…
Balfour Beatty will work on phases 3a and 3b of the East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR), which are expected to cost £80M. Read more…
Willmott Dixon is lined-up to build a new £21m fire service learning and development centre and 24-hour fire station at Highwood Mill, near Horsham. Read more…
The construction industry is nearly double the scale and importance to the UK economy than recorded in official figures. Read more…
Impressions of the £200 million Siemens factory at Goole have been released after more plans were submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Read more…
Skanska has secured a £240m commercial building contract to construct 20 Ropemaker Street in Central London for Great Elm Assets Limited. Read more…
Kier, Willmott Dixon, Interserve, Bam, Vinci and Welsh construction firm Andrew Scott are among the firms to have landed a place on the £1bn South West Wales regional contractors framework. Read more…
Transport infrastructure continues to dominate infrastructure sector construction with around 57% of total output for 2019. Read more…
Morgan Sindall is predicting another strong year of growth driven by construction and partnership housing after it unveiled a positive set of results for last year. Read more…
Laing O’Rourke has been chosen by Everton Football Club to deliver its new 52,000-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock on Liverpool’s waterfront. Read more…
Planning permission has been granted for the £430M A30 Chiverton to Carland Crossroad scheme in Cornwall. Read more…
Kier has been appointed by Kirklees Council to deliver a £15m leisure centre in Liversedge, West Yorkshire. Read more…
Johannesburg-based architects Counterspace, directed by the all-woman team of Sumayya Vally, Sarah de Villiers and Amina Kaskar, has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2020. Read more…
The University of Birmingham has confirmed winners of its framework deals to deliver at least £500m of investment over the next ten years. Read more…
Leeds City Council has given the go-ahead to Hammerson’s plans for a new 205-bed hotel at its City Quarters concept. Read more…
Balfour Beatty has confirmed the appointment of Beth West as Managing Director of its regional construction business in the South of England. Read more…
The value of new UK construction contracts signed in January 2020 rose by a whopping 33% year-on-year, according to latest market intelligence. Read more…
The £1.5bn A14 road scheme to improve journeys between the East of England and the Midlands has been completed more than half a year early. Read more…
Proposals for a new £14m housing scheme on the outskirts of a county Durham village have been submitted for consent. Read more…
Kier has won a multi-million pound Openreach Network Services Agreement (ONSA) contract to carry out network delivery works across Hampshire and Berkshire. Read more…
Bradford Council has named Kier as its preferred bidder to deliver one of Bradford’s biggest regeneration projects. Read more…
“Ultra-low carbon concrete” has been used on a motorway project in the UK for the first time. Read more…
Derbyshire-based Wildgoose Construction has promoted Andrew Tilford to become managing director of construction. Read more…
Plans to build more than 750 homes on a derelict site on Birmingham’s Main Line Canal have been approved by Birmingham City Council. Read more…
Developer Hammerson has been granted resolution on its outline planning application for a 7.5-acre mixed-use masterplan for Martineau Galleries in Birmingham. Read more…
Footballer turned property tycoon Gary Neville has named Laing O’Rourke as construction partner for his £200m St Michael’s hotel, flats and office scheme in Manchester. Read more…
BAM Nuttall, VINCI Construction UK, and VolkerFitzpatrick have been shortlisted to tender the infrastructure projects to support the construction of 10,000 homes at Enfield Council’s £6bn Meridian Water development. Read more…
Willmott Dixon has been chosen by Humberside Police Force and developer Wykeland Group to construct a £20m operational support building to house a 500-strong police force. Read more…
Kier has been appointed to seven lots on the Hyde main framework development, which will see the construction of around 11,000 new homes. Read more…
Willmott Dixon Interiors has won the £13m contract to convert the Grade II listed former library and museum in Tunbridge Wells into the new Amelia Scott building. Read more…
Interserve and the University of Sussex have won a contract extension worth £30m per annum to deliver facilities management services at the University of Sussex as part of joint venture Sussex Estates and Facilities (SEF). Read more…
BAM Nuttall is set to be confirmed preferred bidder for a £19m contract to build a vital link bridge for the Sighthill regeneration scheme in Glasgow. Read more…
North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) has extended Amey’s highways maintenance and management contract for a further three years until June 2024. Read more…
Highways England is testing automated cone laying vehicles to make life safer for workers on major road jobs. Read more…
Rydon has been awarded an innovation centre contract for Kent Medical Campus, this will bring together businesses and organisations involved in finding solutions to healthcare issues and scientific research. Read more…
Mace has submitted a major planning application to regenerate Stevenage town centre, following several months of consultation with local people and businesses. Read more…
John Sisk has signed a pre-construction services agreement for the next phase of the Great Ormond Street Hospital redevelopment in central London. Read more…
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has revealed the latest contractors to gain places on its construction works framework, including Interserve Construction, who have been appointed to 6 lots. Read more…
McLaren Group’s property arm has been given the planning green light for a 300,000 sq ft office scheme in central Leeds. Read more…
Scientists at Heriot Watt University in Scotland have developed the world’s first building brick that’s made from 90% recycled construction and demolition waste. Read more…
Galliford Try enters the new year as an independent contractor with a £3.2bn order book. Read more…
Morgan Sindall Construction has been awarded the £17.3m construction contract to redevelop Forster Square Railway Station. Read more…
Former Royal Mail finance director Matthew Lester will take up the role of chairman at Kier. Read more…
Galliard Homes and Acorn Property Group have revealed the final part of Bristol’s harbour regeneration project, the £15m Brandon Yard development. Read more…
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £90m contract to deliver the British onshore civils works for the Viking Link Interconnector Project for joint venture delivery partners National Grid and Energinet. Read more…
The V&A has confirmed McLaughlin & Harvey as contractor for the museum’s new £26m collection and research centre in east London. Read more…
Willmott Dixon has confirmed securing a £19m contract for a three-storey secondary academy school at Yardley Wood in Birmingham. Read more…
Gilbert-Ash has secured a £17m design and build contract for Trinity College, which will see the construction of 45 new en-suite study bedrooms and five dedicated teaching rooms. Read more…
Balfour Beatty has won top billing in this year’s Britain’s Most Admired Companies awards in the heavy construction sector. Read more…
Balfour Beatty remained on track to deliver steady growth this year despite challenging market conditions as revenue rose 5% and construction margins held at 2-3%. Read more…
Norfolk County Council has appointed Kier to deliver the £3.4m extension of Hethersett Primary School through the Norfolk County Council Framework. Read more…
The construction industry’s first artificial intelligence (AI) concrete strength prediction engine, used in the London City Airport expansion, is to be used across more live projects. Read more…
Balfour Beatty Living Places has been awarded a six-year, £217m contract by Lincolnshire County Council for the maintenance of highways assets. Read more…
Skanska continues to build on its success in Bristol winning a £23.3m contract for the new 1,220-place Trinity Academy secondary school. Read more…
Willmott Dixon Interiors has won a £39m refurbishment deal for London South Bank University. Read more…
