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  • Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) could save the construction industry billions according to the latest Costain report
  • Private equity-owned infrastructure services specialist M Group Services has joined the ranks of the industry’s top seven contractors after raising revenue 22% to £2.2bn.
  • As the UK moves towards its ambitious net-zero goals, the construction industry is under increasing pressure to rethink its energy sources. One promising solution is hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), ...
  • Civil engineering activity has grown at its fastest rate for over three years, according to research.
  • The UK government has turned US consulting engineering Jacobs for strategic advisory and programme management services for its carbon capture, usage and storage programme.
  • Forty-eight firms have secured spots on the revamped London Construction Programme major works housing framework.
  • On Friday 27th Sept, the London Construction Awards lit up the city with a glittering ceremony, where the best of the built environment were crowned winners.
  • Strong expansion in July amid optimism that Labour’s shake-up of planning laws will increase activity
  • Caddick Construction has been appointed to build a new £42m manufacturing facility in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for Schneider Electric.
  • The final deck segment has been placed to create what has now become the UK’s new longest rail bridge.
  • The construction of UK homes grew at its fastest pace in almost two years in August, as lower borrowing costs gave a boost to the Labour government’s housebuilding promises.
  • The government has given the go-ahead for a new housing development by Cockfosters Tube station which was blocked by previous Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
  • Plans to get construction work restarted on hundreds of sites across England
  • French contractor Legendre UK has been appointed by developer W.RE and joint venture partner Taurus UK to build a new 46,000 sq ft office scheme in London’s Parsons Green following a single-stage tend ...
  • A new survey by IFS found that the UK construction industry is keen to embrace AI but faces several challenges in being ready for adoption. Kenny Ingram, VP for construction and engineering, looks at ...
  • Developer Hill in joint venture with the United Colleges Group has submitted plans to redevelop a site in North London with 1,675 homes.
  • Construction site wages in the UK have risen for the fifth consecutive quarter, new data shows.
  • New research from NBS indicates around seven in ten construction projects now have sustainability targets
  • Contractor John Sisk & Son increased its UK turnover by 26% to £475m in the year to December 2023.
  • Southern Construction Framework (SCF) has reappointed Mace as the lead supplier for cost, project and programme management for its latest iteration of consultancy frameworks.