Prime minister-hopeful Andy Burnham has promised “decent infrastructure” across the UK, a massive council-house building ...

ON THE PANEL 1. Adam Davis, deputy head of applied R&D, Foster & Partners 2. Louise Donegan, director of strategic engagement ...

National Highways is seeking a new main contractor for the A46 Newark bypass after scrapping its £297m contract with Skanska UK. The contractor’s Swedish parent said the client had cancelled the ...

Almost 50 construction firms and tradespeople have been fined a total of £3.4m by HMRC after they “deliberately got their tax affairs wrong”. The taxman has named and shamed 152 businesses and people ...

The leader of a local council has warned contractors will “undoubtedly” launch legal action after the £2.1bn Monklands Hospital hospital job they were working on was halted last week. North ...

A joint venture working on the HS2 rail project has been fined after the driver of a 20-tonne tipper truck was injured when his vehicle fell off the edge of an excavation ramp. The incident happened ...

Southampton City Council leads the way in a new cladding-remediation table published by the government this week. The south ...

A £2.1bn hospital project where Laing O’Rourke is the preferred contractor has been stalled by the Scottish Government over cost concerns. The tier one firm was selected in 2023 under a ...

Southern Construction Framework (SCF) has launched the procurement process for its sixth-generation framework, opening access to public sector clients across England for the first time. Hampshire ...

Administrators for offsite specialist Merit say they have agreed a deal to sell the company’s former headquarters. A report by administrators from insolvency specialists Interpath, published this week ...

Tender-price inflation could rise by more than a fifth between now and 2029, with the supply chain taking much of the impact, ...

Five years ago, construction was emerging from a very difficult place. After Covid upended working life, firms were forced to ...