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Balfour Beatty
Theft from Balfour subbie leads police to £2m stolen tool trove
Police have uncovered nearly £2m of stolen construction equipment after they tracked…
Developer files £4m fire safety claim against Balfour Beatty
Developer Lendlease is seeking a building liability order (BLO) against Balfour Beatty…
Balfour Beatty set for turnover and profit rises
Balfour Beatty is on track to boost its revenue and operational profit…
HS2-involved materials firm files administration notice
A materials manufacturer specialising in graphene that supplied services to the likes…
Bouygues
Trial dates set in separate Hinkley Point C death and injury cases
Trial dates have been set in the cases of contractors accused of…
PFI jobs spur profit at Bouygues subsidiary
The UK civils and infrastructure arm of Bouygues subsidiary Equans has recorded…
Bylor wins Hinkley adjudication fight over JV ‘chaos’ risk
Allowing individual companies that are part of joint ventures (JVs) to pursue…
Darchem takes Bylor to court over £24m Hinkley Point C disputes
A specialist subcontractor on Hinkley Point C (HPC) is taking the main…
Costain
Costain lands biodiversity studies at two UK airports
Costain has been appointed to carry out biodiversity surveys at Manchester Airport…
EDF extends Costain’s nuclear support deal to 2030 with £75m contract
Costain has secured a five-year, £75m extension to its contract with EDF…
Costain lifts margin despite revenue drop
Costain has broadened its profit margin despite lower revenue from road and…
Former Costain A1 dualling job killed off by ministers
By Rob Hakimian The transport secretary has given notice that she is…
Galliford Try
Galliford Try awaits RAAC-hit school rebuild approval
Galliford Try is expected to receive approval this week for plans to…
Galliford Try loses bid to extend deadline for Hive defects case
Galliford Try has failed in a High Court attempt to extend the…
Galliford Try names new MD for building division
Galliford Try has promoted Cliff Wheatley to divisional managing director of its…
Galliford Try share price hits record high as it rejoins FTSE 250
Galliford Try’s shares reached a record value this morning after it was…
ISG
ISG chases architects for £8m over project delays
Administrators for ISG Construction are chasing an architectural practice for £7.8m over…
ISG seeks £4m damages over ‘seriously defective’ roof at SEN school
Administrators for ISG are pursuing a specialist contractor and AtkinsRéalis for £4m…
Facade firm maintains ‘momentum’ despite £2m write-off from ISG collapse
A Buckinghamshire-based envelope contractor has pushed through a £2m hit from ISG’s…
Kier
Kier awarded new Edinburgh eye hospital job
Kier has been appointed to deliver a new eye hospital in Edinburgh…
Kier blames ‘exceptional rainfall’ as £60m mental health hospital delayed
A Kier job to build a new £60m mental health hospital has…
Kier included in new British Airways building upgrades framework
Tier one contractor Kier has been named on British Airways’ newly established…
Kier’s £45m Scottish school job suffers further delay
A £45m Kier job to combine four Scottish schools into a community…
Laing O'Rourke
Trial dates set in separate Hinkley Point C death and injury cases
Trial dates have been set in the cases of contractors accused of…
Bylor wins Hinkley adjudication fight over JV ‘chaos’ risk
Allowing individual companies that are part of joint ventures (JVs) to pursue…
Luxury flats owner wins £35m High Court claim against Laing O’Rourke
The High Court has awarded £35m in damages to the freeholder of…
Darchem takes Bylor to court over £24m Hinkley Point C disputes
A specialist subcontractor on Hinkley Point C (HPC) is taking the main…
Mace
Construction growth downgrade sparks insolvency fears
Construction output is expected to grow by just 1.7 per cent in…
Barracks job boosts Bovis to second league summit in three months
Bovis has reached the summit in the last monthly league table of…
Mace chair Reynolds awarded CBE in New Year Honours list
Mace Group executive chairman Mark Reynolds has been made CBE in the…
Office fit-out job drives Morgan Sindall to top league spot
Morgan Sindall strode to top spot in the November league tables, largely…
Morgan Sindall
Morgan Sindall fit-out forecast boosts profit expectations
Analysts are upgrading their profit predictions for Morgan Sindall after the firm…
Barracks job boosts Bovis to second league summit in three months
Bovis has reached the summit in the last monthly league table of…
Office fit-out job drives Morgan Sindall to top league spot
Morgan Sindall strode to top spot in the November league tables, largely…
Military job puts Bovis on top in October
Bovis Construction clinched the top spot in the league tables for October,…
Multiplex
Multiplex denies liability in Scottish hospital infections case
Multiplex has renewed its denial that it bears responsibility for issues at…
Profit falls at Multiplex despite higher turnover
Pre-tax profit at Multiplex Construction Europe fell by more than a third…
Costain tops December league table with HS2 work
A single mammoth contract for HS2 work propelled Costain to the top…
Multiplex lands St John’s Wood Square shell and core
Multiplex has won the shell and core contract on the £450m St…
Royal BAM
‘Strong’ execution helps Bam Construction UK back to profit
The UK construction arm of Netherlands-based Royal Bam has bounced back into…
Bam Nuttall trials new digital payment system
Bam Nuttall has signed up to use a new digital payment platform…
Contractors named for six school jobs
The Department of Education (DfE) has issued half a dozen main works…
Danny Sullivan shrugs off HS2 fallout as pre-tax profit drops by two thirds
London-based construction labour supplier Danny Sullivan’s latest accounts show its pre-tax profit…
Sir Robert McAlpine
McAlpine scratches seven-year itch with table-topping Manchester job
A £450.8m wellbeing resort job in Manchester has propelled Sir Robert McAlpine…
Sir Robert McAlpine to restore Colchester’s Jumbo water tower
Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects has been appointed to lead the £6m…
NHS trust seeks legal advice over defects in delayed £103m projects
An NHS trust is taking legal advice in a dispute with contractors…
‘Worrying’ rise in migrant worker exploitation on building sites
Migrant workers are at an increased risk of exploitation on construction sites,…
Skanska
National Highways’ top contractors revealed
The company that maintains and upgrades the M25 was the largest single…
Ethical workforce standard launched to clean up employment practices
Modern slavery, exploitation and tax evasion across the construction sector are to…
FM and infrastructure help Skanska UK’s profit surge
Pre-tax profit at the UK arm of Swedish conglomerate Skanska almost trebled…
Skanska joins McAlpine on £1.25bn Port Talbot job
Skanska has been picked to provide design advice and project management for…
Tilbury Douglas
Contractors named for six school jobs
The Department of Education (DfE) has issued half a dozen main works…
Department for Education’s highest paid contractors revealed
Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) highest paid construction…
Ex-Interserve shareholders sell stake in Tilbury Douglas
Tilbury Douglas is no longer owned by former Interserve shareholders, it has…
ISG replaced on school rebuild job nine months after collapse
Tilbury Douglas has replaced ISG on a project to rebuild a primary…
Vinci
Vinci employee not harassed due to her sex, tribunal rules
A former Vinci employee who claimed two managers harassed her due to…
Probe launched after cladding falls from Vinci-built office
An investigation is underway after architectural cladding fell off a Vinci-built office…
Taylor Wimpey sues Vinci over major Cardiff cladding job
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is suing Vinci Construction for more than £30m over…
HS2 slowdown shrinks profit at ground engineering specialist
Profit and turnover plummeted at the UK’s biggest ground engineering specialist following…
VolkerWessels
Four firms selected for £1.75bn Midlands Rail Hub alliance
Network Rail has named four companies as preferred delivery partners on the…
VolkerWessels boosts profit as marine and water sectors boom
Profit soared at VolkerWessels after a slowdown in work in the commercial…
VolkerFitzpatrick lands £83m Biggleswade logistics scheme
VolkerFitzpatrick has won an £83m logistics and office development in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire,…
VolkerWessels boosts profit as civils work reaps rewards
Projects in the infrastructure and entertainment sectors have delivered a “very strong…
Wates
Department for Education’s highest paid contractors revealed
Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) highest paid construction…
Wates to deliver £100m expansion at HMP Onley
Tier one contractor Wates has signed the main works order to deliver…
Three prison builds green lit to tackle capacity crisis
Plans to build three new prisons as part of a £4.7bn spend…
‘Worrying’ rise in migrant worker exploitation on building sites
Migrant workers are at an increased risk of exploitation on construction sites,…
Wilmott Dixon
London council to engage contractors earlier after ‘significant issues’
A London council has changed its procurement methods and will make more…
Willmott Dixon in line to build delayed £31m Passivhaus leisure centre
Willmott Dixon has been named as the preferred bidder to build a…
Office fit-out job drives Morgan Sindall to top league spot
Morgan Sindall strode to top spot in the November league tables, largely…
Ray of hope for stalled £120m Luton town centre job
Work on Luton’s £120m town centre regeneration scheme is set to resume…