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Kier awarded new Edinburgh eye hospital job
Kier has been appointed to deliver a new eye hospital in Edinburgh…
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Graham hospital job soars by £300m due to ‘construction challenges’
The cost of a Scottish hospital job where a worker died during…
Entry deadline extended for CN Awards
Contractors and project teams now have until Friday 27 February to enter…
Deadline looms for life science awards entries
The deadline for entries to this year’s Life Sciences Awards is now…
London council tightens contractor checks after Osborne collapse
Contractors seeking to do business with the City of Westminster will face…
Hospital project in limbo three months after Merit collapse
A former Merit job to build hospital facilities in York is at…
Schools RAAC crisis result of ‘chronic investment deficit’, MPs say
The reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) emergency in England’s school estate goes…
RAAC hospitals’ new-build programme ‘constrained’ by market capacity
A shortfall in construction capacity has held back the government’s attempts to…
Parliament’s £3bn early works should start this year, board says
A £3bn first phase of work to restore the Houses of Parliament…
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Construction activity remains flat, but infrastructure does the heavy lifting, says RICS report
Construction activity in the final quarter of last year remained subdued, although…
Contractor accused of ‘lack of transparency’ at delayed £900m cancer centre
A Welsh NHS trust has warned that the construction schedule at £900m…
£40bn boost for flagship government works framework
An extra £40bn of work than originally anticipated could be up for…
More firms dragged into school roofing bid-rigging probe
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has widened its active probe into…
Hinkley Point C row tests JV firms’ right to adjudicate alone
A judge is set to rule on whether individual firms in unincorporated…
Kier could face £18.3m action after PFI firm settles with police
Administrators for a defunct private finance initiative (PFI) vehicle said they could…
Telecoms work red tape set to be reduced
Building control procedures for some telecoms works could be relaxed, following industry…
Multiplex denies liability in Scottish hospital infections case
Multiplex has renewed its denial that it bears responsibility for issues at…
Wolffkran crane strike targets Mace’s £300m London refurb job
A major Mace job in London is being targetted with industrial action…
Kier blames ‘exceptional rainfall’ as £60m mental health hospital delayed
A Kier job to build a new £60m mental health hospital has…
Contractor named for landmark £450m film studio but investor still sought
Bowmer & Kirkland has been confirmed as main contractor to build one…
Exclusive: BSR in building remediation case drive
The Building Safety Regulator will turn its focus to driving down the…
RAAC-affected hospitals to miss 2030 remediation deadline
Seven new hospitals being built to replace reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete- (RAAC-)…
Kier’s £45m Scottish school job suffers further delay
A £45m Kier job to combine four Scottish schools into a community…
Construction output falls thanks to pre-Budget nerves
Total output in the UK construction sector fell 1.1 per cent in…
Wolffkran crane operators vote to strike over pay
Nearly 100 tower crane operators are to walk out over “unacceptable” pay-rise…
Stewart Milne administration extended by a year
Stewart Milne’s administration process could take up to three years following an…
Sector activity decline slows as business confidence improves
A year-long slump in construction activity has begun to slow as business…
MoJ blames radon review for delay in Dartmoor prison remediation
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has blamed a review on radon regulations…
Taylor Wimpey sues Vinci over major Cardiff cladding job
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is suing Vinci Construction for more than £30m over…