Nicola Harley | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/author/nicola-harley/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:55:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Nicola Harley | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/author/nicola-harley/ 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/author/nicola-harley/ 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Bouygues challenges DfE over lost place on £15.4bn framework https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/bouygues-challenges-dfe-over-lost-place-on-15-4bn-framework-20-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/bouygues-challenges-dfe-over-lost-place-on-15-4bn-framework-20-02-2026/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:45:06 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538705 Bouygues is taking the Department for Education (DfE) to court over alleged evaluation errors that led to it narrowly losing a place on a £15.4bn framework. The contractor missed out on one of 10 places on Lot 2 of the six-year Construction Framework 25 after…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/bouygues-challenges-dfe-over-lost-place-on-15-4bn-framework-20-02-2026/feed/ 0 Kier awarded new Edinburgh eye hospital job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/kier-awarded-new-edinburgh-eye-hospital-job-19-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/kier-awarded-new-edinburgh-eye-hospital-job-19-02-2026/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:39 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538576 Kier has been appointed to deliver a new eye hospital in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian. The facility at the Edinburgh BioQuarter will replace the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (PAEP), which opened in 1969. Plans for a new eye hospital were raised over a decade ago,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/kier-awarded-new-edinburgh-eye-hospital-job-19-02-2026/feed/ 0 Trial dates set in separate Hinkley Point C death and injury cases https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/trial-dates-set-in-separate-hinkley-point-c-death-and-injury-cases-18-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/trial-dates-set-in-separate-hinkley-point-c-death-and-injury-cases-18-02-2026/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:45:41 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538458 Trial dates have been set in the cases of contractors accused of health and safety offences in relation to a death and a serious injury at Hinkley Point C. The two separate cases were brought following investigations by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). One…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/trial-dates-set-in-separate-hinkley-point-c-death-and-injury-cases-18-02-2026/feed/ 0 Worker dies in industrial incident at housing development https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/worker-dies-in-industrial-incident-at-housing-development-18-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/worker-dies-in-industrial-incident-at-housing-development-18-02-2026/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:45:15 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538517 A worker has died following an incident at a housing development in Norwich. The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) said an air ambulance was called to the scene at Hawthorn Drive in Sprowston at 10.50am on Tuesday (17 February) over reports a person had…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/worker-dies-in-industrial-incident-at-housing-development-18-02-2026/feed/ 0 FK Group names administrators, 54 jobs saved https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/fk-group-names-administrators-54-jobs-saved-17-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/fk-group-names-administrators-54-jobs-saved-17-02-2026/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:57:54 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538269 A major envelope specialist and two of its subsidiaries have gone into administration, citing “inflationary pressures” and challenges post-Covid. BTG, formerly known as Begbies Traynor Group, announced on Tuesday that two of its staff have been appointed as administrators for holding company FK Group Ltd…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/fk-group-names-administrators-54-jobs-saved-17-02-2026/feed/ 0 Firm fined £24,000 over fall from height at handbag factory conversion https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/firm-fined-24000-over-fall-from-height-at-handbag-factory-conversion-17-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/firm-fined-24000-over-fall-from-height-at-handbag-factory-conversion-17-02-2026/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:45:13 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538319 A construction company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries from a ladder fall during renovation works in London. Bow Tie Construction was converting a domestic property and a former handbag factory into a single dwelling in Islington when the incident occurred on…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/firm-fined-24000-over-fall-from-height-at-handbag-factory-conversion-17-02-2026/feed/ 0 Four arrested in CITB exam fraud raids https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/four-arrested-in-citb-exam-fraud-raids-17-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/four-arrested-in-citb-exam-fraud-raids-17-02-2026/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:55:14 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538335 Four people have been arrested following police raids over suspected industry exam fraud at a testing centre in Winchester. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit said its officers launched an investigation into suspicious activity at a centre on Southgate Street following a…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/four-arrested-in-citb-exam-fraud-raids-17-02-2026/feed/ 1 London council tightens contractor checks after Osborne collapse https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/london-council-tightens-contractor-checks-after-osborne-collapse-12-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/london-council-tightens-contractor-checks-after-osborne-collapse-12-02-2026/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:58:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538085 Contractors seeking to do business with the City of Westminster will face more scrutiny and stricter safeguards following the collapse of Geoffrey Osborne. A report by the council’s Audit and Performance Committee on learning lessons from the firm’s demise said a number of robust measures…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/london-council-tightens-contractor-checks-after-osborne-collapse-12-02-2026/feed/ 0 Contractor jailed after teenage demolition worker death https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-jailed-after-teenage-demolition-worker-death-03-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-jailed-after-teenage-demolition-worker-death-03-02-2026/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:11:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537423 A self‑employed contractor has been jailed after a teenager fell to his death during demolition works on a property in Surrey. Jason Hill, 59, hired Tom Neate, 19, to help demolish a garage at an address on Glebe Road in Staines-upon-Thames in preparation for an…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-jailed-after-teenage-demolition-worker-death-03-02-2026/feed/ 0 Stone firm fined £50,000 after worker killed by granite slabs https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/stone-firm-fined-50000-after-worker-killed-by-granite-slabs-02-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/stone-firm-fined-50000-after-worker-killed-by-granite-slabs-02-02-2026/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:51:54 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537279 A firm supplying stone and marble to the construction sector has been fined after a worker was killed when granite slabs fell from a lorry loader. Steven White, 61, was offloading stone slabs at Blyth Marble Ltd's depot in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, when the incident happened…

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