A mechanical and electrical building services specialist that looked like it would be one of the worst-hit of ISG’s subcontractors now says that the contracting giant’s collapse provided it with significant growth opportunities. Maintenance & Contracting Services (MCS) was named in an administrators’ report in 2024 as being owed more…
A client that accused a defunct specialist contractor of considering lying about personnel working on a “defective” job has agreed to pay a settlement to the firm. FEL Group, which made and installed infrastructure for data centres, went into administration in June 2022. A month before, it had issued a…
The number of immigration arrests on UK construction premises during the first nine months of 2025 was almost three times the 2024 figure and the highest for at least a decade. Data supplied to Construction News under the Freedom of Information Act showed that from January to September there were…
10. Scaffolding firm folds after 127 years in business A scaffolding and steeplejack firm that began life in the 19th century calling in administrators was big news in April. Hertfordshire-based Rodells appointed FRP Advisory, having already stopped trading after being hit by a sharp drop in its pipeline of work…
Quinn London has maintained its margin as it boosted turnover in its latest financial year. The Mill Hill-headquartered contractor’s revenue rose to £109m in the year to 31 May 2025, from £100m in the prior 12 months, newly released accounts show. Its pre-tax profit rose to £4.1m in the period,…
Administrators of a London-based groundworks specialist have received almost 100 claims for money from unsecured creditors. Corbyn Construction went under in May, blaming cashflow problems partly caused by suppliers reducing their credit terms. A newly published report by administrators at FRP this week said that 99 unsecured creditors had put…
The Lower Thames Crossing will be fully sold to private investors and is not set to be completed until 2034, the government has revealed. It has also appointed Department for Transport (DfT) civil servant Kate Cohen as the individual with personal responsibility for the road tunnel project, removing the position…
A Dorset contractor has been fined £100,000 after a steel-fixer was crushed by a wall during excavation work, days after consultants raised safety issues on site. According to a statement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 69-year-old Patrick Grant was left with life-changing injuries after the incident at a…
Fresh guidance from the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and Construction Leadership Council (CLC) on submitting staged applications for higher risk buildings (HRBs) at gateway two is due to be published this week. A letter sent to members of the BSR’s committee this week, jointly signed by interim chief executive Charlie…
Equans is set to take a near £5m hit from the liquidation of the private finance initiative (PFI) company that previously had responsibility for schools in Stoke-on-Trent. Transform Schools (Stoke) Ltd (TSSL), a PFI vehicle that built and maintained the city’s schools under a 25-year contract with City of Stoke-on-Trent…
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