Administrators for ISG Construction are chasing an architectural practice for £7.8m over delays to a project completed in 2022. In a claim lodged at London's Technology and Construction Court, the administrators claim that W Griffiths Architects failed to properly to carry out its obligations as an architectural consultant on a…
Construction was the worst performing segment of the economy in October, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown. Output in the sector fell by 0.6 per cent in the month, helping to defy economists’ expectations and bring national gross domestic product (GDP) down by 0.1 per…
A group of 30 workers have been suspended from a chemical company’s construction site in Royston, Hertfordshire, after they downed tools over health and safety concerns. GMB and Unite have released separate statements alleging poor ventilation, grinding of paint with carcinogenic properties, lack of cold weather clothing, frozen pipes and…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is still investigating a crane collapse that killed three men, almost eight-and-a-half years after the tragedy, Construction News can reveal. Rhys Barker, 18, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, David Newall, 36, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, and David Webb, 43, from Northampton, died following the crane…
Balfour Beatty is on track to boost its revenue and operational profit in 2025, it has announced. In a trading update this morning (4 December), the UK’s largest contractor said it expected its turnover ─ including revenue from joint ventures ─ to be more than 5 per cent higher than…
The construction sector extended its long period of decline in November, according to the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data. The S&P Global index registered 39.4 in the month, down from 44.1 in October. A number below 50 shows industry activity is shrinking. November’s figure was the lowest recorded since…
The High Court has ordered the government to pay cement and concrete supplier Cemex UK almost £30m in compensation after compulsorily buying its Birmingham factory to make way for HS2. The transport secretary acquired the materials’ firm’s Washwood Heath businesses in Birmingham in 2020 as the land was needed as…
Industry bodies are calling for more clarity after Skills England announced it will be pausing its apprenticeship reforms. It comes after a coalition of trade bodies warned in a letter that the changes would be a “disaster” for construction and raised concerns it could lead to another Grenfell Tower disaster. The…
The insolvency firm handling the affairs of defunct contractor NMCN has issued a legal claim against its former auditor, BDO, relating to two historical audits of the company. Court filings show that lawyers on behalf of NMCN plc and NMCN Sustainable Solutions Ltd filed a breach of contract claim against…
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is set to advise the government on how it could use private investment to build new schools, hospitals, prisons and transport projects. The CBI signed an agreement with law firm Browne Jacobson to explore how Whitehall could identify effective public-private partnership (PPP) models to…
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