Buildings

Construction activity in the final quarter of last year remained subdued, although infrastructure and public housing workloads saw some improvement, according to the latest Construction Monitor from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Overall workloads barely moved in Q4 of 2025, with the headline net balance marginally improving from…

A Welsh NHS trust has warned that the construction schedule at £900m cancer centre is at risk of “further slippage” as board members accused the contractor of a lack of transparency. Velindre University NHS Trust said the work programme on the ££321m Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC) in Cardiff could face…

An extra £40bn of work than originally anticipated could be up for grabs under the next iteration of the UK Government’s flagship construction framework. The Crown Commercial Service yesterday (4 February 2026) released an edited pipeline notice for its Construction Works and Associated Services 3 framework, which is set to…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has widened its active probe into suspected bid-rigging on school roofing contracts to cover activity by more firms. Its investigation now includes unnamed “additional parties”, the watchdog announced yesterday (29 January) in a statement. The probe. launched in December, was originally focused on roofing…

A judge is set to rule on whether individual firms in unincorporated joint ventures can independently commence and enforce adjudication proceedings. A High Court ruling on a £24m Hinkley Point C (HPC) adjudication could set a landmark precedent for dispute resolution in large infrastructure joint venture (JV) projects. In the…

Administrators for a defunct private finance initiative (PFI) vehicle said they could move forward with an £18.3m legal claim against Kier over a police station completed 18 years ago. Administrators for Justice Support Services (North Kent) Ltd said in a progress report that they had settled a legal claim against…

Building control procedures for some telecoms works could be relaxed, following industry concerns over delays and compliance burdens. Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said the higher-risk building (HRB) control regime had created unintended consequences, with routine telecoms tasks now subject to the same oversight as…

Multiplex has renewed its denial that it bears responsibility for issues at a flagship Glasgow hospital where immunocompromised children were seriously infected. In a statement to Construction News, the contractor insisted the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) was delivered “on time, on budget, and fully certified” before opening in 2015.…

A major Mace job in London is being targetted with industrial action by Wolffkran tower crane operators. Nearly 100 tower crane operators voted to strike earlier this month following a dispute over pay and conditions. Construction News can reveal that striking workers represented by Unite the Union are today (27…

A Kier job to build a new £60m mental health hospital has been delayed due to rain and a subcontractor's collapse, with the facility now expected to open by the end of the year. The FTSE-250 contractor had originally said it expected construction of the new 54-bed Combe Valley Hospital…