UK construction margins edge-up at Balfour Beatty
Underlying profit margins at Balfour Beatty’s UK Construction business improved to 2.3% from 2% last time during the…
August 2024
Concrete firm Cidon set for £60m turnover
Yorkshire concrete subcontractor Cidon is set to hit £60m revenue this year after securing several heavy civil contracts…
Muse to head up Wythenshawe redevelopment
Manchester City Council has chosen Muse as its development partner for the £500m Wythenshawe Civic regeneration scheme. Read…
Mace and C&W appointed to new £100m public sector Consult framework
The Southern Construction Framework (SCF) has launched its second Consult framework with Mace and architect Corstorphine & Wright…
China’s Sinoboom is building a factory in Mexico
Chinese lifting equipment manufacturer Sinoboom has broken ground on a 186,667-sq-m factory in Silao, central Mexico. It will…
Ethiopian Airlines grants design contract for Africa’s biggest airport
The UK’s Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Beirut-headquartered consultant Dar Al-Handasah have won a design consultancy contract for…
Contractor wanted for £60m Littlewoods film studio job
North west developer Capital&Centric has started the search for a main contractor to transform Liverpool’s historic of the…
Construction can boost its revival with a customer experience transformation
YardLink’s Neeral Shah examines the perceived decline in customer service in UK construction and how the industry can…
Work complete on fully electric Australian hospital
An eight-storey, 45,000-sq-m hospital building has been completed at Canberra Hospital, the first in Australia to run fully…
Egis consortium to build Morocco high-speed railway for 2030 World Cup
A consortium led by France’s Egis with Systra and Morocco’s Novec will project manage the infrastructure for a…