Tier one firms picked for £2bn housing framework
FIXEDD CN100 contractors Equans, Morgan Sindall, Seddon and Wates have joined a swathe of smaller firms to land places…
2024
Housing firm fined £528,000 after cable strike
A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post struck…
Adrian Bloor targets 1,000 homes-a-year
HarperCrewe – a UK challenger housebuilder led by experienced industry operator Adrian Bloor –is targeting construction of 1,000…
Pontins holiday park to house Sizewell C builders
A Pontins holiday park has been earmarked for transformation into accommodation for 500 construction workers building the Sizewell…
Gove approves major Cambridge North mixed-use scheme
Homes and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead for plans to…
Curo starts £170m race for new homes framework
Bath-based housing association Curo is on the hunt for contractors to deliver an estimated £170m house building programme…
Plan lodged for tallest skyscraper outside London
Developer Salboy has lodged plans for a dominating residential skyscraper in central Manchester that would be the tallest…
UK construction activity: March 2024
Weak construction-starts performance continued during the three months to March with main contract awards also performing poorly against…
UK construction activity March 2024: Infrastructure
Main contract awards fell against the previous year and the previous quarter. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew…
UK construction activity March 2024: Community & amenity
Detailed planning approvals fell against the previous year. More positively, growth in project starts and main contract awards…