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Developer Morro has achieved the industry’s fastest Building Safety Act approval clearing Gateway 2 in just 13 weeks for a London co-living scheme. The rapid Building Safety Regulator sign-off means contractor HG Construction can now get underway on the Hackney...

Bauer Technologies has been awarded the specialist piling and geotechnical works package for The Dovetail Building – a 24-storey mixed-use development in the City of London. Commissioned by Deconstruct UK Ltd on behalf of client Brockton Everlast, the project...

The CSCS Alliance – the collective voice of the 37 card schemes that carry the CSCS logo – has announced the appointment of Marion Marsland as its new Chair. Marsland will lead the Alliance as it continues to drive higher standards and improved safety across...

Caddick has been picked as preferred bidder to deliver a £20m addiction treatment clinic on the site of Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue’s former HQ in Bestwood. The contractor has signed a PCSA with Delamere Health to prep the plot for a new 32-room residential...

Costain has appointed Peter Mumford as managing director for its natural resources division. Mumford will join Costain’s Executive Board and start on 2 January 2026. He replaces Sam White who left in October to become managing director of Mitie’s Technical Services...

The Building Safety Regulator has slashed the pile of legacy Gateway 2 new build cases by almost half as new approval procedures start to kick in. But large numbers of planned remediation and refurbishment projects remain stuck in a stubborn bottleneck as fresh...

Regional energy retrofit firms are warning of a supply-chain collapse after the Government moved to axe the £6.5bn ECO4 scheme that upgrades damp, mouldy and draughty homes for the poorest households. The shock Budget decision scraps the £1.3bn-a-year programme in...

Pioneering graphene firm Versarien has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The firm’s products include Cementene – a concrete admixture hailed as the “future of construction” which boosts strength and cuts carbon. Versarien...