construction news

The Port of London Authority is overseeing a major clean-up operation after FM Conway released tonnes of bitumen into the River Thames. More than 15 tonnes of the road building material has already been removed from the water after the spill last month. The incident...

Manchester based Bethell Group is the first civil engineering company in the UK to receive Takeuchi’s newest model – the TB370W wheeled excavator. The new model is already helping deliver phase two of the Market Street regeneration project in Farnworth, Bolton....

Construction buyers reported another fall in indusry activity in August – the eighth month in a row workloads have dropped. But the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index showed a slowdown in the decline registering 45.5 in August,...

Thames Water is preparing to launch a nine-year Major Projects Framework worth up to £840m to deliver some of the biggest schemes in its AMP8 capital programme. The framework will be used to deliver large-scale construction and engineering works across London and the...

The founder of collapsed M&E specialist Michael J Lonsdale has joined former rival SES as a non-executive director. SES said Michael Hoodless will “support senior leadership with delivering ambitious strategic growth.” Hoodless founded Michael J....

Kent based building services contractor Pentalec has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The Gillingham headquartered specialist was formed in 2017 with the “purpose of offering a fresh approach to Building Services Contracting, founded on...

Midlands-based Speller Metcalfe has more than trebled pre-tax profit to £3.4m as turnover rose 22% to £162m in the year to March 2025. The family-run building contractor, led by second-generation joint managing directors James and Adrian Speller, restored operating...

Vinci Building has got the go-ahead to start the first phase of the £100m rebuild of St Helens town centre masterminded for the council by English Cities Fund. The 24-acre revamp will see the firm now press ahead with building a new Market Hall, 120-bed Hampton by...