construction news

Groundworks specialist M&J Evans has lifted pre-tax profit 67% despite a dip in turnover as its regional expansion strategy starts to deliver results. The Midlands-based housing specialist posted pre-tax profit of £3.8m for the year to December 2024, up from...

A claim by a developer against Carey Group that it was overcharged £2.4m for demolition work has been withdrawn after both sides reached a settlement. Hong Kong based developer Circadian Limited launched the action in March claiming it was overcharged for demolition...

The country’s largest integrated brickwork and scaffolding subcontractor Lee Marley Brickwork has delivered record £87m for 2024 despite a turbulent period caused by government building safety changes. The brickwork contractor was hit when the two-staircase rule for...

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has confirmed winners of its first phase of work under a new approach to building Single Living Accommodation (SLA). Nearly 1,800 new bedspaces for military personnel will be built in the first phase of the new...

Wavensmere Homes has submitted a full planning application to Birmingham City Council for its proposed £45m redevelopment of the Clarendon Suites site in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The 1.39 Ha (3.43-acre) site – which has lain vacant for over a decade – could accommodate...

House builder Cruden has been granted planning permission to redevelop the former St John Vianney’s Roman Catholic Church site in Edinburgh. Construction will start later this year to transform the vacant, deteriorating 1950s building into a fully affordable housing...

A consortium led by Austrian contractor Strabag has sealed financial close on the £3bn Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) for United Utilities. The North West’s 110km Haweswater aqueduct upgrade is the the UK’s first major water scheme procured...

HS2 contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and their bridge specialist Mammoet have moved a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road, four days ahead of schedule. The huge span was moved during...