construction news

McLaren Construction won a £100m deal to retrofit and extend an existing 1950s building for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). McLaren will take posession of the site at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields next month to create a home for the Firoz Lalji...

The government has named ten specialist Construction Technical Excellence Colleges to train more than 40,000 future builders, bricklayers, electricians, carpenters and plumbers by 2029. Backed by £100m of fresh funding, the new designated construction colleges will be...

Former Danny Sullivan workers on HS2 are unhappy about the way they are being moved to rival labour agencies. Balfour Beatty terminated all labour supply agreements with the Danny Sullivan Group last month after workers were incorrectly classified for tax purposes on...

Staffordshire based M&E contractor Cannock Building Services (CBS) has gone into voluntary liquidation. A statement of affairs posted at Companies House reveals the firm had debts of £4m when it went under. Money owed included £640,000 in unpaid bills across more...

Balfour Beatty Vinci engineers are gearing up for a nine-night lift and slide operation to place a 112m-long HS2 bridge deck over Lawley Middleway on Birmingham’s Curzon Street approaches. The 1,631-tonne giant steel span forms part of a one-mile stretch of five...

Hull based Kingston Modular Systems has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. The modular building specialist has been in business since 2015 and latest accounts for the year to May 31 2024 show a turnover of £12.6m generating a pre-tax loss of...