construction news

Angela Rayner has told China to explain why key parts of detailed plans for a vast new London embassy have been blacked out. The deputy prime minister and housing secretary is demanding planning consultants for the Chinese embassy explain why detailed drawings for...

Sisk is in line to deliver a £52m package of infrastructure work to transform Birkenhead’s former Hind Street gasworks into a 1,600-home urban village. Wirral Council and ION Developments have signed a Master Development Agreement setting the framework for the 10–15...

McLaughlin & Harvey has sealed the job to build a new £100m surgical centre at Guy’s Hospital in London after government sign-off was secured. The 8-storey building will focus solely on elective procedures and will include six new operating theatres, 17 recovery...

The cash-strapped government is offering money-off electricity bills for thousands of people living near new pylons. The move is designed to speed-up construction work on new energy infrastructure with twice as much new transmission network investment needed by 2030...

Developer Mitsui Fudosan UK Ltd has chosen Mace as construction manager for the £1.1bn British Library extension project at St Pancras in central London. Construction is due to start on site in 2026 once detailed design is complete and planning conditions met.  The...

Construction professionals are warning that widespread delays caused by the Building Safety Regulator and planning red tape are throttling the industry’s ability to recover and deliver on Government targets. According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Q2...