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Stepnell has brought in former Kier and Osborne construction director Mike Smedley to lead expansion of its specialist business arms. Smedley joins the regional builder as strategic director, charged with turning divisions like Step Energy, Lawford Bespoke Joinery,...

Work on two landmark projects to create mental health units in Derbyshire has been completed by Phoenix Brickwork. The specialist in brickwork, scaffolding and steel frame systems (SFS), delivered the full masonry package to the newly opened Derwent Unit, which is...

A Staffordshire civil engineering boss who sold seven historic cars including two Jaguars and three Rolls-Royces for just £1 to another company he also controlled has been banned as a director. Kulbarg Singh, 62, was the director of Aldridge Construction Engineering...

Avant Homes, the house builder run by former Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn, has sunk deeper into the red after ramping up its fire safety remediation provision to over £100m. The group, which completed 1,700 homes last year, swung to a £83m pre-tax loss for the year to...

Torsion Group has secured Gateway 2 approval for its 10-storey student accommodation scheme on Kirkstall Road in Leeds. The 205-studio PBSA project is now fully authorised to start construction after satisfying all Building Safety Regulator design and safety...

Bouygues UK  has been named construction partner by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England. The new Cambridge Children’s Hospital will be housed in a new 35,000m2 building...