construction news

M&E specialist Lorne Stewart has shut down its offsite modular arm MDSL after another year of losses pushed the group further into the red. Saudi Arabian-owned parent company LSRM Holdings posted a pre-tax loss of £1.9m for the year to 31 December 2024, as group...

Landlords will face unlimited fines or prison if they fail to remove dangerous cladding from tower blocks by strict new deadlines set by the government. Planned new legislation will make it a legal requirement to fix buildings 18 metres or taller by the end of 2029....

The world’s largest crane has successfully placed the 245-tonne dome onto Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building. “Big Carl” lifted the 14-metre-tall dome to close the 44-metre-high reactor building, allowing its fit-out to accelerate. The second unit is taking up...

Flannery Plant Hire has invested in a fleet of 220 new JCB machines in a deal worth more than £22 million. Dealer Greenshields JCB supplied the order which includes JCB Loadall telescopic handlers, X Series tracked excavators, site dumpers, mini excavators and 3CX...

The government has now published the long-awaited Infrastructure Pipeline containing details of hundreds of live schemes. The pipeline will provide real time updates on 780 planned private and public sector projects worth £530bn of the next ten years. The live data...

Consultant TEAM Energy has launched a Net Zero Survey to support UK decarbonisation. The Carbon Countdown: Progress Towards Net Zero survey aims to capture insights from organisations from all sectors and of all sizes to help build a comprehensive picture of where...

BAM has terminated its labour supply agreement with Danny Sullivan Group on the infamous HS2 “bat tunnel”. The Sheephouse Wood Bat Protection structure in Buckinghamshire hit the headlines last year when it was revealed construction will cost £100m to...

Kier has promoted Rebecca Boundy to managing director of Clients and Markets in its Construction business, bolstering the senior leadership team. The move comes as the firm looks to strengthen its position across key sectors including education, healthcare, defence...