construction news

Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects has landed the job to restore Colchester’s iconic ‘Jumbo’ water tower in a major heritage-led regeneration scheme. The Grade II* listed Balkerne Water Tower is the largest surviving Victorian municipal water tower in England. It...

Developer Altius Real Estate has been picked by Westminster City Council to redevelop one of central London’s most high-profile sites located between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. The 1960s Huguenot House tower block will be bulldozed to make way for a...

London based groundworks and concrete frame specialist Corbyn Construction went under owing £4.4m to subcontractors and suppliers. The scale of the firm’s debt has been laid bare in an update from administrator FRP Advisory filed at Companies House. Corbyn went...

Barratt Redrow has been stung with a fresh £248m charge after uncovering major legacy building safety defects across several developments following its mega-merger. The house building giant flagged the extra shock charges in a trading update ahead of full-year results...

Skanska has confirmed agreeing a£153m price with National Highways to overhaul the A47/A11 Thickthorn junction near Norwich. The long-awaited A47 road scheme was initially going to be delivered by Galliford Try but was held up in the courts and was retendered last...