construction news

Lipton Rogers Developments has submitted a major application to redevelop 1 Silk Street into a landmark mixed-use office and cultural destination. Working for LaSalle Investment Management and with designs by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the proposals...

SP Energy Networks has awarded contracts worth £1.4bn to deliver critical onshore transmission projects across central and southern Scotland. The awards are the first round of a wider £5.4bn investment programme over the next decade to upgrade the national electricity...

Balfour Beatty has sealed an £833m deal to build the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage at the Net Zero Teesside project. The firm will deliver major onshore works for the plant as construction partner to Technip Energies, working...

Investment group Svella has agreed a deal to buy Cubby Construction saving it from possible administration. Svella, run by former Stobart director Andrew Tinkler, confirmed it aimed to complete the deal next week protecting 214 jobs and the supply chain of the...

Family-run contractor J Coffey Group has delivered a £5.5m pre-tax profit in 2024, down 14% on last year, as the firm adjusted to the end of a major overseas contract. Revenue for the year to 30 September fell to £164m from £216m previously. But directors said the...

NHS Shared Business Services has kicked off early market talks on a new £2.3bn public sector construction consultancy framework due to launch in 2027. The revamp marks the fourth generation of the long-running framework and will cover 11 professional service lots,...

The Construction Skills Mission Board will hold its first meeting today with a target of attracting 100,000 new workers into the industry. The government has also unveiled plans to make more construction roles available to jobseekers as Jobcentres work more closely...

Kier has secured final sign-off on a £42m deal from Midlothian Council to build the Mayfield Community Learning Campus. Work will start this summer on the all-in-one development, which will replace existing school buildings and deliver a combined education and...