construction news

The House of Lords has launched an inquiry into complaints about construction delays caused by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Contractors have been up-in-arms for months over backlogs in the approval process for new high rise building projects. The House of...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has promised a fundamental one-year reset for HS2 after admitting to Parliament that there was no way presently to deliver the project on schedule and to budget. She slammed a litany of failures for wasting billions on the project,...

Former Willmott Dixon deputy managing director for the Midlands Nick Gibb has joined Dudley based national contractor BSN Group as co-owner. Gibb will lead the next phase of BSN’s growth strategy with the £50m turnover business looking to double in size over the...

Keltbray has secured a £30m working capital boost from Metro Bank to strengthen its balance sheet. The deal includes a £10m overdraft and a £20m revolving credit facility locked in for three years, giving the engineering and construction group extra headroom to...

Costain has bagged a key design role on a pioneering hydrogen storage facility planned for Cheshire. Storengy UK has picked the infrastructure specialist to deliver front-end engineering and design work on its Keuper Gas Storage Project near Northwich . The facility...

Graham Investment Projects has won planning for a £70m student tower in Glasgow’s Anderston district. The 25-storey block at 138 Hydepark Street will rise from a disused brownfield plot, delivering 410 beds in a mix of 236 studios and 174 cluster flats. Designed by...