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Graham has landed a £142m deal to overhaul three key Army sites across Edinburgh as the Defence Infrastructure Organisation steps up its modernisation drive. The contract will deliver new buildings and major refurbishments at Dreghorn Barracks, Glencorse Barracks and...

A carbon capture and green materials specialist has gone into administration Business advisory firm Quantuma is now in charge of Carbon8 Systems Limited . The firm specialised in carbon capture, utilisation and storage and the production of green aggregates. Carbon8...

Developer Downing has submitted plans to Glasgow City Council to redevelop 40 Anderston Quay with over 1,100 student and co-living rooms on the banks of the Clyde. The brownfield plot, which was formerly home to the Daily Record and Sunday Mail HQ, is earmarked for a...

Rapidly expanding consultancy and construction services firm RSK Group has acquired Octavius Infrastructure from Sullivan Street Partners. Octavius is a leading UK civil engineering and electrification transport infrastructure businesses with over 700 employees...

Europe’s largest-diameter vertical shaft sinking machine has been fired up in Tilbury as Ferrovial BEMO JV begins sinking the first access shaft for National Grid’s new Thames power tunnel. Named Verena, after pioneering mechanical engineer Verena Holmes, the...

Family run ready-mixed concrete supplier Mix N Lay has gone into administration after falling victim to rising costs after 45 years in business. The premises of the Essex based business has now been taken on by established supplier Easymix Concrete UK. The deal will...

The Department for Education has cleared another batch of school schemes, pushing 10 projects into delivery as the latest wave of rebuilds and refurbishments gathers pace across England. Four schemes have reached preconstruction agreement stage, with Willmott Dixon...

Planning professionals could be one of the few beneficiaries of this week’s Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce an extra £48m to recruit 350 new planners – which works out at £137,000 a head. The move is part of the government’s...