construction news

Block votes from the construction trade bodies helped swing the consensus ballot for the CITB to collect the industry training levy for another three years. The board won industry support with an overall 62.7% agreeing with a continuation of the levy while 32.8% voted...

Knauf Insulation has confirmed plans to build a major new rock mineral wool factory in Shotton, North Wales. The £170m plant will be built on land acquired from Tata Steel’s Deeside operations, just two miles from Knauf’s existing Queensferry facility. It will use...

The Crown Estate has signed a £24bn joint venture with Lendlease to unlock tens of thousands of homes and millions of square feet of commercial space across six major sites in London and Birmingham. The deal was struck by Crown Estate chief executive Dan Labbad – the...

McLaren Construction will deliver the huge accommodation campus for workers building the Sizewell C nuclear power station. Under a construction management agreement, McLaren will deliver the 2,400-bed campus for site workers, hailed as setting new standards in site...

Soaring costs and a lack of work have been blamed for sending under a scaffolding contractor that has been in business for more than 125 years. Hertfordshire based Rodells has been trading since 1898 when it was founded by Leonard Rodell as a steeple-jacking company....

West Yorkshire Combined Authority is planning to kick off early market talks with major firms for its £2.5bn mass transit system linking Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Halifax. A virtual market engagement event will be held on 15 July to brief major...

Robertson Construction North East has broken ground on a major new cultural and leisure venue in Redcar as part of the town’s wider regeneration drive. The £12m project includes a reimagined library, indoor family attractions, and new public space linking the high...

Clarion Housing Group is gearing up to bid the next major phase of its flagship Kirkstall Road scheme in Leeds, with a £79m design and build job going out to tender next month. The development arm Latimer is looking for a principal contractor to deliver 372 homes...

Transport for London is gearing up to launch a £700m infrastructure framework for civils, M&E, and major station upgrades across the capital. The new multi-discipline deal will use early contractor involvement and multi-stage contracting to fast-track key schemes...