construction news

The founder of Welsh civil engineering contractor Alun Griffiths (Contractors) is understood to have bought back the firm he sold for £36m to Tarmac eight years ago. Alun Griffiths, now 84, has teamed up with former directors Tim James and Simon Dunn to rescue the...

Developer Landsec is ramping up plans to establish a £2bn residential platform by 2030 as it shifts investment focus away from London offices and into large-scale housing schemes in the capital and Manchester. The property giant is preparing to start on site from late...

Severfield is set to start on site with steelwork next month at Sir Robert McAlpine’s flagship £4bn Agratas gigafactory site in Somerset. The order for the full structural steel package for the first phase of the mega-job has been signed with production now underway...

Jason Hunt from Willmott Dixon has been named the Chartered Institute of Building’s Construction Manager of the Year. Hunt was the driving force behind a major refurbishment of Bristol Beacon – the city’s largest concert hall. His leadership inspired a team to...

London Gatwick has joined forces with specialist renewable energy provider Vital Energi to advance its £250m decarbonisation programme. Work over the next five years will see the airport switch to zero carbon heating and improve energy efficiency. Vital Energi will...

National Pile Croppers (NPC) has landed a deal to supply its products during the construction of the £684m HMP Glasgow super prison. Kier is main contractor on the job for the Scottish Government where NPC will be supplying an array of its hydraulic pile croppers....