construction news

Galliford Try Partnerships has won the race to build the first 725 homes at the giant £6bn Meridian Water development in north London. The firm was selected by Enfield Council beating rival shortlisted bids from L&Q, Peabody and Redrow. This first phase includes a...

Steelwork contractor Severfield has reached a final settlement over bolt failures on the Cheesegrater tower in London. The firm has been in protracted negotiations for more than four years with the 122 Leadenhall project developer British Land, main contractor Laing...

The country’s second biggest house builder Taylor Wimpey has warned that margins are set to be squeezed after higher than expected rises in material prices in 2019. The firm blamed the rise on stockpiling across the construction supply chain and the impact of...

French-owned M&E contractor Spie returned to profit in the UK last year after a round of job cuts and offloading a major loss-making business. The building services and FM contractor sold its loss-making distribution and transmission business to Keltbray last...

The company behind the £1bn regeneration of Barking town centre in East London has confirmed the appointment of McLaren Construction to build a flagship project. It will build 169 affordable and shared ownership homes in two high rise blocks on a former local...

A Kent contractor has been prosecuted after a worker fell three metres through an unprotected stairwell opening. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that on 17 August 2017, a subcontractor to Brown Construction Ltd. was laying bricks for the second storey of a new...

Revised plans for the Paddington Basin scheme in London nicknamed the Cucumber have got the thumbs up. Plans for the landmark 42-storey distinctive cylindrical tower at the Merchant Square scheme remain largely unchanged from earlier full planning granted in 2011....