construction news

A subbie owed money following the collapse of Lakehouse Contracts is vowing to go after the firm’s former parent company for cash. Target Structural won an adjudication case against Lakehouse last week following a dispute on a major bathroom pod replacement...

The Welsh Government is calling up firms to attend a bidders day ahead of inviting tenders for enabling works for the proposed £1.3bn M4 corridor project around Newport. The public inquiry stage for the ambitious scheme to re-route a section of the M4 motorway has now...

Robertson has lured Laing O’Rourke infrastructure director Bryan Glass to head its civil engineering business. Glass, a chartered civil engineer, will bring his 35 years’ industry experience to Robertson, strengthening the team’s credentials by implementing a...

Southern Housing Group has given the nod to Wates Residential to start work on a £24m investment programme to increase flood defences along the river wall between the River Adur and Shoreham beach. The enabling works contract will advance plans for a new Shoreham...

An alliance of 11 local highways authorities in the East of England is set to invite bids for their third generation Eastern Highways Alliance Framework. Five contractors will be fighting to renew their places on the major project element of the framework which is...

Countryside Properties’ chief operating officer, Rebecca Worthington, is leaving the house builder after four years. The board announced she would step down today and thanked her for helping drive growth at the business. Worthing was promoted to COO just eight...

Liverpool John Moores University has picked Willmott Dixon for a £20m overhaul of its School of Nursing and Allied Health, and the Avril Robarts Library. The main contract is scheduled to begin next month on the nursing school’s Tithebarn building with...