construction news

East West Rail has ramped up original plans for the Oxford–Cambridge route with a far bigger station-building plan. More than 80 changes have been dropped into the £7bn scheme as it heads towards a Development Consent Order, with fresh stations, new entrances and a...

The main trading businesses of offsite specialist Merit have gone into administration with the loss of 340 jobs. James Lumb and Will Wright from Interpath were appointed joint administrators to Merit Group Services Limited, and Merit Health Limited and Merit Holdings...

New housing jobs near train stations will receive a default “yes” from planers. House builders will be encouraged to develop more homes near transport links following the launch of Platform4 – a new property company set to unlock 40,000 homes on brownfield land...

Birmingham City Council has opened the bid race for multiple places on a framework deal to deliver new highways and infrastructure work worth around £1bn over eight years. The Highways and Infrastructure Works Framework will be used to deliver road, public realm and...

Crest Nicholson has launched another round of cost cuts after warning pre-tax profit for the year will come in at the bottom end of expectations. The house builder is shutting one divisional office and placing around 50 overhead roles at risk as it battles a subdued...

Great Portland Estates is confident about future prospects for the London office market with £392m worth of construction work set to start across the capital. The developer confirmed plans for four major sites as chief executive Toby Courtald gave a bullish update on...