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Heathrow Airport today revealed 18 sites left in the running to become construction hubs for the third runway project. Sites proposed by main contractors Balfour Beatty and John Graham, as well a steelwork contractor Severfield and supplier Tarmac are among those...

A year of projects delays and restructuring at Byrne Group saw the concrete-to-fitout specialist run up £8.2m of losses last year. But Byrne Group predicts it will bounce back into the black this year on the strength of several major orders in London. Reporting on...

A surge in water projects has helped nmcn boost profits and turnover despite difficult market conditions. Results for the year to December 31 2018 show revenue up to £340.4m from £291.7m last time as pre-tax profits increased to £6m from £1m. The company’s cash...

A Salford building contractor has been sentenced after worried members of the public raised the alarm over its safety standards. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how, in July 2018, whilst carrying out repointing work at a house in Altrincham, Kenneth Morris allowed...

WSP is set to finalise a deal to buy one of the UK’s largest independent planning consultancies. The multi-professional consultant said the deal to acquire Indigo Planning, which employs around 90 staff out of offices across the country, would be completed next...

Leading training body Construction Skills People (CSP) has secured millions in European Union funding to help contractors boost qualifications among staff. Director Stuart Anderson said: “You can hardly move at the moment without hearing about the EU &...

The Government’s cartel watchdog has accused the UK’s three largest rolled lead suppliers of breaking competition law. The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that the trio, who account for about 90% of UK rolled lead supplies, entered into...