construction news

Kier is cutting more than 100 jobs on its Highways England Area 9 contract. The Enquirer understands a voluntary redundancy programme has been ongoing since Christams which has seen around 40 staff leave. That has now moved into a compulsory redundancy programme with...

Housing charity Peabody has picked Lendlease as preferred bidder for the £8bn, 11,500 home, Thamesmead Waterfront development in south-east London. Lendlease will now work with Peabody in a corporate joint venture to masterplan and deliver the mammoth scheme over the...

Highways England has put back the start of two major smart motorway schemes around Manchester. The agency claims the decision to delay smart motorway starts by at least 12 months is needed to reduce congestion caused by roadworks in the region. Galliford Try’s...

Yorkshire-based precast specialist Ebor Concretes has collapsed with the loss of up to 30 jobs. The Rippon headquartered firm traced is history back 77 years and specialised in the design and manufacture of structural and civil engineering components. It was bought by...