construction news

England’s big three regional cities are shrugging off Brexit worries and enjoyed bumper construction growth last year driven by city centre residential and office schemes. Manchester’s boom in private and build-to-rent flats schemes is not only pushing the...

Galliard Homes has pushed forward plans for a residential-led, mixed-use scheme of 756 new homes and more than 10,000 sq ft of commercial space on a site opposite Birmingham City Hospital. The Soho Wharf scheme with joint venture partner Apsley House Capital comes...

Gloucestershire County Council has confirmed Kier as preferred contractor for a new £30m school in Leckhampton, south Cheltenham. Detailed design work will now get underway with a  formal planning application set to be submitted this summer. Kier will work with school...

Wates Construction has promoted David Wingfield to the role of business unit director for the North East and Yorkshire region. He fills the vacancy created by the promotion of the region’s previous business unit director, Paul Dodsworth who recently became managing...

Specialist subcontractors are seeing a sharp rise in the use of onerous contract clauses being introduced by main contractors. The proliferation in the use of bespoke contracts that often purport to be standard forms is creating a minefield for unsuspecting...