construction news

Kier chief executive Haydn Mursell has resigned with immediate effect after coming under pressure to step down from a major shareholder after debts soared at the group. He exits after eight years at the business, joining from Balfour Beatty first as Kier finance...

Construction is set to start this month on a 26-storey resi tower in the centre of Bristol. Bouygues is main contractor on the job for its development arm Linkcity. Linkcity has signed agreements with Homes England, Bristol City Council, M&G Real Estate and...

Former Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering project director Jane Towse-Laval has joined rival Volker Ground Engineering. She spent over 30 years at Balfour Beatty, starting out as an engineer at Stent Foundations and rising through the rank to become project director....

One of Scotland’s first major build-to-rent developments on the banks of the Clyde has got the planning green light. The high-rise 500-flat Glasgow Waterfront project at Central Quay is being led by PLATFORM_, a developer and operator of private rented housing. The...

The Royal Veterinary College is looking for a builder to deliver a £25m hub building at its Hawkshead Campus in Hertfordshire. Architect NORR has submitted designs for the new three-storey building at the heart of campus, located in Brookmans Park. Works would involve...

Housing and care provider Sanctuary Group and Galliford Try Partnerships are joining forces for their fourth and biggest scheme. The partners have agreed terms to build 375 homes in the Warwickshire town of Leamington Spa. Once work starts at the Europa Way site a...