construction news

Bath and North East Somerset Council has picked VolkerHighways to deliver its £49m highways maintenance services for the next seven years. The firm will take over from Skanska in April next year and could also be granted a three-year extension at the end of the term....

Groundworks will start this month on a new modular village in Corby, Northants targeted at London commuters. The 47 homes will be built at Priors Hall Park by modular specialist Project Etopia who took over the site when a previous eco-homes scheme stalled. Etopia...

Big Yellow Group has gained planning for a 20-storey residential block and separate self storage building in South London. The project will see Big Yellow redevelop its existing 34,000 sq ft store at Lombard Road site in Battersea. Planning consent covers a new 72,000...

The Department for Education is to pitch plans to contractors for a radical overhaul of its latest schools framework as it presses to deliver a £2bn pipeline through offsite methods of construction. The move follows Government’s commitment in the last Budget to...

Crosslane Student Developments has signed up Create Construction for its 391-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Cardiff. The Blackpool-based contractor has built up a track record of student and hotel projects around the country from Exeter to...