construction news

Marlborough Highways Limited has been fined £1m after one of its employees was killed by a reversing road-sweeper. Robert Morris, 48, was working on the resurfacing of Pemberton Road in Haringey on 30 May 2022 when he was struck by the vehicle. A joint investigation...

Construction output fell 0.3% in August 2025, bringing to an end a summer of sluggish growth. Latest figures from the ONS showed the sector lagging behind the wider economy, which grew by 0.1% in August, as many builders struggled to move from preconstruction to live...

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has announced a £75m skills package to train more than 12,000 people over the next three years to help tackle the region’s shortage of construction workers. Demand is being driven by plans for 12,200 new homes across the region each...

The final piece of the Elephant Park regeneration in London’s Elephant and Castle area has gone in for planning closing out more than a decade of transformation across the 10-acre site. Developer HUB has submitted proposals drawn up by architect AHMM to...

The hunt has started for a main contractor to build a new £30m multi-storey car park at Bristol Temple Meads railway station. The project is a key component of the Bristol Temple Quarter (BTQ) regeneration programme. It is being delivered by BTQ LLP, a joint venture...

National Highways is being urged to restart its stalled programme to replace ageing motorway steel barriers with stronger concrete systems amid growing safety fears over heavier electric vehicles. Most existing steel barriers were only designed to contain vehicles up...