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Two companies have been fined after an electrical apprentice fell through a roof while installing CCTV in Weymouth. The then 20-year-old had been working for electrical contractor Tristan G Murless Limited at one of its sites at a commercial industrial estate on 13...

Bouygues Murphy JV has entered talks to buy a monster TBM to drive one of the widest tunnels in the world for the Lower Thames Crossing. The JV will use just one machine to drive both 16.4m wide north and southbound tunnels, keeping costs down while not impacting the...

A builder who stole almost £85,000 in hired plant and used company funds to pay for his high-performance car will go to jail if he does not repay more than £190,000 in the next three months. Vasile Hrusca used more than £67,000 from his own failing company in 2019 to...

Multi-utility infrastructure provider BGS Utilities has received a six-figure investment boost to assist the firm’s future growth. Based out of its offices in Birchwood Park, Warrington, BGS Utilities works across the industrial and commercial, and house building...

Traders at London’s iconic Billingsgate and Smithfield markets have agreed a preferred new home at the Royal Docks paving the way for massive development plans at the exisiting sites. The City of London Corporation and GLA have signed a Memorandum of...

Willmott Dixon has topped the November work-won rankings after bagging a £136m mixed-use scheme in Luton town centre and a run of education jobs that pushed it clear of the chasing pack. Its flagship Luton Stage project, procured through the Southern Construction...

Kier has scooped another pair of early-stage AMP8 deals from Southern Water, adding £44m of work to its fast-growing water portfolio. The two ECI packages cover design and development work across a dozen wastewater treatment sites and come on top of £29m of similar...