construction news

The City of London Corporation has approved plans to transform the Grade I listed Custom House building on the banks of the Thames into a 180-room hotel and new public attraction. Developer Custom House City Limited, a subsidiary of Jastar Capital, secured approval to...

All 128 staff at Liverpool M&E contractor HE Simm have been made redundant after the firm finally lost its two-year battle to stay afloat. Chief executive Gareth Simm confirmed administrators were called in yesterday, drawing a line under more than seven decades...

Costain has secured development consent to deliver the £130m rebuild of the Simister Island M60/M62/M66 interchange north of Manchester. The Department for Transport signed off the long-awaited scheme after a six-month Planning Inspectorate examination, clearing the...

Sir Robert McAlpine has been confirmed as construction manager for the long-awaited £250m Therme Manchester wellbeing resort at TraffordCity. The appointment follows the creation of Therme Horizon – a €1bn joint venture between Therme Group and private equity investor...

Bouygues UK has slumped to a third consecutive year of losses, taking its accumulated pre-tax deficit since 2022 to around £136m. While turnover rose 15% to £376m last year, the contractor continued to struggle with challenging market conditions posting a pre-tax loss...

The Crown Commercial Service has opened bidding on its £3.5bn pan-Government construction consultants framework. Around 25 incumbent consultants are now facing a battle to hold onto their places on the Construction Professional Services 2 framework. The four-year...