Balfour Beatty has signed off the first £102m construction contract for its East Wick and Sweetwater housing development at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. The construction group’s investment arm, in joint venture with Places for People, will provide...

Hill Partnerships will deliver the first homes of the Aylesbury Estate Regeneration in South London by Notting Hill Genesis. The £70m contract will see 229 new homes built on a parcel of land known as “Package A” at the junction of Bradenham Close and Westmoreland...

Laing O’Rourke has recorded the lowest inequality in pay between men and women among Britain’s top 40 main contractors for the second year running. The firm’s record on equal pay was revealed as construction employers with over 250 staff published their gender pay gap...

NHS Scotland has opened the contest for a place on its third generation construction framework for publicly-funded healthcare projects. Balfour Beatty, Graham, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Robertson-led RMF Health now face a fight to retain their places after eight years...

The government has given the green light to build a £700m gas-fired power station in Middlesbrough. Sembcorp Utilities is behind plans to build the 1.7GW Tees combined cycle power plant on land at the Wilton International manufacturing site on Teesside. The project...

Cornwall County Council is inviting tenders to design and build the St Austell A30 Link Road project, which gained planning last week. The 6.2km single carriageway project will improve connectivity between St Austell and the A30 and run through an area of China Clay...