Administrators winding up failed plant hire specialist Hawk are putting more than 1,500 items of construction plant and equipment under the hammer. The blockbuster auction will be held over two days at Hawk’s main site in Prees Green in Shropshire and is...

Contractor Alun Griffiths has got the go-ahead to start the fourth and final phase of the A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road. Today roads minister Jesse Norman approved almost £55m of government funding to support to scheme, which will halve peak journey times along...

Workers at Morrison Utility Services are trialling the use of upper body exoskeletons to make heavy lifting easier. The £5,650-a-time vests are being used on the contractor’s Yorkshire Water sites. The Eksovets have also been trialled by Willmott Dixon on a...

AECOM has headhunted a key director at rival Jacobs, who led teams working on Crossrail and HS2 project, to head up its own civils business. Mark Southwell who has over 30 years experience in the industry, joins as managing director of civil infrastructure for the UK...