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House-builder Vistry Group has acquired the 139-hectare site of the former Rugeley power station in Staffordshire.
A new smartphone application can help eliminate the people-plant interface risk on construction sites, its developers claim .
Contrary to other analyses, latest official estimates reckon that the British construction industry is growing.
Explore Transport Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between Laing O’Rourke’s Select Plant Hire and WS Transport, is being carved into two. Select Plant Hire is acquiring Explore Transport’s civil plant ...
Government is anxious to see more house-building but is doing little to protect the supply of essential materials.
It is Kier’s first project under the framework. The contract covers early-stage design and planning for nitrogen reduction works at Portswood wastewater treatment works and the installation of UV ...
Major sections of a replacement railway bridge which will take the West Coast Main Line over the M6 motorway are arriving on site ahead of its complete overhaul next year. Network Rail is investing ...
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is seeking to improve the quality of industry training by selling its stamp of approval to training providers.
Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business delivered an operating profit margin of 3.6% in the first half of 2025.
Paul McNerney will join Severfield in the autumn from Laing O’Rourke, where he has worked for 26 years. He replaces Alan ...
An activist environmental engineer who has worked for Lendlease and Mace is the new chair of Engineers Without Borders UK ...
The finance director of a Scottish construction plant dealer has been banned after under-declaring VAT by more than £1.5m ...