News

The Construction Industry Training Board is leaving its historic home in remote Bircham Newton, quitting training delivery and outsourcing back office functions....

Construction of a new £1.4bn Westfield shopping centre in Croydon is set to begin in 2019 after passing its final planning hurdle....

Barratt Developments, Britain’s biggest house-builder, reports strong trading conditions over the past four months and continued growth....

Builders’ merchants are warning that contractors could face materials shortages and delays after March 2019 when Britain leaves the European Union....

Crosslane Student Developments has submitted a planning application in Cardiff to build a 10-storey block to house 400 students....

A 61-metre high concrete chimney at Sellafield is being dismantled by hand at a rate of one metre a week....

Laing O’Rourke chairman Sir John Parker has been appointed lead non-executive director of the Cabinet Office....

Wates Group has recruited Rod Holdsworth to be interim chief financial officer while David Allen stands in as chief executive....

Anglian Water alliance operations director Dale Evans is taking over as chair of the infrastructure client group (ICG)....

There will be an increase in serious building fires unless the construction industry starts to take fire safety more seriously, the London Fire Brigade has warned....