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Leading house-builder Taylor Wimpey reports that its 2018 financial results will be in line with expectations after a stable year for the housing market despite wider economic uncertainty....

The government has given the green light to a £42m flood alleviation scheme in Hull....

Orkney Islands Council plans to appoint a contractor to demolish Kirkwall Grammar School’s former halls of residence so that the site can be cleared for future development....

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been appointed as preferred contractor for a wind farm project 15km off the east coast of Scotland....

Manchester City Council has selected Lendlease as management contractor for its £330m Our Town Hall project despite it not being everyone’s favourite building firm in the city....

Laing O'Rourke has agreed terms with money lenders for new banking facilities until 2022....

The cost of repairing substandard local authority bridges in Great Britain has risen by 34% in the past year alone to £6.7bn....

Online Home Retail Limited, an online bathroom products retailer based in Worcestershire, has been acquired by its management from Irish builders’ merchant group Grafton....

The use of digital technologies in construction is expanding far beyond building information modelling. Lisa Russell reports on how this creates a need for ‘digital engineering’...

Brexit, a major reorganisation of the apprenticeship regime, training issues, a poor image and the ageing UK population have all combined to exacerbate skills shortages across the construction industry. Jim...