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Yesterday the monthly survey of construction industry purchasing managers found that new orders had declined for the seventh month in a row; today the Builders’ Conference reports that actually new...

Morrison Utility Services (MUS) is set to begin the first phase of enabling works for the project to extend Edinburgh’s tram network to Newhaven....

Construction output fell for a sixth successive month in October 2019, according to the latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers....

The government has agreed a £30m loan to a venture capital-owned modular house-building company....

Kier, Seddon Construction and McNicholas Construction Services have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to honour a commitment to pay 95% of all supplier invoices within 60...

The ‘independent’ review of the £85bn HS2 rail project will not be published until well into 2020, according to the deputy chairman of the review panel, Lord Berkeley....

Transport for London (TfL) and Notting Hill Genesis, working together as part of the Kidbrooke Partnership LLP joint venture, have been given planning permission to build eight blocks of flats...

Main contractor Siemens appears to be making solid progress on the £350m reconstruction of Keadby power station in Lincolnshire for energy firm SSE....

New evidence that mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer has added to the growing concern over respiratory disease in the construction industry. Damian Lynes outlines the risks and...

With the capacity to store up to 7,000m3 of rainwater run-off, the new underground attenuation tank at Edinburgh Airport is Scotland’s biggest. David Taylor reports...