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Sixteen months after the Grenfell Tower fire, just 39 of the 457 high-rise buildings around England with similar flammable cladding systems have been made safe....

More than half a million properties around England’s coastline are at risk of flood damage, the Committee on Climate Change has warned....

Laing O’Rourke has been confirmed as management contractor for the completion of the stalled Royal Liverpool Hospital construction project and expects to finish in 2020....

Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond makes his 2018 budget statement on Monday 29th October and all eyes are on what might unfold....

After two consecutive loss-making years, London-based architect and building consultant AHR Global returned to profit in 2017....

Industry initiatives to encourage young women to join the construction industry do not appear to be making much headway, judging by latest apprentice statistics....

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn performed the ceremonial honours last week when Nottinghamshire-based piling contractor Van Elle opened a new training centre....

An 83-year-old builder who stole almost £650,000 in fraudulent VAT repayments has been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)....

Newcastle builder Burridge Construction has diversified into social housing after 50 years of specialising in refurbishment and commercial house-building....

Construction health & safety is hidebound by red-tape and is compromised when people take refuge in pointless paperwork, says Bob Cummins...