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The Considerate Constructors Scheme is running a survey to find out to what extent the construction industry is being damaged by worker fatigue....

UK construction activity dropped back again in May 2019, with the sharpest decline in output seen since March 2018 and the biggest drop in workforce numbers since November 2012....

The government-appointed Construction Leadership Council wants to see more direct employment in the construction industry....

Consulting engineer Mott MacDonald has a new chairman and a new managing director as of July 2019....

Galliford Try topped the Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league for May 2019 but only thanks to the strength of its house-building operations....

Extentia Group, the property services business formed through the acquisitions of Styles & Wood Group and Southerns, has new financial backing and is on the acquisitions trail....

Energy regulator Ofgem has approved almost £32m in funding for the removal of a further 12km of overhead transmission lines in the Cairngorms National Park....

Swan Group has completed the purchase of 9-acre site in Glasgow and is seeking planning consent for a development of 150 affordable homes....

Orkney Islands Council has confirmed support for a project to demonstrate the application of a series of renewal technologies with the ultimate aim of eliminating the need for fossil fuels....

The annual general meeting of building maintenance contractor Mears Group on Friday ended with a tight victory for the board against a discontented shareholder trying to get its own nominees...