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Sales in August through builders’ merchants were up 3.5% on the same month last year, with timber and landscaping driving the growth....

Bentley System has bought a London-based provider of pedestrian simulation software and a Swedish firm whose systems are used in city planning....

The Environment Agency has awarded a joint venture of Galliford Try and Black & Veatch a £19.9m contract for an improved flood defence scheme at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire....

More needs to be done to help engineers raise concerns about safety in order to avert future failures, says a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)....

Construction needs to be equipped with the right skills and knowledge if it is to grasp the potential offed by digital technology and attract the best recruits, according to a...

Concrete, mortar and floor screed producer Eco-Readimix has bought a Volvo truck equipped with a multi-compartment body that allows for delivery of up to five products at once....

Cala Homes (West) has completed the purchase of a former university campus where it will build more than 400 homes....

Specialist contractor Mick George has begun the earthworks for a new £4.75m construction training centre at Northampton College....

Incentive Tec has won the contract for the mechanical and electrical services in a 225-bedroom development being built for students in Bristol....

Three architectural practices have been shortlisted in a competition to create the blueprint for ‘animal centres of the future’....