News

A building services contractor specialising in biomass heating systems and solar panels has been fined £32,000 after one of its workers was hurt falling form a roof....

Homes England, the government’s housing delivery agency, has put together a panel of 19 firms of surveyors for its new £150m property framework....

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants, one of Scotland’s largest independent firms of chartered surveyors, has acquired Glasgow-based cost consultant Binnie-McKenzie Partnership....

Suppliers of construction minerals and aggregate saw a strong upturn in their UK sales in the second quarter, once the winter snow melted, but demand is still down on last...

French building materials giant Saint-Gobain has sold its UK façade and glazing installation business to venture capital investors....

Crossrail finance director Mathew Duncan is moving across London to take over as chief financial officer at Tideway, the company building the Thames Tideway Tunnel....

Kier’s efficiency drive has resulted in the departure of two board executives with one man, Claudio Veritiero, apparently taking on three jobs....

Ground engineering contractor Central Piling has set up a site investigation consultancy service....

A mass programme of replacing fire doors in public housing is set to begin after the discovery of a widespread industry failure to meet standards....

Builders’ merchant group Travis Perkins has posted a first-half pre-tax loss of £123m because of its exposure to the consumer DIY market....