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A new construction academy inside HMP Leeds has been set up to prepare prisoners for jobs in the industry on their release....

Just over one year into his work as the new chief executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), Kevin Minton is clear about the short-term priorities for the organisation, as...

Wills Bros Civil Engineering has started work on its £29m contract to build a new bypass north of Maybole in South Ayrshire....

St Albans City Football & Athletic Club Ltd has been fined just £1,000 for safety breaches that resulted in the death of a 71-year-old volunteer....

Sales at UK builders’ merchant stores were up by 5.9% in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the same period in 2018....

The Scottish government’s initiatives to tackle late payments have not yet had any major success in helping SMEs, a new survey has found....

The construction industry has been given a cautionary reminder that new rules on paying their suppliers on time come into force in September....

The chief inspector of rail accidents appears to be losing patience with Network Rail and its construction contractors. But industry structures conspire against him. Phil Bishop reports...

Councillors in Edinburgh have given the go-ahead for a development of 655 new homes....

Amey’s team working on the Forth bridges in Scotland is carrying out trials of a robotic ‘exosuit’ designed to make it easier to lift objects on site....