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The monthly survey of construction purchasing managers indicates an ‘underwhelming’ recovery in construction output following the weather-related disruptions in March....

Civil engineering contractors say that their workload was marginally down in the first quarter of 2018, overall, but orders were up....

SME building firms are continuing to get more business but the price of their materials is rising across the board....

Maintenance specialist Lanes Rail, part of Lanes Group, has become the first contractor to win long-term Transport for London (TfL) approval to use drones for asset surveys....

Expanding Birmingham-based contractor Colmore Tang Construction (CTC) has recruited four Carillion executives for its senior management team as well as a chief operating officer from Shaylor Group....

Risk management consultant Lucion is targeting the utilities, infrastructure and highways sectors with its new civil engineering division....

The official report cataloguing Kier’s failings on the DG One leisure centre in Dumfries has once again highlighted the failings of design and build procurement route....

Tarmac has strengthened the senior management team of its contracting division with the signing of former Carillion director Andy Brown....

The Welsh government and National Grid are working together to explore the potential for a new Menai crossing to carry power cables as well as road traffic....

A Scottish plant hire firm has been fined £20,000 after a demolition job went wrong, while two companies up the chain were also fined lesser sums for employing an incompetent...