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Watford Borough Council has granted planning consent for the first phase of its £1.6bn regeneration masterplan for Watford Junction....

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is running a design competition on behalf of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). The competition is...

British Woodworking Federation chief executive Iain McIlwee is the moving to the fit-out sector trade body FIS to succeed David Frise, and Helen Hewitt takes over at the BWF....

The latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers shows that June 2018 was the strongest month for UK construction of the year so far....

A £400m contract to redevelop the site of the former New Scotland Yard police headquarters in London gave Multiplex the top spot in the Builders’ Conference contracts league table for...

Seven months after Carillion collapsed into liquidation, there are still almost as many people working for the company as have been laid off....

Kier is braced for a heavy fine later this month after a breach of health & safety laws resulted in a worker being crushed by a seven-tonne concrete block....

A Kent-based scaffolder has been given a suspended jail sentenced and a tagging order after his unsafe working practices were observed by and HSE inspector during the erection of scaffolding....

A coalition of built environment organisations is calling for the construction industry to get its boots on to prevent the UK slipping further behind on internationally agreed sustainability targets....

Bristol City Council has given its backing to a construction charter that seeks to ensure that conditions for construction workers on its projects meet the highest standards....