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The ‘All Work’ construction material price index increased by 4.7% in June 2017 compared to June 2016....

Britain’s trade deficit in building products and materials widened by 7.4% in the first quarter of 2017 to reach £2,498m....

Contracts publisher NEC is looking to industry for industry feedback on its new NEC4 alliance contract, which is designed to unite project teams on a single contract....

Bridge specialist VSL International has begun cable installation on the New Wear Crossing in Sunderland...

Keltbray Sheet Piling has opened a new office in Cheshire to meet increasing demand across the country for sheet piling works....

Jacobs Engineering has agreed to buy CH2M in a deal worth a total of US$3.27bn (£2.47bn)....

Data gathered by the Builders’ Conference indicates a downturn in UK construction activity ahead with a slowdown in new contracts being signed....

July 2017 proved to be the UK construction industry’s slowest month since august 2012, according to the latest monthly survey of industry purchasing managers....

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins is reorganising its plumbing businesses again after several years of underperformance in the face of online competition....

Nineteen local authority highway projects have been chosen by the Department for Transport to share in a £75m funding pot....