News

Paul McLaughlin has stepped down as chief executive of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) after breaking his back in a bicycling accident....

A new report suggests that building over railway lines could be the answer to London’s housing shortage....

Northern Ireland’s Construction Employers Federation has welcomed the government’s decision to step into the breach after local parties remain deadlocked in attempts to form a devolved Executive....

The latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers indicates an industry managing to tread water but feeling distinctly uncertain about the horizon in view....

Suffolk County Council has published the contract notice for a £90m bridge construction project in Lowestoft....

A company and its director have been sentenced this week for causing the death of a factory worker who fell into a piece of machinery at a construction recycling yard....

Alan Lovell, the company doctor credited with rescuing Costain from collapse in the 1990s, has been brought onto the board of Carillion....

Galliford Try Partnerships North West has named Martin Sharkey as head of construction....

While some of its competitors are going through the mill of reorganisation to stave off collapse, Morgan Sindall seems to be positively thriving....

David Hurcomb, the chief executive of building services contractor NG Bailey Group, has joined the board of geotechnical engineering contractor Van Elle as a non-executive director....