News

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....

Growth in outer London and the Home Counties has prompted house-builder Redrow to open a new division in the Thames Valley....

A planning application has been submitted for the redevelopment of a 40-acre site in Nottingham....

Construction materials companies Tarmac and Breedon have now completed their planned swap of assets after satisfying the market regulator....

Kier has sold a plumbing and heating business that it acquired with its McNicholas purchase....

An out-of-work builder falsely claimed £750,000 of VAT repayments to feed his gambling habit, a court has heard....

Carl Fergusson is to be the new chief executive of Colas Ltd, the British subsidiary of France’s Colas Group....