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The dangers of freestanding walls have been highlighted once again by the publication of the fatal accident inquiry report into the death of a Scottish schoolgirl....

The new chief executive of WYG has uncovered previously unreported problems in the business, prompting him to issue a profits warning to shareholders....

New data from the Electoral Commission reveals pre-election donations to political parties, with, no surprise, the Conservative Party benefitting from some construction industry largesse....

Aggregate Industries has developed a new surface course for highways that it claims could speed up road surfacing by more than 40%....

With agreement reached on the cancellation of Viridor Laing's £3.8bn Greater Manchester Waste PFI contract, Costain will now be off site within five weeks....

When we reported earlier this week that Balfour Beatty had replaced Costain on a £200m tunnelling contract, Costain was unable to offer comment because of the impending release of its...

Costain has reported profits up by more than a third in the first half of the year and hailed its transition from a construction company to “the UK’s leading smart...

A scaffolding company has been up in court after a worker fractured his skull in a fall and lost his sight in one eye....

Building specification service NBS is conducting another survey into the legal problems that parties have with construction contracts....

Steve Tovey has joined SES Engineering Services (SES) as regional director after 40 years with the Balfour Beatty group....