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The board of Wates Group has agreed to let its erstwhile chief executive Andrew Davies start work in his new job at Carillion earlier than planned....

Makers of fire doors are calling for the government to set up a special fund to help public sector landlords bring housing up to established safety standards....

A tar delivery driver has been handed a community service order after the death of a road worker on the M8 motorway in 2014....

Kier has been fined £1.8m after a worker was fatally struck by machinery while working on roadworks near Lidgate in Suffolk....

A coalition of 23 trade associations and professional bodies from across the construction industry have called for the UK to adopt a statutory retention deposit scheme....

Legal & General has acquired a 78-acre site in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire for a large housing development that will mostly be built using traditional techniques....

Consulting engineer Ramboll has appointed Matt Hann as divisional director in charge of both its UK building services team and the buildings team in the north of England and Scotland....

In a bid to cut the costs of its third runway expansion plan, Heathrow Airport is proposing to expand existing terminals rather than build a new one....

The construction industry must start taking more responsibility for what it builds, the chair of an independent review into building regulations and fire safety has said....

The Grenfell Tower fire was the construction industry’s biggest news story of the year, with far reaching repercussions, but here’s what else most attracted your attention during the year....