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Builders’ merchants sold 8.5% more to builders and contractors in May 2017 than in the same month the previous year, assisted by one extra trading day....

A new design concept seeks to put temporary housing in abandoned buildings...

Speed to assess local development decisions in Scotland has improved by an average of four days but those for major schemes have slowed down by six weeks...

A Scottish contractor that specialises in work in forests is the world’s first purchaser of a new Doosan Dash-5 18.5t crawler excavator with higher ground clearance....

Amey has become a corporate partner of a body that brings together directors of regional authorities to shape government policy in areas such as highways....

UK Construction Week has announced that it will be holding a series of safety workshops that respond to the issues raised by the Grenfell Tower fire....

Transport secretary Chris Grayling is to work with London’s mayor Sadiq Khan to try and identify an affordable funding package for Crossrail 2, with London paying half the £30bn costs....

Planned development of Lord’s Cricket Ground should be funded from MCC’s own resources instead of by building residential flats, the club’s committee has recommended....

Caterpillar dealer Finning UK & Ireland is to take on additional apprentices in a special recruitment drive prompted by last week’s award of £6.6bn of HS2 construction contracts....

A survey by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has found that just 1 in 16 firms fully support draft changes to wiring regulations....