News

Builders’ merchants’ daily sales were up again in February 2017, despite the wet weather....

Morgan Sindall’s professional services business, BakerHicks, has appointed Mark Renshaw as associate director to head up its civil and structural engineering team in London....

Laing O’Rourke has recruited a City grandee to chair its board, suggesting that the company has an eye on a stock market listing....

Specialist subcontractor CMF Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after the death of a man during construction of the recently completed Frances Crick Institute building in London....

Kent-based Hague Construction has been fined £100,000 following the death of an employee after a simple lifting operation went wrong....

New Bovis Homes chief executive Greg Fitzgerald has backed himself to rescue the troubled house-builder by investing more than £1.2m in the business....

Engineering contractor Amec Foster Wheeler has posted a pre-tax loss of £542m on continuing operations for 2016 as its core offshore and oil & gas markets continued to struggle....

The use of composite materials in construction and engineering is being stymied by inappropriate standards and regulations, according to a major new report....

Two roofing contractors have been ordered to pay out £140,000 between them after putting their workers at risk of harm during roof replacement works in Oldham....

Bovis Homes has recruited James Dunne from Barratt Developments to be managing director of its Thames Valley region....