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The National Infrastructure Commission has been formally established as an executive agency of the Treasury, rather than as a non-departmental public body as originally planned....

Roofers, electricians, plumbers and plasterers have now joined bricklayers and carpenters as construction trades in short supply, it appears....

The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has warned that payroll inflation is about to get worse with the imminent introduction of the immigration skills charge...

The drive for prefabrication, speed and cost reduction in house-building has prompted brick maker Ibstock to develop a chimney stack that looks like brick but is fact plastic....

Inverness house-builder Roy Homes Ltd, and sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd, have gone into administration following cash flow problems....

Concrete repairs specialist VolkerLaser has appointed Jeff Booth to the role of technical and development director....

Transport for London (TfL) has prosecuted telecommunications company Vodafone for the ninth time in two years for violating road works regulations....

UK house-builders need access to the mainland European labour pool if government targets are to be met, the chief executive of a leading building firm said today....

House-builder Crest Nicholson has reported a 27% leap in pre-tax profits in what the chief executive described as a landmark year....

After a year that saw a boardroom battle, the death of its founder and new leadership take over, construction and support services group Lakehouse has reported a pre-tax loss of...