McLaren to take ahead mixed use student accommodation scheme at Brighton
The recent approval for Central Brighton’s mixed-use student accommodation development allows McLaren Property to start construction works. This development will see the replacement of...
Skanska is selling rail, highways and lighting maintenance
Skanska is selling the rail, highways and lighting maintenance in order to concentrate on core building and infrastructure construction. Skanska has started marketing its...
Kier faces £41.2 m Pre-tax Loss and 1,200 people leave the business
In the half-year results announced recently, Kier says that it made a pre-tax loss of £41.2m for the period of 1 July - 31...
Jones Bros reactivates Dogger Bank cabling activity
The civil engineering works for the 3.6GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm have been resumed by the main contractor Jones Bros. These on-shore infrastructure...
Watkin Jones £70m Hove scheme set to go on the way
The approval for a £70m scheme comprising more than 200 flats in blocks up to 18 storeys high is done for Hove near Brighton....
Scottish framework listed with 23 demolition firms
A total of 23 Scottish SMEs will be working for an £18m contract and the list is sorted. The winning firms will be offering...
Construction sector loses 36 firms in February
As per the reports, a total of 36 construction companies fell into administration in February 2020. The list goes on with around 246 more...
Travis Perkins to make 2,500 jobs and 165 branches reductant
Travis Perkins has disclosed the plans to shut down around 165 branches and also confirmed to axe of 2,500 jobs(amounting to 9% of the total...
Kier retains Area 3 highways contract
Association of Area 3 with England’s Highways will be under control of Kier, as the contractor retains the contract works related to maintenance. Area...
Scaffolding firm boss banned over unpaid tax bills over £200k
A six-year ban on serving as a director has been imposed on the owner of a scaffolding company after he failed to pay £209,000...
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