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Balfour Beatty
Balfour scoops £185m Highlands dualling job
Balfour Beatty has nabbed a bumper job to dual part of the…
Balfour Beatty names new construction boss
Balfour Beatty has hired Alstom Transportation’s UK and Ireland managing director to…
Balfour boss ‘embarrassed’ if margin doesn’t double
Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn has said he would be “embarrassed”…
Bouygues
Bouygues wins £80m west London hospital job
Bouygues has been picked to build a health facility in west London…
Equans Regeneration quits new-build work after £136m loss
Equans Regeneration is exiting the new-build housing market after it reported a…
Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke warned over Hinkley Point safety breach
Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke have been served warning notices by the nuclear…
Bouygues lands central London student digs
The London School of Economics (LSE) has named a Bouygues UK-Equitix consortium…
Costain
Contractor duo recognised for gender equality policies
Two of the UK’s biggest construction contractors have won plaudits for promoting…
Costain’s A1 dualling scheme gets long-awaited go-ahead
The transport secretary has green-lit a major road-dualling scheme that was awarded…
Balfour and Costain named on £4bn power station job
Balfour Beatty and Costain are among a host of contractors named on…
Galliford Try
Galliford Try expects revenue to top £1.6bn
Galliford Try has said its turnover is set to exceed £1.64bn in…
Galliford Try picked for £69m grammar school
Galliford Try has been picked to build the £69m Paisley Grammar Community…
Galliford gains two public sector deals
Galliford Try has picked up two UK government contracts worth a combined…
Galliford Try announces return to affordable resi
Contractor Galliford Try is returning to the affordable housing market as a…
ISG
ISG ‘very near’ to being sold
ISG’s parent company Cathexis is set to sell the sixth-biggest UK contractor…
Envelope specialist liquidation set to hit ISG for £14m
ISG is in line for a £13.9m hit following the liquidation of…
ISG to build £300m Bucks prison approved by Gove
ISG is set to build a £300m Buckinghamshire prison approved by housing…
Kier
Kier delayed on Oxford bridge replacement works
Network Rail and Kier have indefinitely delayed the replacement of a railway…
Kier scoops £47m London college revamp
Kier has been picked to redevelop a college campus in London. The…
Kier scoops Oxfordshire prison scheme
Kier has landed a job to build an accommodation block and workshop…
Kier pool job cost swells after archaeological find
A major archaeological discovery last year at a Kier construction project has…
Laing O'Rourke
Laing O’Rourke co-founder dies aged 75
Laing O’Rourke co-founder and deputy chair Des O’Rourke has died aged 75. …
Ray O’Rourke to hand chief executive reins to son Cathal
Laing O’Rourke has announced that group chief executive Ray O’Rourke is to…
Laing O’Rourke gets green light to pursue hospital claim
Laing O’Rourke can continue with a claim for breach of contract against…
Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall among names on £9bn National Grid mega-deal
National Grid has appointed five contractors including Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall…
Mace
Mace posts record £2.3bn revenue
Mace has posted record turnover and profit figures in its latest annual…
Mace names new science and tech directors
Mace has promoted two staff to lead some of its fastest growing…
Government needs to legislate on retentions, says Mace CEO
Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has said government intervention is needed to…
Election 24: Mace director launches bid to become Labour MP
A senior Mace executive is looking to swap construction for legislation by…
Morgan Sindall
Morgan Sindall picks up £32m waste recycling job
Morgan Sindall has been awarded a £32m job to develop a household…
Council agrees Morgan Sindall JV can redevelop city centre
A joint venture involving Morgan Sindall’s development arm is in line to…
Morgan Sindall scoops £60m Essex hospital upgrades
Morgan Sindall Construction has landed a £60m contract to upgrade six hospitals…
Delay hits Morgan Sindall’s Gloucester university campus
The opening of Morgan Sindall’s 20,000 square metre new home for the…
Multiplex
Multiplex bags another London skyscraper
Multiplex has been appointed to build the City of London’s newest skyscraper.…
Multiplex’s European profit soars
Multiplex has almost trebled its profit in Europe after a “strong” year.…
Multiplex starts work on £190m South Bank tower
Multiplex has started construction work on a 50-storey residential tower at Bankside…
Multiplex HQ faces demolition under 54-storey City tower plan
A planning application is being drawn up for a 54-storey tower in…
Royal BAM
Bam’s northern director departs
Bam Construction is looking for a new northern regional director after incumbent…
Bam starts work on office building at £8bn regeneration
Bam has started constructing the first non-residential building in the £8bn regeneration…
Bam told to ‘meet its commitments’ on delayed children’s hospital
An Irish government official has accused Bam of backtracking on a promise…
Sir Robert McAlpine
McAlpine wins Somerset gigafactory job
Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed on a preconstruction services agreement for…
Green light for £312m Vinci-McAlpine hospitals overhaul
The £312m revamp of two Midlands hospitals by Vinci and Sir Robert…
Contractor sought for delayed £55m campus job after McAlpine exits
The University of Cumbria has advertised a fresh deal to build its…
HS2 land and property chief joins Sir Robert McAlpine
HS2’s land and property director has left the project to take up…
Skanska
Skanska scoops £105m office development
Skanska has secured the contract to replace a nine-storey office block overlooking…
Skanska lauds ‘early engagement’ as profit inches up
Skanska has hailed “early contractor involvement” as it reports an increased profit…
Four firms scoop almost £500m of rail work
Network Rail has appointed four firms to deliver £490m of construction works…
Tilbury Douglas
Court throws out Tilbury Douglas’ £6m claim against Arup
Tilbury Douglas has failed in a legal claim that Arup should pay…
Tilbury Douglas turns financial fortunes around
Tilbury Douglas returned to profitability in 2023 amid a 25 per cent…
Big hitters scoop spots on £1.6bn decarb framework
Tier one contractors Kier, Morgan Sindall and Tilbury Douglas have gained places…
Tilbury Douglas hires senior exec from Arcadis
Tilbury Douglas has appointed Andrew Bull as managing director for infrastructure. Bull…
Vinci
Green light for £312m Vinci-McAlpine hospitals overhaul
The £312m revamp of two Midlands hospitals by Vinci and Sir Robert…
Vinci on course for expansion of Ryder Cup resort in West Midlands
Vinci Building is carrying out the expansion and renovation of the Belfry…
Vinci posts £44m loss as provisions nearly double
Vinci Construction UK made a loss of more than £44m last year…
Vinci to give £90m facelift to St Helens town centre
St Helens Borough Council and the English Cities Fund (ECF) have picked…
VolkerWessels
VolkerFitzpatrick wins £19m Surrey bridge contract
VolkerFitzpatrick has been awarded a £19m contract to build a highway bridge…
Bumper warehouse project pushes contractor to top league spot
Winvic soared to top spot in the November leagues thanks to a…
Firm ‘harassed’ woman after she filed complaint against manager
A judge has rejected an attempt by VolkerRail to overturn parts of…
VolkerWessels warns of ‘economic headwinds’ despite return to profit
VolkerWessels UK has warned that high material and labour prices have created…
Wates
Wates picks former Lendlease boss to join exec committee
Wates has appointed former Lendlease veteran Brian Long as its new group…
Election 24: ‘Make construction important’ pleads outgoing Wates boss
Construction deserves a bigger focus in government and is too often viewed…
Tier one firms picked for £2bn housing framework
CN100 contractors Equans, Morgan Sindall, Seddon and Wates have joined a swathe…
Former Tory donor Wates is now ‘agnostic’ on politics
The chief executive of Wates has said the company is now politically…
Wilmott Dixon
Willmott Dixon reports loss after supplier collapse cost £13m
Willmott Dixon has suffered a second successive loss after the collapse of…
Contractor duo recognised for gender equality policies
Two of the UK’s biggest construction contractors have won plaudits for promoting…
Willmott Dixon scoops £60m science-research hub
Willmott Dixon has landed a deal to build a research and development…
Kier and Morgan Sindall scoop multiple lots on £1.6bn healthcare framework
Kier and Morgan Sindall have been named on three lots in a…