Councillors are being urged to approve additional funding of £11.7m for “essential and unforeseen” changes to the A59 Kex Gill realignment scheme in North Yorkshire. The project, being delivered by John Sisk & Son, will see a new section of bypass constructed between Skipton and Harrogate at Bubberhouses – at…
Construction activity is showing signs of having turned a corner, buoyed by a surge in housebuilding, according to the latest industry analysis. In the May 2025 edition of its construction index, Glenigan found activity had picked up pace in the three months to April, with the value of underlying project…
A London-based contractor has won its court battle over the payment of a £120,000 invoice on the refurbishment of a Covent Garden property. LAPP Industries Ltd took 1st Formations Ltd to an adjudicator under the Scheme for Construction Contracts Regulations 1998, after it failed to pay an invoice for interim…
Bam has backed out of a project to build a new £671m children’s hospital in Belfast just weeks after it was named as one of the contractors. The firm was due to develop the Royal Victoria Hospital as part of its ongoing joint venture with Northern Ireland-based Graham Construction. …
Paying £1,000 to construction mental health charity Lighthouse Club could help housebuilders unlock cheap finance under a Homes England-backed green loans scheme. Under round two of the Greener Homes Alliance, unveiled yesterday (3 April), the housing watchdog and Octopus Real Estate have committed £150m in discounted finance for small and…
A key figure has called for an “industry-wide adoption” of conflict-avoidance processes (CAPs) after the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) introduced fresh measures to help construction firms avoid court battles. Len Bunton, chair of the Conflict Avoidance Coalition (CAC), hailed updated guidance from the RICS and contracts provider NEC…
Technology is changing. And so is Construction News. Our editorial team has been using artificial intelligence (AI) behind the scenes for some time now to summarise long reports and data as part of our research process, as well as produce some illustrations. But we have not used it to produce…
Bouygues UK has been awarded a £119m contract to build two new campuses in the Welsh town of Barry. Work on the Barry Waterfront Campus (BWC) and the Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) will begin in June with a completion date of summer 2027. The educational facilities, developed by the Welsh…
British Land has appointed Bam to deliver a £100m overhaul of a skyscraper in the City of London. The developer named the contractor for its "green transformation" of 34-storey Broadgate Tower near Liverpool Street station. Bam beat Wates, 8Build and McLaren to the job, according to data intelligence provider Glenigan.…
Milestone Infrastructure has secured an £840m roads maintenance deal in Oxfordshire. The Hertfordshire-headquartered firm will look after more than 4,800km of highways following a contract award announced on Friday (21 March). The deal from Oxfordshire County Council will start on 1 April and run to 2033, with a possible extension…
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