Costain was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2023/24, just ahead of the Balfour Beatty-linked consortium that carries out M25 upgrade work, Construction News can reveal. It marks the third successive financial year that the contractor and consultant topped the roads body’s league… The post The top 20 National Highways contractors revealed appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Morgan Sindall will restart a stalled leisure centre project in Newcastle after a council dropped Willmott Dixon in an effort to cut costs. Newcastle City Council announced yesterday that it appointed Morgan Sindall as its key construction partner for the West Denton leisure centre (CGI… The post Morgan Sindall nabs £34m leisure centre from Willmott Dixon appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Paul Maile is a partner at Eversheds Sutherland The UK is due an infrastructure revolution. It’s time for a renaissance of public-works building to bring our aged and end-of-life energy, utilities and transport networks into the present century. And to make them fit for the… The post Infrastructure: the solutions to delivery challenges aren’t always eye-catching appeared first on Construction News ..read more

One contractor has dominated Homes England’s spend on site preparation work, according to official figures. The housing and regeneration quango spent more money with John Sisk & Son than any other contractor in the past two financial years, Construction News can reveal. Figures obtained under… The post Revealed: the firm dominating Homes England contractor spend appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Former construction minister Lord (Richard) Harrington has been named as the chair of developer Regal. The £350m-turnover group, formerly known as Regal London, consists of several companies, including Regal Construction – its in-house building arm. Lord Harrington (pictured) was the MP for Watford from 2010… The post Ex-construction minister to chair developer appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Robot tunnelling start-up HyperTunnel has gone into administration. The Hampshire-headquartered firm, which was chaired by former Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne, went under earlier this week after failing to attract new investment, according to insolvency specialists Opus. The company had sought to use a… The post Robot tunnelling start-up goes to the wall appeared first on Construction News ..read more

A £140m-turnover fit-out specialist has filed a court notice of intention to appoint administrators. South-east London-headquartered Beck Interiors, which became an employee-ownership trust (EOT) in 2021, worked on luxury hospitality, leisure, residential and museum projects. Recent jobs included the refurbishment of the Dorchester Hotel in… The post Employee-owned fit-out specialist files for administration appeared first on Construction News ..read more

A developer has claimed post-Grenfell fire-safety reforms motivated it to breach planning permission on a luxury build-to-rent development that is now threatened with demolition. A subsidiary of Comer Homes made the claim in a planning inquiry as part of an appeal against an enforcement notice… The post Developer blames post-Grenfell reforms for tower planning breaches appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Problems in completing Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena pushed Bam’s UK construction division to a £20m loss. Results for the first half of 2024, posted by Dutch parent company Royal Bam Group, show that UK construction revenue was €468m (£394.4m) for the period, down from €498m… The post Bam Construction posts ‘substantial’ loss after Co-op Live problems appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Two builders have been given suspended jail sentences after admitting making fraudulent claims for business-support loans during the Covid pandemic. The father and son admitted fraud by false representation, contrary to section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 related to claims made to the Bounce… The post Father and son builders guilty of Covid fraud appeared first on Construction News ..read more