Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed to deliver a dual-tower high rise in the City of London in a deal reported as being worth £500m. The tier one contractor today announced it had won the job at 2 Finsbury Avenue from client Broadgate, a joint… The post Sir Robert McAlpine wins City of London dual-tower job appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Contractors will be able to claim an extension of time and costs if asbestos or unexploded bombs are unexpectedly found during a design-and-build job, under new changes to the JCT contract. The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) yesterday (17 April) published a new edition of a… The post JCT changes to cover bombs, asbestos and epidemics appeared first on Construction News ..read more

The head of procurement at National Highways is to stand down after five years. Malcolm Dare will leave the roads agency, known as Highways England when he joined at the start of 2019, for a new job elsewhere. Among his responsibilities, Dare oversaw the body’s… The post National Highways commercial boss departs appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Amos Simbo is founder and chief executive of BPIC Network BPIC Network is a built environment network and consultancy working with the industry to bring inclusion and social impact to life. Over the years, our journey as a network has shown the power of collaboration… The post Building communities with social value appeared first on Construction News ..read more

An online recruitment and retention platform for the construction industry is to remain in place, removing doubts over its future. The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) announced today (17 April) that its Talent Retention Scheme (TRS) will continue to operate. It said that a press release… The post Talent scheme to continue, says CLC appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Countryside Partnerships has been named as the replacement contractor on a 215-home development in Cheshire. Lane End Developments, which went into administration in April 2023 after takeover talks failed, was due to deliver the circa £41m Pavilion Park scheme in Helsby for housing association Onward… The post Collapsed contractor replaced on housing job appeared first on Construction News ..read more

The High Court has issued instructions to close down Readie Construction’s employee ownership trust (EOT). Logistics and warehouse contractor Readie Construction appointed administrators from insolvency manager Begbies Traynor in February. Earlier today (17 April), Insolvency and Companies Court judge Catherine Burton issued a winding-up order… The post Winding-up order issued against Readie’s employee ownership trust appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Severfield has announced that its order book for the UK and Europe has risen to a record £511m. In a trading update this morning, the North Yorkshire-based structural steel specialist also announced the appointment of a new non-executive chair. Severfield said it was set to… The post Steel firm achieves record order book amid European expansion appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Reece Lake is head of business operations at property finance firm Atelier The UK’s housing shortfall urgently requires creative solutions. Offsite construction has long been held up as a way to address it, given its potential to construct schemes efficiently and at speed. However, if… The post Offsite and modular must be made to work for SME developers appeared first on Construction News ..read more

Larger contractors must shoulder a bigger share of efforts to solve the construction industry’s skills gap, according to the boss of the sector’s training board. Speaking at a parliamentary reception yesterday, Tim Balcon, chief executive of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), said that it… The post CITB boss urges big firms to step up on skills appeared first on Construction News ..read more