Tower crane collapses in LondonA tower crane jib is understood to have collapsed on a site in west London on Wednesday.
Site photos shared with the Enquirer show the aftermath of the failure on the residential site.
No-one is believed to have been injured in the incident.
The Enquirer has contacted firms understood to have been involved for…
Taylor Wimpey to spend £150m this year on safety defects backlogHouse builder Taylor Wimpey plans to spend around £150m this year fixing fire safety defects as it ramps up remediation work to fix a backlog of fire safety work.
The firm has now revealed that previously hidden defects involving cavity barriers behind brickwork and render account for up to two-thirds of the steep £222m hike in…
Near-1,000 homes approved for Isle of Dogs siteLondon’s Tower Hamlets council has approved plans for a near-1,000 home twin-tower scheme on the Isle of Dogs at Mastmaker Court in Millharbour.
The hybrid planning application will see two existing warehouse buildings demolished and replaced with two residential towers delivering co-living and affordable housing alongside community and education…
Go-ahead for Preston 500-home plan at shopping precinctPlans to bulldoze Preston’s ageing St John’s Shopping Centre and replace it with three residential towers, shops and a new NHS health hub have been given the green light.
Members of Preston City Council’s planning committee have just backed the scheme with outline consent, clearing the way for a major reset of the city centre site after…
Keltbray lays foundation for HS2 Curzon Street stationHS2 has reached a major construction milestone at its Birmingham terminus after completing the last of 2,011 concrete piles that will support the foundations of Curzon Street station.
The huge piling programme, delivered by the Mace Dragados joint venture with Keltbray marks the end of a critical substructure phase on the 400m-long city centr…
John F Hunt wins Euston Tower demolitionJohn F Hunt has been appointed by British Land under a PCSA to undertake the demolition and deconstruction package for the redevelopment of London’s Euston Tower site.
The specialist previously completed the soft strip back in 2024 and will now bring down the 36-storey building bar the reinforced concrete core which will be retained to its full 126 metres…
Former Balfour chief to become Barratt Redrow CEOBarratt Redrow has appointed Dean Banks as its next Group Chief Executive.
He will join the Group in the final quarter of 2026 and succeed David Thomas who has decided to retire from the business after 11 years as Group Chief Executive and 17 years with the group.
Banks will join from Australian infrastructure specialist Ventia where he has served…
Trio bag £1bn concrete road replacement dealKier, Graham and Sisk have secured a new six-year framework to rebuild England’s ageing concrete motorway and trunk road network.
National Highways’ near £1bn Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction framework will run from 2026 to 2032, spanning RIS3 and the start of RIS4, and will drive a major rebuild of England’s
So-called “legacy” concret…
Consultation to start on merging CITB and ECITBThe government has announced that it will consult industry on the principle of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) forming a single training body.
The consultation is expected to run over 12 weeks and will be launched later this month.
Tim Balcon CEO of the CITB said…
Galliford Try lifts full-year outlook after 20% profit surgeGalliford Try has powered through the first half with a 20% surge in pre-tax profit and margins edging closer to its 2030 target of 4%.
With 98% of this year’s orders in hand and improving markets in both building and infrastructure, the contractor said it expected full-year results to exceed market forecasts.
Pre-tax profit climbed by…