Civil engineers sound the alarm bellCivil engineering contractors have reported the first drop in workloads since the pandemic and are urging the government to act.
The latest quarterly Workload Trends Survey for 2025 Q3 released by Trade body CECA found that workloads moved to -1% on balance – the first negative reading since 2020 bringing an end to an extended period of growth.
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Springfield strikes deal to build homes for power workersScottish house builder Springfield Properties has inked its first major housing agreement with SSEN Transmission to deliver nearly 300 homes for workers building Scotland’s next generation of energy infrastructure.
The AIM-listed house builder will roll out 293 homes across six sites in Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire, with SSEN…
Planning reboot could spare SMEs from Building Safety Levy hitSmall builders look set to benefit from a major shake-up of planning rules, with ministers proposing possible exemptions from the Building Safety Levy and a new fast-track regime to get homes built quicker.
The Government has published a fresh set of proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, aimed at speeding u…
Hunt starts for Square Mile £4bn heat network developerThe City of London Corporation has kicked off a £4.3bn tender race to find a development partner to design, build and run a flagship low-carbon heat network across the Square Mile.
New modelling shows the system could ultimately supply heat to around 1,200 buildings and rely heavily on the River Thames for strategic heat supply.
The 42-year…
Steel fixer crushed by blockwork wall collapseA construction company has been fined £100,000 after a steel-fixer was seriously injured when a newly built blockwork wall collapsed at a site in Poole.
Matrod Frampton Limited pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates’ Court after the incident left 69-year-old Patrick Grant with life-changing injuries.
The court heard how the breeze block wall had…
Conlon Chairman to retire after 38 yearsConlon Construction has announced that Chairman Michael Conlon will retire after a 38-year plus career at the Preston-based firm founded by his father and four uncles in 1961.
Current Managing Director Guy Parker will step into the additional role of Chairman from January 1 2026.
Michael Conlon returned to the family firm in 1987 after four years with a…
HS2 first as giant bridge slid across live motorwayHS2 engineers claimed a UK-first over the weekend when they successfully slid a 4,600-tonne viaduct across the M6 without closing the motorway.
The 17 hour-long operation was the culmination of an epic three-stage process to assemble and install the 315-metre East deck of the M6 South viaduct, which will carry high-speed trains heading to…
Gilbert Ash breaks ground on £120m Wilde aparthotelGilbert Ash has kicked off construction on a £120m Wilde aparthotel in London for Dublin-based Staycity Group and developer The Property Trust Group.
The 11-storey scheme at 19 Great Eastern Road in Shoreditch will become Staycity’s largest Wilde-branded property in London and its fifth in Zone 1.
WT Partnership is project manager wit…
Bennett wins brace of retirement home dealsInvestor Octopus Capital has appointed Bennett Construction to deliver two retirement living schemes in Surrey and Oxfordshire.
At Headley Court in Surry Bennett Construction will be main works contractor to deliver 100 newly constructed apartments by transforming the historic Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre into a retirement village.
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Watkin Jones takes £8.7m hit but eyes brighter 2026Watkin Jones has slumped to an £8.7m pre-tax loss after another year of impairments and slow deal flow.
But the developer insisted the worst of the downturn was now behind it as forward-sold revenue and a £2bn pipeline stack up for 2026 and beyond.
Revenue fell 23% to £280m in the year to September and margins tightened as three to…