Mace chairman honoured with CBEMace chairman Mark Reynolds has been made CBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours.
Reynolds, who has also been co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council since 2022, was honoured for services to business and the construction industry.
He stepped down last year as Mace Group’s chief executive, a role he had held since 2013, maintaining the role of executiv…
HS2 head office managers sent out to sitesHS2 has cut 300 corporate roles as it aims to become “less bureaucratic”.
Half of those people have now been sent out to civil engineering sites as the organisation becomes more “outcome-focused”
A project update confirmed the moves as part of an ongoing fundamental reset of the scheme by Chief Executive Mark Wild who has now been in the job…
Modular firm Thurston bought out of administrationModular Building Specialist Thurston Group has been bought after going into administration.
The £47m turnover firm called in administrators from Leonard Curtis on December 22 after 55 years in business.
Leonard Curtis has been working with the group since last month looking for a potential buyer after a challenging period for the business.
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New Year tender race for Bristol BTR schemeDeveloper PLATFORM_ has confirmed that Bristol City Council has approved resolution to grant planning permission for its major new Build to Rent (BTR) scheme.
The development is on track to tender for a main contractor in Q2 next year, ahead of a Gateway 2 submission at the end of 2026.
The scheme will deliver 352 homes across a former sawmill sit…
Safety warning issued over transfer slabsThe Building Safety Regulator has issued a warning over a “potential structural safety issue affecting reinforced concrete buildings constructed with ‘transfer slabs’.”
A transfer slab is a floor arrangement where a column sits on top of a slab, but does not have a supporting column directly beneath it. The slab acts to support the load from t…
Heathrow to start T4 revamp next year in £1.3bn spend planHeathrow will unleash a £1.3bn improvement drive in 2026 as the airport kicks off a long-awaited overhaul of Terminal 4 and pushes ahead with major upgrades across its estate.
Construction on the T4 revamp will begin with a new multi storey car park and an upgraded check in hall. The work will run in phases to keep the terminal operating…
Top Ten best read stories of 2025The Enquirer is putting out its last daily newsletter of the year today as the industry winds-down for its traditional Christmas break.
The website will be updated with any major breaking stories during the holiday season with the full daily news service returning on January 5.
It has been another eventful 12 months and a busy news year for construction as t…
Scottish Water names preferred firms for £9bn upgradeScottish Water has named its preferred bidders for a £9bn capital investment drive stretching across the next two regulatory periods.
In what will become one of the UK’s biggest long-term delivery alliances, the utility giant will form a new enterprise partnership to upgrade water and wastewater assets from 2027 to 2033, with an option to…
Colas sells Allied Infrastructure to DJ CivilsKent based contractor DJ Civils has acquired Allied Infrastructure from Colas.
Allied Infrastructure specialises in work on UK airfields and local highways maintenance jobs and has been part of Colas since 2017.
A Colas statement said: “Colas Ltd has reached agreement to sell Allied Infrastructure to DJ Civils Ltd, a civil engineering contractor…
HG Construction hits 8th Gateway 2 win as approvals accelerateHG Construction has secured its eighth Gateway 2 approval of 2025 after regulators signed off a 24 storey student tower in London.
The project for Alumno in Elephant and Castle signals that Building Safety Regulator decisions are now starting to move more quickly through the system.
The Maccreanor Lavington designed scheme will deliver…