Buyers see recovery in house building sectorConstruction buyers have reported a return to growth in the house building sector for the first time since last September.
But contraction in civil engineering and commercial work saw the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index drop below the standstill 50 mark again in June for the six month in a row.
At 48.8 in June t…
TSL turnover smashes £500m as profit almost treblesFast-growing contractor TSL Ltd has smashed through the half-billion turnover mark with profit nearly trebling last year.
The technical construction and engineering contractor is riding high on orders for data centres, cold stores and pharmaceutical plant work.
Surging demand fueled a 77% jump in revenue to £527m for the year ending 31 December…
Laing O’Rourke tops June contracts leagueLaing O’Rourke soared to the top of the contracts league rankings after winning a £919m order to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey.
Design work for the mega contract is already underway, with most construction expected to ramp up between 2027 and 2032.
Multiplex ranked second…
Gleeson Homes chief exec leaves business after restructureGleeson Homes Chief Executive Mark Knight has stepped down from his role and left the business.
The move follows a restructuring at the company after “gross margin had come under pressure through the year due to the cumulative impact of a number of headwinds.”
Parent company MJ Gleeson led a review of the business called Project…
Green light for 1,600-home Oldham town centre overhaulMuse and Oldham Council have secured planning for all six sites in their £450m town centre regeneration plan, paving the way for over 1,600 homes to be built in the next 15 years.
The transformation forms part of the Oldham Town Living masterplan, aiming to bring underused plots back into use while delivering hundreds of affordable,…
DSM wins Norwich city centre clearance jobDSM Demolition has secured a £5.9m contract to clear and remediate the Anglia Square site in Norwich ahead of long-awaited regeneration plans.
The Birmingham-based contractor beat off 14 rivals to land the job, which will see full demolition of all buildings and foundations at the former district shopping centre.
The works include the removal of abov…
13-year-old becomes UK’s youngest qualified digger driverThe grandson of Gallagher Group chairman Pat Gallagher has become the UK’s youngest qualified digger driver – at the age of just 13.
Finlay Gallagher spent his school holidays learning how to put a JCB digger through its paces and has now passed his Construction Plant Competence Scheme exam with flying colours.
Finlay took t…
Cubby reborn in £12m Svella-backed takeoverInvestment firm Svella has completed the acquisition of Carlisle-based Cubby Construction, building a base to create a major regional contracting business.
Led by former Stobart director Andrew Tinkler, Svella is committing £12m into a newly-formed Cubby Group that brings together 14 integrated businesses drawn from both Svella’s and Cubby’s…
North East NHS trusts plot £3bn health estate overhaulThe Great North Healthcare Alliance is laying the groundwork for a £3bn, 15-year construction and infrastructure programme across the North East and Cumbria.
The Alliance – made up of Newcastle Hospitals, Northumbria Healthcare, Gateshead Health and North Cumbria Integrated Care – plans to start early market engagement with contractor…
HG goes green on cranes in £1.2m switch to battery powerHG Construction is phasing out diesel generators on its tower cranes after pumping £1.2m into site battery systems in a major move to decarbonise its operations.
The contractor is rolling out UK-made Revolution Battery units from Dumarey Green Power across it sites, following a successful trial that saw costs and emissions slashed by over…