Kier scoops £700m Norfolk highways upkeep dealKier has secured a £700m deal to deliver Norfolk County Council’s new highways and infrastructure works contract.
It will replace incumbent maintenance contractor Tarmac in the region covering nearly 10,000km of roads across the county.
The long-term contract, starting in April 2026, will run for up to 14 years and includes surfacing, bridg…
Builder impaled on machinery after rooflight plungeTwo companies have been fined after a man fell through a fragile rooflight and impaled his leg on machinery below during over cladding work at a factory in Keighley,
A.T. Lee Properties Limited and LJH Property Limited were fined a combined total of more than £95,000. Directors for each firm were also given conditional discharges and ordered to…
Tide secures UK’s first volumetric Gateway 2 approvalVolumetric developer Tide has become the first firm in the UK to clear Gateway 2 approval for a modular high rise project under the new Building Safety regime
The approval means work can now start on the firm’s 23-storey, 424-bed student accommodation tower The Green in Southall, west London — marking a major breakthrough for the offsit…
Kier lands £250m double prison expansion dealKier has bagged around £250m worth of contracts to expand HMP Northumberland and HMP Lancaster Farms, delivering 480 extra prison places under the Ministry of Justice’s Small Secure Houseblocks Programme (SSHP) Alliance.
Each site will get four new houseblocks, new site-wide infrastructure and upgrades to ancillary facilities, with completion du…
Billington plans steel plant closuresBillington is restructuring its steel operations with the plant at Bristol marked for closure and work at two sites in Barnsley to be consolidated into one.
The structural steel specialist issued a profit warning last month as revenue slid almost 28% to £42m in the six months to 30 June 2025 as three big contracts suffered delays sending pre-tax profit…
Wall insulation scandal leaves 23,000 homes needing repairAn explosive National Audit Office report has laid bare the collapse of quality control in Britain’s home insulation retrofit programmes, revealing that almost all external wall insulation fitted under government schemes suffer serious faults.
The government’s auditors warn of widespread shoddy workmanship, safety risks and suspected…
Willmott Dixon holds profits in “solid” performance Willmott Dixon is hoping for a better year ahead after maintaining its profit and work levels in the first half of 2025
Latest results for the six months to 30th June 2025 show turnover steady at £548.1m from £561.1m last time with pre-tax profits unmoved at £10m.
Cash reserves improved to £122m from £109.3m while the company enjoys a…
Nine firms land United Utilities £205m reservoir works frameworkUnited Utilities has named nine contractors to deliver its new reservoir maintenance and ground improvement framework covering AMP8 and AMP9.
The long-term deal will see AE Yates, Stonbury, JVT Construction, Cleantech Civils, Bethell Construction and Askam Civil Engineering carry out an £80m programme of improvement and maintenanc…
Planning Bill beefed up with new powers to tackle ‘blockers’The government has just announced late-stage amendments to its flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill, to hand itself sweeping new powers to break through planning gridlock and fast-track housing, energy and water schemes across the country.
The move comes as part of a pro-growth package tied to the flagship Planning and…
Bidding opens for £22m M4 Junction 17 upgradeWiltshire Council has started the search for a contractor to deliver the long-awaited £22m upgrade of M4 Junction 17 near Chippenham.
The project, due to start construction in 2027, will see the junction fully signalised, widened, and upgraded to handle future growth in traffic volumes along the A350 corridor between Wiltshire and the Sout…