A major housebuilder has thrown its weight behind government plans to release greenbelt land - but called for a rethink on the requirement for half of homes to be affordable. Philip Barnes, land and planning director at Barratt Redrow, said he was “excited” by Labour’s policy of promoting building on…
A £1bn low-carbon heat distribution system in central London will be delivered by a joint venture (JV) between power specialists Vital Energi and Hemiko. The pair, operating as the Swan Partnership, will fund, build and operate the South Westminster Area Network to capture waste heat from local sources and pump…
Balfour Beatty has secured a $746m (£575m) deal to rebuild a section of the iconic Interstate 35 in the US. The contractor will upgrade a 4km chunk of the highway in Austin for the Texas Department of Transportation. The I-35 runs almost the entire length of the US, from Laredo…
Developer Harworth intends to build out a number of industrial schemes with the proceeds of a £107m land sale to Microsoft. The South Yorkshire firm made a huge return on the Skelton Grange plot in south Leeds - which it bought for £3m less than a decade ago - even…
New details have emerged of a wave of planned construction projects in northern Scotland as a £2.1bn programme starts to take shape. The Highland Council agreed the mammoth 20-year investment plan in May. The plan includes spending more than £60m on roads and infrastructure improvements over the next three years,…
City of London officers have recommended councillors back a bid to build a 73-storey skyscraper as tall as the Shard in the capital’s financial district. A report to councillors ahead of a meeting on Tuesday (2 July) urges them to grant consent for the 1 Undershaft proposals subject to conditions…
Tata Steel has threatened to pause steel-making at its site in Wales as worker walkouts loom. The UK arm of the Indian corporation said it “may not have any choice” but to halt both of its traditional blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant if strikes go ahead next month.…
Underlying construction activity will rise slightly this year as an early election and strengthening economy provide more confidence to investors, a key report has predicted. Industry intelligence specialist Glenigan forecasts a 3 per cent increase in 2024 in projects worth under £100m getting underway on site. Its report then predicts…
Keir Starmer has promised to take a fresh look at the controversial £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel project as United Nations chiefs called for the ancient site to be placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the proposals. The Labour leader told the BBC that his party would…
Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) chair Steven Mulholland is to become the trade body's chief executive. He will take the reins of the organisation, which has almost 2,000 members, on 12 August 2024. Mulholland has been a CPA Council member for a decade and also runs family business Mulholland Plant Services.…
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