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Leading figures from the UK construction industry will gather at CN's Transforming Construction conference next month to discuss the implications of new building safety regulations on the sector. In one of the event's headline sessions, Mace chief executive for construction Gareth Lewis will discuss specific features of the Building Safety…

HS2 has fired up its first giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) in London. The 2,000-tonne piece of equipment, known as Sushila, was launched in Hillingdon on 6 October and will bore five miles towards Greenford in west London. Sushila will work on a 24-hour basis for the next 22 months,…

The Department for Transport (DfT) is facing a legal challenge over its decision to approve the £1bn A428 improvement scheme due to be built by Skanska. Last year, the contractor won the race to build a new dual carriageway between Milton Keynes and Cambridge in the East of England. The…

Kier took the top spot in the August league tables, thanks to a job to build a major new prison. The contract to develop the 1,400-space prison helped push Kier more than £400m ahead of its nearest competitor, according to data gathered by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The firm will…

Skanska has won a design-and-build job to upgrade a section of the A46 road in the Midlands, subject to government consent. The contractor will deliver a new dual carriageway at Newark, on a 6.6km stretch of A-road running between the Farndon and Winthorpe junctions. The contract is worth £345m. Skanska’s…

Planning consent for Skanska’s £507m dualling job on the A428 has been granted by the government. Last year, the contractor won the race to build a new dual carriageway between Milton Keynes and Cambridge in the East of England. The work would see the upgrade of 16km of road between…

Flexible working can help to tackle the skills gap in construction without having a negative impact on business performance, according to a review of four pilot projects at top firms. The review, conducted one year after flexible working pilots were introduced at Bam Construct, Bam Nuttall, Skanska UK and Willmott…

Skanska more than doubled its profit to over £30m, after the sale of its infrastructure services company, newly released accounts show. The contractor sold its business to M Group Services for £50m in December 2020 as part of a restructuring plan. In its accounts for the year ended 31 December…

Reduced working hours, more breaks and alcohol warnings are among the measures being introduced by contractors this week as the UK braces for record temperatures. The Met Office issued an “exceptional” weather warning for the temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, when the temperature in southern England is expected to reach…

Skanska is launching a pilot scheme to provide work opportunities for highly qualified employees who take a career break. Amid a shortage of skilled workers in the industry, the tier one firm will work with STEM Returners, a programme that helps to reintegrate professionals who are trained in the science,…