The choice of excavator attachment can prove decisive when it comes to speed, efficiency and safety on site. This year has seen a bountiful crop of new developments in this specialised corner of the ...

MKM, one of the UK’s leading independent builders’ merchants, is celebrating 30 years of trading and predicting annual turnover in excess of £1bn. But what is now a successful business began with the ...

Subsidence caused by extensive mining has meant that several old buildings in the Swedish city of Kiruna have had to be demolished. But the most famous, and most popular, building has been carried 5km ...

With a crucial railway blockade due to start a few days before Christmas, contractors on HS2’s Delta Junction are focused on meeting the upcoming deadline. Helena Russell finds out what this entails ...

Lack of wastewater infrastructure has become a major obstacle to the government’s target to build new homes. Mark Smulian reports ...

Simon Kesterton is stepping down as chief financial officer of Kier Group after six years on 31 st December 2025. His successor will be Tom Hinton, currently interim chief executive of logistics firm ...

Structural steel contractor Severfield has seen its first-half losses widen but under a new chief executive reports signs of blue sky ahead.

The construction industry in Northern Ireland is poised for recovery after a challenging 2025, according to unofficial forecasts.

Capital House in Festival Square, Edinburgh [image courtesy of LMA] Whitbread, the owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, has received confirmation from the City of Edinburgh Counc ...

Already facing two separate prosecutions for health & safety failings at Hinkley Point C, main contractor Bylor JV has now been slapped with a fire enforcement notice.

Bauer Technologies has been awarded the specialist piling and geotechnical works package for The Dovetail Building, a £400m ...

Peter Mumford is joining Costain’s executive board on 2nd January 2026, in charge of its natural resources division, covering the markets of water, energy and defence.