Author Archives: Will Ing

Diesel will have disappeared from most construction sites by 2035, according to an industry-wide ‘route map’ supported by government. On Monday (6 June), minister of state Nusrat Ghani attended HS2’s Old Oak Common site (pictured) to launch a Zero Diesel Sites Route Map, an industry-authored document pledging to support the…

Cantillon’s former MD may continue working as a director at the demolition firm despite pledging not to be a company director for almost five years, a High Court judge has ruled. Paul Cluskey, 49, signed a ‘company disqualification undertaking’ with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in February, admitting his…

A south-east London construction firm owed £6.6m when it collapsed in March, its administrators have revealed. ME Construction, which had 25 staff before going under, owes money to more 306 companies, with some suppliers owed more than £100,000. Administrator FRP Advisory said the company’s total deficit – the amount it…

Ferrovial Construction has reported a £30m loss after making a provision for its expected losses on the Silvertown Tunnel. The contractor, a subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure multinational Ferrovial, had total provisions of £54m for the year ending 31 December 2022, with £19.6m being booked for “defects and warranties” and £31.3m…

The former managing director of Cantillon, Paul Cluskey, has asked the High Court for permission to continue working as a director at the demolition firm, despite his role in the high-profile cover-bidding scandal. Cluskey was the managing director of Cantillon from 2014 until standing down last month. In March, the…

Balfour Beatty has said its order book stood at £17bn at the end of March, down from £17.4bn at the close of 2022. In a trading update published this morning (12 May), the UK’s largest contractor said the drop in value of its lined-up work comes despite it winning new…

Entries are now open for the 2023 TechFest Awards, with new categories added to celebrate innovation in even more areas across construction and engineering. The broader outlook for the awards, which will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside, are the…

Forthcoming work to overhaul the mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems in Portcullis House is set to cost up to £143m, an MP has revealed. The seven-storey building, which sits opposite the Palace of Westminster and houses MPs and parliamentary staff, was completed in 2001, nine years after being commissioned in…

Newcastle-based Howard Russell Construction has entered administration. The contractor turned over £43.6m in the year to March 2022, according to company accounts filed in December, and said it was set to report a revenue of between £70m and £80m for its following financial year. However, on Tuesday (2 May) the…

Berkeley Group has said it will take housing secretary Michael Gove to court after he blocked one of its schemes on design grounds. The housebuilder said it could give six reasons why Gove was wrong to rule against a proposed 165-home development in Crane Valley, near Tunbridge Wells, in a decision dated…