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Richard Robinson, freshly appointed chief executive of consultancy Atkins in the UK and Europe, and formerly chief operating officer at HS2, argues technology can not only grow his firm’s business but also jump-start flatlining productivity

“I say to my staff: ‘If you wonder whether we do something, assume we do, and…

Following the government’s decision to approve HS2 Construction News spoke to the industry leaders about the implications of the megaproject getting the go-ahead

If the construction industry is relieved about the prime minister’s decision last week to commit to HS2 it is keeping quiet about it. Perhaps it is a desire to…

Organisational change is one of the crucial caveats to the prime minister’s approval of the HS2 project.

Boris Johnson pulled no punches in his criticism of the body tasked with delivering the high-speed rail line: “I am drawing a clear line under the mismanagement of the past,” he told the House…

This week saw speculation arise for a connection between Northern Ireland and the UK mainland in  response to a call for a road bridge from prime minister Boris Johnson. But rather than the elevated route envisaged by Mr Johnson, an option proposed by the British Tunnelling Society entails a crossing…

From Leicestershire to the Antarctic, Construction News rounds up some of the best builds visited this year, ranked by the most read online

10) Intu dazzles shoppers with glass roof and floor At Manchester’s Trafford Centre, £75m is being spent on regenerating a wing known as Barton Square. With Vinci on board,…

Main contractor McLaren faces a race against time to get the Premier League football club’s state-of-the-art facility ready before next season

Project: Leicester City Training Ground Client: Leicester City FC Contract value: £95m Contract type: JCT design and build 2016 Main contractor: McLaren Project manager: Arcadis Cost consultant: Turner &…

Crossrail confirmed last Friday that it will miss its best-case scenario October 2020 opening time, meaning that when the line opens, sometime in 2021, it will be more than two years' late. With the latest setback has come an extra £400m-£650m in cost, pushing the project over the £18bn mark.…

UK steel is in a precarious place. The sector, in which Britain was once a world leader, has seen both employment and output plummet in the past four decades. In some towns the steel mill’s only hope of regeneration is to be converted into a residential scheme or, in the…

Project: Bath South Quays Client: Bath and North East Somerset Council Contract value: £21m Contract type: Design and build Main contractor: Bam Construction Architect: Bam Design Structural engineer: Buro Happold Sheet piling contractor (riverwall): Ivor King Piling Foundations contractor (office building): Bachy Soletanche M&E consultant: Hoare Lea Start date: January 2019…

Amid cost hikes and potential delays, Construction News pays an exclusive visit to the enormous Hinkley Point C construction site, where EDF is two years into an eight-year schedule

Project: Hinkley Point C Location: Somerset Client: EDF Main civils contractor: Bylor (Bouygues / Laing O’Rourke JV) Tunnels contractor: Balfour Beatty…