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Costain is moving its headquarters from Maidenhead in Berkshire to the City of London. The UK’s fifth-largest publicly listed contractor is set to take over the seventh floor of the Mace-built ‘Can of Ham’ building at 70 St Mary Axe. The 1,600 square metre office will have space for around…

Offsite specialist Tide Construction is set to build a 32-storey build-to-rent (BTR) tower in Acton. The firm will be both the developer and contractor for the scheme, called The Castle. The tower will feature 462 flats as well as a roof terrace, cinema, library, gym, co-working space and dining rooms.…

The cost of Northern Ireland’s biggest construction projects has soared by £2.45bn, with a major contractors’ organisation warning that inflation is leading to schemes being scrapped. The anticipated cost of 77 capital projects has reached a combined £8.08bn, up 44 per cent from the £5.63bn they were priced at in…

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The owners of the Crooked House pub have been ordered to rebuild it exactly as it was. South Staffordshire Council served an enforcement notice against ATE Farms, giving it three years to rebuild “Britain’s wonkiest inn” to how it stood before it was destroyed by fire and subsequent demolition. The…

Sir Robert McAlpine has appointed a new managing director of transport and two new framework directors as it continues to rejig its executive team. Days after announcing the sudden departure of chief executive Paul Hamer, the family-owned contractor has named former Keltbray executive Vip Gandhi as its new managing director…

The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) has warned that building inspectors are being pressured to certify beyond their level of competence. In a notice to its members issued earlier this month, the professional body raised the alarm ahead of 6 April, when all building inspectors will have to be…

HS2 has launched its third tunnel boring machine (TBM), which will drill 3.4 miles under London. The TBM, known as Emily, will cover the route between the Victoria Road Crossover Box, near Old Oak Common, to Greenpark Way in Greenford. Emily is the third of four TBMs launched to construct…

Balfour Beatty has announced that Anne Drinkwater will take on the position of senior independent non-executive director in May. She replaces Stephen Billingham, who will step down from the board after the next annual general meeting. Drinkwater has served as a non-executive director for Balfour since December 2018. She will…

Several trade unions have slammed delays to the Palace of Westminster refurbishment project and called for Parliament to decide how its crumbling estate will be revived. Lengthy delays around the renovation project are increasing the risk of a “catastrophic and potentially life-threatening incident”, representatives from the GMB, Unite and FDA…