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  • Kier has partnered with AFC Energy to trial a clean hydrogen power generator unit at one of its sites in the South West, for eight-weeks The hydrogen power generator, called the Power Tower, utilises ...
  • Birmingham City Council has approved planning permission for two railway viaducts in the city centre which will join'Curzon Street Station'with the HS2 project. The Curzon Street Approach consists of ...
  • Prisons minister Victoria Atkins has announced that thousands of new prison places will be built across England as part of a '500m construction deal with Kier and Wates.' Kier and Wates have been awar ...
  • The British Property Federation ('BPF') has launched its'Net Zero Pledge'to cut carbon emissions across the whole of the property sector. ' As the built environment accounts for up to 40% of global gr ...
  • Arcadis has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to deliver the next phase of the 'Our Future City Plan', which will look at the city's development to 2040. The'Our Future City Plan (OFCP) was in ...
  • Kier Highways has announced that it has become the first UK highways business to achieve an industry standard in social value ( SVQM Level 2). ' The Social Value Quality Mark is an independent social ...
  • ' The Investment Room has appointed LH1 London to launch phase two of The Printworks, a landmark residential development in Bradford. Phase two of The Printworks will comprise 137 luxurious one and tw ...
  • The government has announced four major road schemes in Newcastle, Cornwall, Greater Manchester and Southampton, which it claims will generate an estimated '659.3 million in economic benefits for the ...
  • Balfour Beatty VINCI Joint Venture, HS2 Ltd's construction partner,'has begun trialling the world's first electric drilling rig on a construction site in Warwickshire. ' The 100-tonne electric drillin ...
  • Skanska'has announced that the company reached a construction milestone at The Earnshaw Building project earlier this month The Earnshaw Building project will include two separate buildings ' one of w ...
  • National framework provider'Pagabo'has appointed 48 suppliers to its new '1.56bn civils and infrastructure framework The new civils and infrastructure'framework'will allow local authorities and public ...
  • Balfour Beatty'has announced that it has secured a '50m London Underground contract to deliver essential upgrade works to the Piccadilly line. The'London Underground'contract is the first of several p ...
  • Canada Water'has unveiled a new 53-acre London regeneration scheme, which will deliver up to 3,000 new net-zero homes, and leisure, cultural and education facilities. The'Canada Water regeneration sch ...
  • Balfour Beatty'and'Ford'have teamed up to support the launch of a new 'Make it Visible' suicide prevention campaign, delivered in partnership with construction charity The Lighthouse Club. Following'M ...
  • Alliance Leisure'has started work on two new energy efficient leisure developments in Yorkshire, after a multi-million-pound investment from Harrogate Borough Council. The two new energy efficient lei ...
  • Today (24 May) marks the opening of the delayed '18bn Crossrail service. Stretching more than 100km, the new Elizabeth line links Reading and Essex via central London. ' The new'Crossrail Elizabeth li ...
  • HS2, in partnership with the'RBKC'and the'CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, has pledged support for HS2 jobseekers with disabilities and long term health conditions. ' HS2 ' through its Safe at Heart and emp ...
  • The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has launched a new EU Policy Roadmap to accelerate progress made on the decarbonisation of buildings and construction. ' The EU Policy Roadmap has been deve ...
  • A joint venture between'Cole Waterhouse'and Tonia Investments will see the delivery of 1012 apartments in Leeds city centre Together they have purchased a 3.8-acre'brownfield site'and secured planning ...
  • Three companies in the construction, property services and development sector have been recognised in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022 guide. Willmott Dixon, Wates Group and Jacobs UK Ltd hav ...