Dubai based developer Arada has acquired an 80% stake in the planned £2.5bn Thameside West scheme in London’s Royal Docks. The Foster + Partners designed project will deliver at least 5,000 homes, ...

Mace Consult has appointed Zoe Price as its new Managing Director for Europe. Price was chief executive of ISG when the contractor imploded last year owing more than £1bn.

The Grand Union Canal Transfer is a joint venture between Severn Trent, Affinity Water and the Canal & River Trust to move water from the Midlands to the South East as pressure grows on national ...

Plans to reshape Derby’s city centre Market Place are being lined up for a New Year planning submission as Vinci UK Developments and Ion Developments fire the starting gun on a final round of public ...

A construction client has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was found dead on a building site in London. Moses Meisels received a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for one year, ...

Arrests were made last week following an immigration enforcement raid at a Vistry site in East Sussex last week. The BBC reported that a Home Office immigration enforcement team and Sussex Police ...

One of the country’s biggest timber suppliers National Timber Group England has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators. The move gives the Sheffield-based supplier, which employs over 1 ...

The Health and Safety Executive has launched a consultation on proposals to improve the application of the Control of Asbestos Regulations and guidance around asbestos management to help protect ...

Developer Landsec has pushed back the start dates for four huge residential schemes capable of delivering 9,000 homes as viability pressures continue to choke new build activity.

Knights Brown recently started work on a major coastal flood protection scheme in Paignton and Preston for Torbay Council. The multi-year project will protect more than 350 homes and businesses ...

Glencar has been appointed by Wilson Bowden to deliver the new Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Centre (SMMC) at the Atom Valley site in Rochdale. The 43,500 sq ft project will deliver a ...

John Sisk & Son has poached the managing director of Graham’s civil engineering arm to head up its fast-growing infrastructure division. Leo Martin will join in January as chief operating officer for ...