Beleaguered Interserve had some good news for the City last week with confirmation of a five-year contract award worth £227m from the Department for Work and Pensions. Interserve will provide the DWP estate with mechanical, electrical and building maintenance. The… Continue Reading →

Laing O’Rourke has been named preferred contractor for the vast retail extension of the Brent Cross shopping centre in London. Joint owners Hammerson and Standard Life Investments have signed a pre-construction services agreement as part of a two-stage tender process… Continue Reading →

Carillion chief Keith Cochrane says latest deals with banks and pension fund will give indebted firm up to £190m headroom in 2018 Under the heads of agreement Serco now has a few weeks to finalise the deal. The transfers of… Continue Reading →

The Association of British Insurers is calling for an end to the use of combustible cladding and a total revamp of the Building Regulations. The insurance trade body made its demands in a submission to the ongoing review of fire… Continue Reading →

Wates and one of its subcontractors have been sentenced after a project to remove cowls to redundant flue pipes resulted in carbon monoxide (CO) entering a residential tower. Cambridge Crown Court heard how, on 19 December 2014, a mistake regarding… Continue Reading →

A fundraising quiz night organised by Farnham-based groundwork and materials supplier Rudridge has helped to raise £1,000 on behalf of the charity Macmillan Cancer Support. Gathering at Silvermere Golf Club in Cobham, Surrey the competitors, who were made up of… Continue Reading →

JCT’s student competition offers £1000 prize for the best answer The JCT Student Competition 2018 is now open for entry, with a £1000 grand prize available for the student who can produce the best answer to what inspires them about… Continue Reading →

Up to 800 homes and a large business park now look set to be built at Nottinghamshire’s last deep mine. Developer Harworth Group has obtained outline consent to transform the 450-acre former Thoresby Colliery site, next to Sherwood Forrest. It… Continue Reading →