Byrne Group has suffered another year of losses after problem projects secured by fit-out arm Chorus and builder Ellmer took their toll. While profits at the core concrete business trebled to £6m in the year to March 2016, the conclusion of several loss-making contracts secured… Continue Reading →

A construction company and its managing director have been prosecuted for operating an unsafe site during the conversion of a building in Bollington. Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard how the conditions on the site, where a former pub was… Continue Reading →

A roofing contractor and its two directors have been sentenced after admitting working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central Manchester during a major refurbishment job. A member of public witnessed and photographed unsafe work at a construction… Continue Reading →

Carillion starts work today on the first building at the former Vaux brewery site in Sunderland after the site has stood empty for 17 years. The key city centre site now forms part of a major city wide regeneration programme being undertaken… Continue Reading →

International property and construction consultancy, Gleeds, has recently begun work as project and cost manager to Seven Capital’s £34 million Landsdowne House development. Located at 2 Hagley Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the scheme will be one of the first major… Continue Reading →

Analysis by KPMG has revealed a £38.9 billion jump in the value of the UK Government infrastructure and construction pipeline since March 2016. It also revealed that 60 percent of the £502.3 billion in pipeline value is predicted to be… Continue Reading →

Dave Sheridan, CEO at Keepmoat said: “Estate regeneration is not just about increasing density and building more homes. Large scale regeneration projects bring improvements to existing homes and infrastructure; maximising the volume of housing available and making the government’s housing… Continue Reading →