National Highways has appointed Costain to design and build a new junction on the M5 motorway. Awarded through the Regional Delivery Partnership (RDP) framework, the contract is worth approximately £100m…

Construction of HS2’s longest tunnel is complete, almost five years after the works started. Once fitted out with tracks and overhead electrical equipment as part of later phases of the…

London’s affordable housing system is failing to keep pace with need despite public investment through the mayor’s Affordable Homes Programme, according to a new report. The London Assembly Housing Committee’s…

How can rework be minimised throughout the construction lifecycle? That’s the question that will be addressed by a panel of experts in a forthcoming CM webinar. Rework is one of…

A builder who threatened inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and told them his name was James Bond has been fined. David Robert Lane was the site manager…

The Digital Collaboration of the Year category, sponsored by Bluebeam, at the Digital Construction Awards 2026 features nine supply chain-wide teams working together. This category recognises the best use of…

Digital approaches to health and safety should help construction sites to be safer places to work, but do they work equally well for staff and the self-employed? Melvin Keyani FCIOB,…

Omagh businessman Desmond Scott, founder and chair of Scott & Ewing Ltd and Woodvale Construction Company Ltd, has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)…

Seven great ways of making sites safer have made the shortlist for Digital Innovation in Health, Safety and Wellbeing category at the Digital Construction Awards 2026. This category recognises the…

Morgan Sindall Construction’s London business has begun the refurbishment of the historic Kings Hall Leisure Centre in Hackney, with plans to preserve key features of the Grade II-listed building throughout…