Chris Smith becomes new Environment Agency chairman
Posted: 09 May 2008Former MP Chris Smith has been appointed as the new chairman of the Environment Agency.
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Ardmore wins £35m London waterfront deal
Posted: 09 May 2008Ardmore Construction has nabbed a £35m mixed developemnt deal on London's waterfront.
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£60m Ardmore scheme delayed due to economic slowdown
Posted: 09 May 2008A £60m mixed-use development in Greenwich which was won by Ardmore has been delayed indefinitely.
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Carillion wins £250m Newcastle-upon-Tyne development
Posted: 09 May 2008Carillion is in discussions with a local developer for an estimated £250m deal in the North East, according to a well-placed source.
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Gleeson Building enjoys nine-fold increase in profit
Posted: 09 May 2008Gleeson Building’s second year of independent trading was “slightly ahead of plan”, says finance director Mike Lethaby. Pre-tax profit jumped nine-fold to £910,000.
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Housing association hands over land following 'mismanagement'
Posted: 09 May 2008The Housing Corporation has ordered a housing association to hand over its land to another organisation following a statutory inquiry into 'mismanagement' in its affairs.
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Ikea flat pack home sales fall amid mortgage lender caution
Posted: 09 May 2008Caution among mortgage lenders has led to a drop in sales for Ikea’s new flat pack home.
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Trump resort's economic impact more important than environment
Posted: 09 May 2008Donald Trump will claim his £1bn golf resort in Aberdeenshire is of “national importance” and more important than any adverse environmental effects.
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Transport groups unhappy with M25 widening award
Posted: 09 May 2008Anger has surfaced over the proposed bidders for the M25 widening contract.
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Council to bulldoze £2m home for being 'too high'
Posted: 09 May 2008A £2m luxury home in Cheshire faces being bulldozed because its ceilings are 1.2m too high.
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Uninsured scaffolder's death leaves family with funeral bill
Posted: 09 May 2008The family of an apprentice scaffolder who fell 6.5m to his death on a London site is facing thousands of pounds in funeral costs after the company he worked for said he was not insured.
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Youngman beefs up access tower
Posted: 09 May 2008Youngman has beefed up the design of its Boss Zone 1 modular fibreglass access tower.
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Offices closed after refurb workers disturb asbestos
Posted: 09 May 2008A county council's offices have been closed after building contractors discovered dangerous levels of asbestos.
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Building firms fined £20,000 after worker falls
Posted: 09 May 2008Two building firms have been fined £20,000 after a worker fell down a concrete staircase and suffered head injuries that have kept him in hospital for 18 months.
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Oakdene Homes reports £5m profit
Posted: 09 May 2008Oakdene Homes, the south England housebuilder and property developer, made a pre-tax profit of £5m last year on turnover of £36m.
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Wembley company found guilty of deadly safety breach
Posted: 08 May 2008A Wembley-based construction company has been found guilty of breaching safety regulations on a Dublin worksite where a worker was killed.
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Birkenhead cranes demolition - VIDEO
Posted: 08 May 2008Birkenhead-based Technical Demolition Services last week dispatched two cranes at the West Float, Birkenhead, Wirral.
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HIPs hit by housing market slowdown
Posted: 08 May 2008The introduction of Home Information Packs (HIPs) has been delayed by the government again – now because of the slowdown in the housing market.
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Waco UK reveal a pre-tax loss of £6m
Posted: 08 May 2008Waco UK, the specialist in off-site manufacture of pre-fabricated buildings for the construction industry, has unveiled more losses.
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£350m Suffolk snow dome approved
Posted: 08 May 2008Plans to build a £350m snow dome that houses winter sports has been approved subject to strict terms and conditions.
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