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Bovis signs £237m East Midlands barracks upgrade contract

Bovis Construction has signed a contract with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to build new facilities at Kendrew Barracks and Bulwell Army Reserve Centre in the East Midlands.

Laing O’Rourke’s Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction in Worksop was used to demonstrate some of the technologies. Photo credit: John Sturrock

Laing first in construction to achieve group-wide quality standard

View of the Grenfell tower from the street.

Grenfell Inquiry expert appointed interim chief construction adviser

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CIOB seeks experts for Sector Led Group for Quantity Surveying

A row of detached new build homes. The government has accepted the CMA's recommendation to develop a single mandatory consumer code for housebuilders.

‘Who’s going to build these homes?’ – industry reacts to Labour’s new towns

A construction site where a roof has collapsed on a home, there's debris everywhere - a builder has avoided jail after a roof collapsed, destroyed a home and injured three workers

Builder avoids jail after roof collapse injures three and destroys home

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In pictures | The best images from September

Mike Reader MP. Image Julie Kim

‘1.5 million homes is completely achievable – but they must be good quality’

A man talking behind a lectern with a screen behind him - Mark Farmer delivering the 2025 CIOB Sir James Wates Lecture

Mark Farmer: AI ‘blind spot’ threatens construction’s professional services

A construction site with a medieval tower suspended on stilts

Medieval church tower suspended 14m above ground at City high-rise site

Close up of a person's hand filling glass from water tap - the government has launched a consultation on water-saving proposals

‘Small changes’ to Building Regs could make new homes more water efficient

Mugshot of a man smiling at the camera - John Sisk & Son CEO has been appointed Build UK's new chair

Sisk CEO appointed Build UK’s new chair

A row of detached new build homes. The government has accepted the CMA's recommendation to develop a single mandatory consumer code for housebuilders.

Clarion secures £26m of government funding to build affordable homes

A construction site showing a ground shoring system

In pictures | Bespoke ground shoring supports major data centre project

Outside of a closed ISG project with white scaffold sheeting and black hoarding with ISG signagne. Lawyers share five considerations for subcontractors worried about the impact that ISG's collapse might have on them.

Construction fintech backs ISG subcontractors for class action

A mugshot of a man smiling at the camera - Gary Anstey was killed when a collapsing wall fell onto him

Contractor fined after collapsing wall kills ‘full of life’ employee

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Powered access in construction: what’s your view?

The Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria (image: Dreamstime)

Two charged after strikers hit by vehicle at Sellafield

Builder fined after boy’s skull fractured by falling pipe

Ductwork on a ceiling - BESA and TICA warn of serious safety risks posed by operatives often working for multi-trade firms

Trade bodies warn about unqualified contractors ahead of Awaab’s Law

A construction site next to the sea with. There's a big white concrete mixer truck and a yellow crane.

Heat-conducting concrete helps connect windfarm to mainland

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