Laing O’Rourke has announced the appointment of Wayne Davies as chief people officer.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served a fire enforcement notice after identifying “significant fire safety shortfalls” at the Hinkley Point C nuclear construction site.

Experts from BAM, Laing O’Rourke and Wates will discuss the Common Assessment Standard (CAS), outline how compliance expectations are evolving across the sector, and discuss the growing importance of measurable social value in procurement in Construction Management webinar later this month.

For contractors, a stadium project can be a triumph – or mean a major loss. Kristina Smith asked three experts what the ingredients of a successful stadium project should be.

The judges’ unanimous choice of winner in the Digital Innovation in Health, Safety and Wellbeing category at the Digital Construction Awards 2025 was Laing O’Rourke and its innovative approach to managing risk assessment method statements.

Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Bouygues Travaux Publics have formed a “Civil Works Alliance” to deliver the main civil works at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

This category recognises the use of digitalisation, digital methodologies and technologies to enhance health, safety and wellbeing among workers on construction projects.

Discover here the eight shortlisted entries in the Digital Team of the Year category of the Digital Construction Awards 2025.

Laing O’Rourke’s design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) facility will supply 68,000m² of low-carbon concrete planks for a new 36-storey office development at 50 Fenchurch Street in London, where Multiplex is main contractor.

Matt Paradise MCIOB, senior commercial manager at Laing O’Rourke, tells CIOB People how he hopes a case study at Hinkley Point C will help to improve productivity in construction

Mosey joins from Laing O’Rourke, where he spent 16 years in a range of senior positions, most recently as head of procurement for Europe and previously head of health, safety and environment.

One of the UK’s largest Passivhaus buildings is under construction in the heart of historic Oxford. Kristina Smith visited Laing O’Rourke’s Schwarzman Centre project

Sir John Parker has announced he will be stepping down as Laing O’Rourke’s chair after eight years in the role.

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

As buildings get taller, what does that mean for elevator design and installation? KONE’s Sascha Brozek looks at the challenges of fitting elevators in tall buildings.

Standardising data – via digital product passports – is key to meeting net zero goals, declares Lars Fredenlund of Cobuilder.

New facility aims to deliver skilled, digitally capable workforce to help transform sector productivity

A project update shows the installation of a hybrid pitch at Everton FC’s new stadium ahead of its completion and handover by the end of the year.