Balfour Beatty has just started work on a 1900-bed student accommodation scheme for Sussex University after closing a 54-year design, build, finance and maintain deal. The West Slope Residences is the next stage in the Unversity’s campus modernisation plan, which saw Balfour deliver the East Slope Residences project back in 2020. Balfour Beatty Investments will

Construction new work contracted by 2% last year as the slowdown in house building dragged the industry down. But despite the fall in new work activity, a sharp 8.3% rise in RMI work managed to lift the industry’s overall output into positive growth of 2% last year. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics

Supply chain issues and cost overruns at a large project plunged BAM’s UK building business to a £13m loss last year. But the problems at BAM Construction were avoided at the Dutch construction group’s UK civils business. BAM Nuttall consolidated its position as the biggest of the two UK businesses while putting in a stellar

McLaren Construction has confirmed it has signed a £132m deal to overhaul the flagship House of Fraser store on London’s Oxford Street. The firm will repurpose the art deco landmark with an extensive programme of repair and refurbishment to produce a 34,000 sq m mixed-use development containing retail, office, leisure and catering elements. The building

Oxford United have unveiled plans to build the first stadium in the country powered solely by electricity. The club would use a low-carbon energy supply to create its ‘all-electric’, 16,000-seat stadium. After an extensive site search, a site in Kidlington, five miles to the north of the city centre, has been identified as the only

Constructionline is kicking-off a a new round of meet the buyer events with a subcontractor hunt in Birmingham and a rebranding of its programme. The meet the buyer events will now be know as Marketplace Live to align closer with Constructionline’s online platform. Marketplace Live gives members the chance to find and discuss work opportunities

Developer Henley Investment Management has secured planning consent to revamp the Albert and Swedish Wharf in Fulham. The scheme will transform the two-acre site by Wandsworth Bridge on the north bank of the Thames to provide a 55,000 sq ft logistics facility. Cargo boats will bring goods up the River Thames to dock in the