HS2 joint venture Mace/Dragados has kicked-off construction on the landmark Birmingham Curzon Street Station. Major earthworks have got underway to prepare the site for piling and foundations work to start in the Spring. This will pave the way for main construction to start in the Summer on the £570m main station building. During construction itself,

Former Carillion chief executive Richard Howson has taken up a senior role at a US contractor just months after being banned from being a company director for eight years in the UK. Howson has been named construction president at Tampa-based TECfusions. The firm builds and renovates data centres and combined heat and power systems. It

High-end residential specialist Kenham Building Limited has been gone into administration. The London and Home Counties specialist is now in the hands of ReSolve partners Cameron Gunn and Chris Farrington who have been appointed as joint administrators. Kenham had been trading for 25 years. It began life as a small building company  for its owner-developer,

Materials giant Forterra has introduced another round of price rises this year as it slashed production amid falling demand. In a trading update it said revenue for 2023 had fallen 24% to £345m from £455m last time “with the impact of falling sales volumes partially offset by pricing benefits.” Forterra added:  Despite weak demand, pricing

Moda Living and Calthorpe Estates have lodged to build more than 460 flats in a 37-storey block in Birmingham. The plans are the second phase of the 11-acre New Garden Square masterplan, which will feature over 2,000 homes and £6m of public realm. Already contractor Winvic work has started to build nearly 400 rental flats

Hinkley Point C is now expected to cost an extra £10bn to build and be delivered around three years later than programmed. Developer EDF revealed the latest in a series of setbacks for the budget and timeline after completing design for the fitout. It said this had given it clearer sight of the final outturn