Balfour Beatty has pleaded not guilty to health and safety offences related to a worker death at a nuclear site in Berkshire. The tier one contractor entered a not guilty plea yesterday (18 March) in a prosecution brought by the UK’s independent nuclear regulator the… The post Balfour Beatty pleads not guilty in nuclear site
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Profit fell at civils contractor Renew Holdings despite strong performances in the water and rail sectors. Pre-tax profit at the firm fell by more than 5 per cent to £56.7m from £60.2m in the year to 30 September 2025. Turnover, though, reached another “record”, with… The post Renew profit dips despite ‘strongest’ water performance appeared
A legal battle in which Balfour Beatty was claiming damages from truck manufacturers operating a cartel has drawn to a close, Construction News understands. The UK’s biggest contractor launched legal action against 14 firms – including Fiat Chrysler, Volvo, Renault and Daimler (see full list below)… The post Balfour Beatty court battle over ‘serious’ trucks cartel
Hundreds of listed ecclesiastical buildings across the UK are at risk of structural deterioration amid tax relief concerns, peers have said. In a House of Lords debate on listed historic buildings, held on Tuesday (14 January), speakers raised concerns around the future of a government… The post Lords sound alarm at VAT impact on historic
Profit at John Sisk nearly quadrupled as it completed a number of significant builds. The contractor penned a pre-tax profit of £8.4m for the year to 31 December 2021, in comparison to £2.8m the year prior. Much of that was due to a “number of… The post John Sisk profit jumps after major project wins…
HS2 has fired up its first giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) in London. The 2,000-tonne piece of equipment, known as Sushila, was launched in Hillingdon on 6 October and will bore five miles towards Greenford in west London. Sushila will work on a 24-hour basis… The post HS2 launches first giant TBM in London appeared…
Developers and the government have so far failed to agree the terms of a new remediation contract, CN understands. The legally binding plan for developers to commit to remediating unsafe buildings is not at a point “where developers can reasonably sign it”, one of the… The post Remediation contract far from ready as talks continue…
Scotland is facing a £900m shortfall in the rush to identify and remediate dangerous cladding across its homes, schools and hospitals. The Scottish Government has so far received £97.1m to remediate dangerous buildings of cladding, via the Barnett Formula which determines payments from Westminster to… The post Scotland confirms £900m remediation funding gap for dangerous…