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Costain completes Dover sea wall repairs three months early
Costain and Network Rail have completed £40m-worth of repairs to the railway at Dover three months ahead of schedule. The line between Dover...
Where now for National Infrastructure Commission?
The government has dropped plans to put the National Infrastructure Commission on a statutory footing. What was going to have been a Neighbourhood...
Barking Riverside masterplan approved
The mayor of London has approved plans for up to 10,000 new homes to be built in Barking. Sadiq Khan gave his consent...
Network Rail to provide land for 12,000 new homes by 2020
Network Rail has identified nearly 200 sites across the country that it can release for house-building. Network Rail is finalising plans to release...
City of Westminster moves against basement builders
Westminster City Council has introduced a levy on the construction of basement extensions. The levy is as part of the council’s new code...
Modular breaks through into build-to-rent market
A 23-storey block of flats for the private rented sector in Greenwich is to be built from modules made in a factory in...
UK maintains strong trade surplus in construction machinery
UK exports of construction and earthmoving equipment continued to show modest growth in the second quarter of 2016, and reverse the declining trend...
North Lanarkshire to build another 1000 council houses
North Lanarkshire Council has announced its biggest investment in council housing for a generation. It will spend £159m adding a further 1,000 houses...
Report backs improvements to A1
A new study confirms the need for improvements to a 62-mile stretch of the A1, saying that it could create safer, quicker and...
Five routes shortlisted for Manchester-Sheffield tunnel
The Department for Transport has shortlisted five routes for the proposed multi-billion-pound Trans-Pennine road tunnel linking Manchester and Sheffield. All five routes link...
Study makes case for Oxford-Cambridge Expressway
A report published yesterday by the Department of Transport says that improved connections between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge could boost the economy....
Haverhill sheltered housing to get £4.5m upgrade
Havebury Housing Partnership plans to invest £4.5m in the redevelopment of its Westbourne Court sheltered accommodation in Haverhill. Havebury is looking to create...
Curved tube track problem solved
When London Underground rail track curves, the sleepers are usually made of wood – until now, that is. The first of a new...
New scheme hopes to improve supply chain payment
The government’s Construction Leadership Council has published a new payment charter for the construction supply chain. The difference between the new Construction Supply...
Construction output drop prompts call for investment
June’s figures from the Office for National Statistics show a 0.9% drop in construction output compared to May. In response, the Civil Engineering...

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