Graham JV secures green light for Manchester campus redevelopment

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

A joint venture (JV) involving contractor Graham has received planning consent for a major redevelopment of the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield campus. The scheme, brought forward by a...

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Can construction and procurement be solutions?

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

OTTAWA – It’s now been four years since Canada began recognizing Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and the survivors...

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Louisiana’s $3B power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should foot the bill

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

HOLLY RIDGE, LA.  — In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in...

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The limits of measuring performance by ROCE

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Return on capital employed is becoming a popular measure of performance in the construction sector. But what are its limitations?The postThe limits of measuring performance by ROCEappeared first...

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City approves 31-storey office tower at 130 Fenchurch Street

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

The City of London Corporation has granted planning consent for a 31-storey office tower at 130 Fenchurch Street, designed to deliver over 57,000 square metres of Grade A commercial space. The...

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Algoma Steel getting $500M in government loans to shift production from U.S.

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

OTTAWA — Ontario-based Algoma Steel Group Inc. will receive $500 million in federal and provincial loan assistance to help reorient its business to cope with the impact of U.S. tariffs. Ottawa’s...

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Plan to exclude new towns from local housing targets not realistic in some areas political leaders warn

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Central government’s position has been that new town developments must be additional to local housing targets

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Home purchase mortgage approvals dip as buyers wait for autumn Budget

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Demand at the upper end of the housing market has been dampened ahead of the autumn Budget

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Glider Technology ranked fifth in BusinessCloud’s PropTech 50 2025

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Glider, a leading provider of asset information management and digital handover solutions for the built environment, has been ranked fifth in the BusinessCloud PropTech 50 list for 2025.The...

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Watkin Jones signs £182m JV deal to develop tallest residential building in Scotland

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Watkin Jones signs £182m JV deal to develop tallest residential building in Scotland

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Stanwell BESS Project in Queensland reaches new milestone

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

The Stanwell Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project in Queensland, Australia, has reached a major construction milestone as all Tesla Megapack units have now been ...Read moreThe postStanwell...

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£500m social care fair pay agreement branded a ‘bear trap’

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

A new body made up of employers and trade unions intended to boost the wages of care workers will be launched next year, the government has announced.The post£500m social care fair pay agreement...

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Cost of delivery is blocking housing growth rather than planning says new report

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

The Key Cities group has called for £3bn in funding to accelerate housebuilding

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Scotland’s largest Energy Transition Skills Hub opens

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Scotland’s largest Energy Transition Skills Hub has officially opened in Aberdeen, showcasing a state-of-the-art welding academy, an advanced manufacturing zone, and pioneering digital training...

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Can Green Building Materials Reduce Carbon Emissions in Construction?

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

… in how we design,construct, and maintain structures. … The introduction of greenbuilding codes, tax incentives, and … environment for eco-friendlyconstruction. LEED, BREEAM, and … the...

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Dubai Investments Breaks Ground On Asayel Avenue at Mirdif Hills

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Dubai Investment Real Estate has announced steady progress on Asayel Avenue, the latest residential cluster within the Mirdif Hills master development Dubai Investment Real Estate, a wholly...

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Apartment Developer Asks “Can We Just Wake Up As a Region?”

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum This could, and should, be a golden moment for multifamily housing in the St. Louis Region… that is if we can stay out of own way. That message...

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FPJ NEWS POSITIVE: BMC’s 28000 Sanitation Workers Battle 6500 MT Daily Waste Amid Rising Challenges Of Construction Debris And Illegal Dumping

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

… waste and demolition &construction wastewhich pose serious environmental and … trace behind. Strain fromConstruction Wasteand Road-Washing Drive … 2,500 MT ofconstruction...

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Canned Tuna Fish Class Action Lawsuit: $152.2M Tuna Settlement Update

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Major canned tuna producers have agreed to a $152.2 million settlement in response to a class action lawsuit alleging industry-wide price-fixing. The settlement addresses claims that leading...

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“KIDstruction” Campaign for Children’s Hospital Blows The Doors Off 2025 Goals Raises $840931

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum When this year’s “KIDstruction” campaign hit its $761K campaign goal the chairs asked the campaign committee to see if they could hit $800K....

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Chinese Complete 2050-Foot-High Bridge Claims World’s Highest

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

From China Daily: The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Southwest China’s Guizhou province – set to become the world’s tallest bridge – will open to traffic on Sept 28 after more than three...

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Five luxury LA homes by SPF:architects: Your Next Employer?

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Following our previous visit to The Turret Collaborative, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Los Angeles this week to explore the work of SPF:architects. Founded in 1988,...

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Construction completed at Confederation GO in Hamilton

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

… reports that EllisDon has completedconstructionof the new Confederation GO … across the region, with majorconstructionalso underway at key future … director of the Residential andCivil...

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UP THERE EVERYWHERE Earns EcoVadis Gold

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

Remote-first agency joins global leaders in sustainability UP THERE, EVERYWHERE, the world’s first cloud-based full-service communications agency, has achieved EcoVadis Gold status for...

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Purcell completes Shoemakers Museum in Somerset

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

New museum, with exhibition design by Nissen Richards Studio, combines historic buildings with contemporary brick intervention to display Clarks’ 200-year legacy

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Oxford Science Park project adopts active slab with substructure fibre optic monitoring

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

The Daubeny Project, led by Mace Construct, is over 50% complete and features Subterra’s active raft system with fibre optic monitoring.The postOxford Science Park project adopts active slab with...

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How are water borehole filtration systems designed?

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

The first thing to realise with water filtration systems is that they need to be built to cater to specific demands. Good design begins with a lab report, not browsing a random catalogue. That being...

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AI and satellite tech identify 3000 actively moving slopes across UK

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

British Geological Survey (BGS) researchers and university academics have been trialling a method that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with satellite data to detect actively moving landslides...

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CEERISK Consulting Establishes Riyadh Base to Meet Rising Demand for Expert Risk Management

Publish date: Tue, 30 September 2025

CEERISK Consulting Ltd., an international leader in risk and engineering consultancy, has launched a new office in Riyadh to bolster its support for the Kingdom’s rapidly growing infrastructure,...

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Rate Reduction Spurs Williams Homes to Extend Buyer Incentives

Publish date: Mon, 29 September 2025

Following the Fed’s rate cut, Santa Clarita–based builder extends incentives and lifestyle-driven communities to make homeownership more attainable. SANTA CLARITA, CA, UNITED...

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