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Forgemasters tops out machine shop

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:31:00 +0100

Sheffield Forgemasters and contractor McLaughlin & Harvey have held a topping out ceremony for its 30,000 square metre new machine shop.

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Vistry expects £30m pre tax loss in first half

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:23:00 +0100

Vistry has released a six month trading update, and warned that it expects to deliver a loss before tax in the first half of 2026 of approximately £30m.

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Passivhaus homes delivered in Salford

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:46:00 +0100

Willohaus, a development of 100 Passivhaus-certified homes in Salford, designed by Buttress Architects and built by Eric Wright Construction, has welcomed its first residents.

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Close Brothers funds Leics homes

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:39:00 +0100

Close Brothers Property Finance has financed the fourth phase of Mulberry Homes' Kingsbury Park development, which has a gross development value of £120m.

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HS2 completes 'green' tunnel

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:06:00 +0100

HS2 has completed its first 'green' tunnel, am 880m cut-and-cover tunnel at Copthall built by SCS (Skanska, Costain, Strabag) using 1.2m cubic metres of material excavated from nearby Northholt tunnel.

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Hitachi launches small long excavator

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100

Hitachi has launched the smallest model in its super long front excavator range, the ZX95US-7 SLF, targeting jobs like sewer installation, drainage works and urban utility projects.

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CITB spotlights net zero training

The Construction Index — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:50:00 +0100

The CITB is highlighting employer-led training programmes from Balfour Beatty, Berkeley Group, and Donaldson Timber Systems, funded by its Industry Impact Fund (IIF), during Net Zero Week.

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Marlborough wins £150m West Berks highways contract

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:42:00 +0100

Marlborough Highways has secured a seven-year highways maintenance contract with West Berkshire Council, worth £150m.

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BAM completes £88m Passivhaus school

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:35:00 +0100

BAM UK & Ireland has completed the new £88m Caledonia High School, built to Passivhaus principles, for Fife Council.

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Growth for Graham in latest results

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:28:00 +0100

Graham has achieved revenue of £1.2bn in the year to March 31, up 16%, with profit before tax up 42% to £35.8m. Its cash position grew to £260.7m. Its CEO Andrew Bill will retire later this year, to be replaced by Courtney McCormick.

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Watson & Hillhouse joins global piling platform

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:15:00 +0100

Watson & Hillhouse, acquired by investor DevCo, will join Finland's Movax and the Netherlands' Dieseko, in a new 'platform' for piling.

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Global acquires majority stake in Prism

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100

Energy and infrastructure business Global has taken a controlling stake in project management and controls specialist Prism.

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AtkinsRéalis signs Sizewell civil works agreement

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:53:00 +0100

AtkinsRéalis has signed a new five-year framework agreement to continue its civil works role at Sizewell C.

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CIBSE publishes overheating guide

The Construction Index — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:37:00 +0100

As Britain struggled through another heat wave, CIBSE released an updated guide to overheating risk, developed with Arup, Loughborough University, and Inkling.

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M Group prospects takes off at Gatwick

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:41:00 +0100

M Group has won a place on the Buildings and Civils Frameworks at London Gatwick.

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Hill Group reports £1.1bn revenue, 3,329 new homes

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:36:00 +0100

The Hill Group has reported revenue of £1.164bn and profit before tax of £92.5m, with 3,329 new homes completed, in the year to March 31 2026.

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Lendlease, Crown Estate partner for £24bn Impact

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:29:00 +0100

Lendlease and The Crown Estate have formed a £24bn partnership to build new homes alongside science, innovation and commercial spaces in the UK.

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Tracto upgrades HDD

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:05:00 +0100

Tracto has launched an upgraded version of its 18ACS horizontal directional drill, the Grundodrill 20 ACS, the first unit of which has already been sold to a Tier 1 contractor.

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Work starts at Worksop Priory shops

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:54:00 +0100

G F Tomlinson has marked the start of construction on the £19.9m 'levelling up' redevelopment of the Priory Shopping Centre, being developed for Bassetlaw District Council, and delivered under Pagabo's Medium Works Framework.

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New for old at EBS

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0100

A year on from its acquisition by M Squared, specialist conservation and restoration contractor EBS Construction Limited has appointed a new management team.

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McLaren to deploy FieldAI robots

The Construction Index — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:28:00 +0100

McLaren Construction will deploy autonomous robots from FieldAI on its construction sites.

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New new homes plan for Scunthorpe

The Construction Index — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0100

North Lincolnshire Council has announced a new new homes plan for Scunthorpe, replacing an old new homes plan, Lincolnshire Lakes, first announced more than 20 years ago.

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AtkinsRéalis appoints global water lead

The Construction Index — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0100

AtkinsRéalis has appointed Ian Dyck, who joins from Aecom, as global market lead, water, targeting growth in the delivery of complex water programmes.

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Students return to RAAC-free school

The Construction Index — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:09:00 +0100

Pupils have returned to St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham, rebuilt by BAM UK & Ireland after more than 80% of the structure was found to be impacted by the use of RAAC in its construction.

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Wirral Waters home construction starts

The Construction Index — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:58:00 +0100

Peel Waters, with JV partners Qualis Developments and Forshaw Group, has started construction work on phase two of Redbridge Quay, where it is building 90 new homes.

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Manitowoc's MGX launches in UK

The Construction Index — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0100

Manitowoc has brought its MGX Equipment Services business to Europe, with the opening of new UK branches in Buckingham and Barnsley.

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Caddick to build extra care housing

The Construction Index — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:33:00 +0100

Caddick will build 141 homes at Torus Homes' Blowick Moss Lane extra care development in Southport.

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Liebherr Nenzing celebrates 50th with three new machines

The Construction Index — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:11:00 +0100

Liebherr has held a 50th anniversary celebration of its Nenzing plant, and marked the date with three machine launches: a new dragline machine, new rope suspended leader with hyrdraulic hammer, and a new mixing cutter.

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Finning invests in portable power

The Construction Index — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:49:00 +0100

Finning UK & Ireland has invested in Instagrid portable battery power stations to allow its field service engineers to work on customer equipment sustainably, even when a power connection is not available.

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Haulotte extends parts warranty

The Construction Index — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:43:00 +0100

Haulotte has extended its warranty offer on all genuine spare parts to two years.

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