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Willmott Dixon has been appointed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to deliver a £61m estate investment for the British Army at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland. Procured through the Crown Commercial Service framework, Willmott Dixon will be delivering technical infrastructure to enable the rebasing of 18 Army Education Centre and

Homes England has signed a collaboration agreement with developers Keepmoat and Capital&Centric, to accelerate the delivery of new homes and build a mixed-use town centre in Northstowe. Northstowe, near Cambridge, is Britain’s largest new town under development. This agreement will enable the creation of 3,000 new homes, 50% of which

The replacement of a key local road bridge in Buckinghamshire has taken a major step forward after HS2 engineers lifted nine massive steel beams that will form the main structure of the new bridge. Stretching for 112 metres, the bridge will carry Edgcott Road across the new high-speed railway and

Working with suppliers is an essential part of any business yet, an attack on even just a single supplier can compromise others in that same supply chain. Cyber threats increasingly target supply chains across homebuilder businesses in the construction sector and a 2023 survey stated that concern is growing. Cyber

Procurement experts Fusion21 have advised landlords “to act now” so they benefit from a fresh wave of government funding which will help to ensure their homes are part of a £1.2Bn green investment. In May, the government published details of Wave 3 of The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) designed to reduce

As the new Labour Government settles into its seats on the opposite side of the house, one of their first steps in power saw the King’s Speech open Parliament and detail the government’s priorities for the months ahead. The State Opening of Parliament unveiled over 35 bills and draft bills,

The UK construction sector remained inside growth territory as the second quarter of the year drew to a close, although the overall expansion softened amid a renewed fall in housing activity. A slower rise in new orders was also recorded, in some cases linked to election uncertainty, but the pace

Building costs will increase by 15% over the next five years, while tender prices will rise by 19% over the same period, according to the latest construction forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). With demand in the sector continuing to contract, overall output is expected to fall by 5.5%

Seven in 10 project professionals working for SMEs in the UK construction sector are expecting a rise in the number of appointed projects over the next three years, according to a survey by the Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession. In a positive