Plans for the first major building work at Westminster Abbey in more than a quarter of a millennium have been announced. The proposals to build a crown-type structure on the roof of the medieval Abbey are expected to alter the London skyline. The corona is part of a £23 million development planned for the site [...]

The collapse of a multibillion-pound government rebuilding programme has meant that more than 160 colleges across England will have to wait until 2011 to find out if they can continue with building projects. Education minister Kevin Brennan said that 13 colleges have been allowed to continue this year. The building projects were frozen by the [...]

Environmentalists claim that 70,000 “green” jobs could be created if local councils stepped up their efforts to cut climate emissions from buildings. According to Friends of the Earth, CO2 emissions could be cut by 40% by 2020 if local authorities insulated homes and businesses and installed green energy technology in authority buildings. It said that [...]

The building industry is among a number of sectors that have recorded a steep fall in the number of people killed at work, new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal. Workplace deaths have fallen to a record low – from 233 in March 2008 to 180 in the same month this year, [...]

One of the largest pub operators in the country is set to give the construction industry a boost by creating over 2,500 jobs in the next few years. Marston`s has plans to build new pubs around the country and will start by investing £140 million this summer, creating 60 jobs. Thousands more jobs will be [...]