The robotic brick laying robot, Hadrian X has been pretty busy this summer. After breaking its lay speed record of 200 blocks laid per hour, the robot is now taking on commercial structures.

Kier has been appointed to deliver a £30m building for Swansea University. The firm will build the new Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials, a research and innovation hub for the UK’s semiconductor industry. Situated on Swansea University’s Bay Campus in its engineering quarter, the three-storey…

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Rydon did not sign a contract with cladding subcontractor Harley Facades for its work on the Grenfell Tower, the inquiry into the 2017 fire heard today. The two parties agreed the scope of works according to a letter of intent issued by Rydon. In a…

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Travis Perkins’ restructuring plan, meant to save £120m annually, has cost the firm £111m in one-off costs, it has revealed. The builders’ merchant said in a trading update this morning that the restructuring programme is under way to reduce overheads in line with anticipated outlook…

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Harley pushed its preference for aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding to be used on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment a year before the project started, the inquiry into the 2017 fire heard today. The inquiry was shown an email from Harley commercial manager Mark Harris to…

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Friday 4 September marked the start of main works on the HS2 rail megaproject – a largely symbolic moment given the scale of endeavours to date. It is not every project where the installation of 2,750-tonne bridge – the first permanent structure, moved into position…

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L&Q’s acquisition of new developments remains on hold, the company has confirmed. The housing association announced in February that it was pausing new business while it reviewed the safety of its existing buildings and planned up to £250m of remediation work on them. A spokesperson…

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The number of workers testing positive for COVID-19 at Bowmer & Kirkland’s Amazon distribution centre in Nottinghamshire has risen to 39. A test centre has now been set up for the between 600-700 people working at the site in a bid to control the spread…

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NMCN has appointed former SIG executive Richard Monro as its new company secretary. Monro spent more than 15 years as group company secretary at the materials firm until the end of last year, and also held the same role at Marshalls between 1998 and 2004.…

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Homes England has announced a partnership with peer-to-peer finance lending platform Invest & Fund to increase the amount of finance available to SME developers. A £25m revolving fund will be created to provide small builders with loans of between £400,000 and £2.5m, with Homes England…

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