1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (214+ words) 20 Aug 2026 By CN Staff The shortlist for TechFest Awards 2026 has been announced. In total, 185 finalists were shortlisted across 21 categories, highlighting achievements in the construction and civil engineering industries that make the most of technological innovations. The TechFest conference and awards…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (280+ words) 20 Aug 2026 By Nicola Harley Almost a third of students sitting the Construction and Built Environment GCSE achieved the highest mark this year, as entries and pass rates for the course rose across the UK. The latest annual GCSE results released…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (400+ words) 19 Aug 2026 By Harmsworth Bouygues UK has been appointed to deliver a £64m rebuild and refurbishment of Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School in Crawley. The contractor was appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) under the government’s School Rebuilding Programme. Construction was…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (579+ words) 14 Aug 2026 By Greg Pitcher Three Somerset school projects have been put on hold due to financial concerns. A report to Somerset Council’s executive ahead of a meeting on 5 August revealed that delivery of Chard Primary School, Wilstock Primary School and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (307+ words) Andy Burnham's skills focus is welcome, but capability must not be overlooked, says Marie-Claude Hemming policy director at the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Last week, prime minister Andy Burnham announced further reforms to our education system. The key…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (295+ words) 04 Aug 2026 By Harmsworth GMI has secured a £17.3m contract to build a new library and business centre for Warwickshire County Council in Nuneaton. The Leeds-based contractor was selected through a competitive flexible procedure to deliver the project under a single-stage design-and-build…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (440+ words) 04 Aug 2026 By Greg Pitcher Wring Group has started demolition work on a £162m project to deliver a sports and convention centre as well as a raft of other development in Bristol. The local contractor began dismantling a hangar on the 3.6ha site…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (355+ words) 03 Aug 2026 By Harmsworth Graham has reached financial close on a £530m redevelopment of the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield campus. The contractor will deliver 3,300 student rooms through a 50-year partnership involving the university, infrastructure investor Equitix and pensions insurer Rothesay. Rothesay is providing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (216+ words) 31 Jul 2026 By cnstaff The shortlist for the CN Workforce Awards 2026 has been unveiled. A total of 138 entries – up 17 per cent on last year’s event – have been chosen across 22 categories, highlighting the quality of submissions this year. Tier one contractors are…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (643+ words) 29 Jul 2026 By CN Contributor Mark London is senior partner and head of construction at law firm Devonshires One of Tony Blair’s key policies back in the halcyon days of 1997 was to get up to 50% of young people into higher education…...