Industry looks to modular homes to solve housing crisis

Leading clients and housing minister say factory-built homes could transform the market

Crossrail 2 to let more than 200 contracts by early 2020s

Building Live: Head of commercial at Crossrail 2 says big contracts on £30bn scheme up for grabs within five years

Population of Luton to leave construction if UK pursues hard Brexit, Arcadis says

Restrictions on foreign labour could send costs sprialling and put projects in jeopardy

Crest Nicholson targets 2,000 modular homes a year

Building Live: Housebuilder boss says first modular prototype will be produced by February

Tallest tower in Square Mile gets planning green light

Work on 305m high 1 Undershaft will take six years to complete

Google to pick King's Cross HQ builder by end of year

Lendlease, Mace, Multiplex and Sir Robert McAlpine all in the running for £650m contract

Construction Leadership Council launches 'simplified' agenda

Fresh agenda due to be outlined by co-chair Andrew Wolstenholme to business leaders this week

Obituary: David Croft

Croft served as the national president of the Federation of Master Builders between 2004 and 2006

Gleeds completes paradise island resort

St Regis resort in the Maldives opens to punters, as consultant also picks up two major jobs in India

Laing O'Rourke facing £80m losses on Canadian PFI hospital

Firm in talks with consortium partners to recover shortfall after cost increases on mammoth project

Laing O'Rourke sells mobile cranes arm

Ainscough snaps up part of contractor's Select fleet division

Christmas at the Spruces #xmashumans

The Spruces tell us what really 'makes' Christmas for them… The arrival of their real Christmas human, of course.

#xmashumans

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Network Rail needs our help, says Atkins boss

Comments come as reports suggest troubled infrastructure client could be 'broken-up' over poor performance

Mace calls for £2bn transport cash boost in Autumn Statement

Contractor urges chancellor Philip Hammond to deliver fillip for construction

Mitie slides to £100m half-year loss

The services provider is to exit the domiciliary healthcare market

Reinstate zero carbon buildings targets, MPs urge

Report slams Treasury for 'last minute' and poorly-evidenced decision to axe policy

Industry leaders hail UK's signing of Paris climate deal

Agreement commits government to helping alleviate climate change

Big name architects in running for UK Holocaust memorial

Ten practices shortlisted for national memorial next to Parliament

B&Q Christmas TV advert: Mandi

Here's Mandi, B&Q's Queen of Christmas, with a huge range of trees from the magical to the musical and enough Christmas lights to illuminate Blackpool.

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Contractors to land roles on £1.3bn prisons revamp by January

The Ministry of Justice is committed to delivering 10,000 new adult prison places

How to paint furniture

Create a shabby chic look using Rust-Oleum chalky finish paint to upcycle old pieces of furniture.

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Kier says cost of shutting Caribbean arm goes up again

Firm said in September decision would cost £23m

Refurb work fuelling London office boom

But rate of new building work shows sharp fall, Deloitte crane survey says

UK construction has a modern slavery problem, government warns

Experts give advice to builders on how to guard against modern slavery in supply chains

Interserve looking for new boss as Ringrose steps down

Chief exec leaves after 13 years in role

Galliford Try confirms £87m office block contract

The eight-storey office building is part of the 26-acre masterplan to create a new city quarter in Cambridge

Tower of London's heritage status at risk from City tower splurge

Historic Royal Palaces 'extremely alarmed' by glut of tall buildings planned

Foster's to revamp London Zoo aviary

Listed structure is on Historic England's at risk register

Major German consultant launches in UK despite Brexit

Drees & Sommer opens London office and considers setting up shop in Birmingham next year

How to hang a door

Learn how to hang an interior door and fit a door handle.

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Balfour Beatty backs out of £1bn One Nine Elms scheme

Contractor is second to withdraw from twin-tower project after failing to agree terms for main build contract

Trump wins US presidency unleashing economic turmoil

Industry leaders fear victory for property mogul will destabilise the world economy

Building Awards 2016: The winners revealed

Wates boss wins first ever CEO's CEO of the year, plus full list of Building Awards winners

MoD to sell land for 55,000 homes

Major MoD review will see 91 sites sold off, including five golf courses

F+G poaches two senior Arcadis bosses

Kevin Chrisp and Andrew Prickett switch to rival consultant

Keepmoat bags £80m Leicester city centre job

Regen specialist will deliver mixed-use development with over 300 homes

Slower growth to ease skills crisis, says CITB

Report finds downturn in output will cut recruitment requirements by a third

UK's largest modular job awarded at Hinkley

Energy firm appoints contractor to build modular offices for the £18bn power plant

'Buy as you go' plan to help renters become homeowners

Chancellor Philip Hammond to launch new type of housing tenure

Historic England still opposed to Sellar's Paddington Cube

Heritage group flags concerns over damage to 'historic character' of the area

Two thirds of contractors hit by materials inflation

Latest CPA trade survey points to rising costs after the Brexit vote

Plans in for £300m Meadowhall extension

The new 330,000 sq ft leisure offering will follow on from the £60m refurbishment of the main shopping centre in Sheffield

Banker becomes Treasury's first infrastructure finance chief

Government says move reflects its desire to secure more private sector investment into infrastructure

Three quarters of firms fear key infrastructure won't be delivered

CBI and Aecom survey finds widespread concerns over rail, road and aviation pipelines

Flood defences will cost just a 'few pence a week'

Utilities not consumers will pick up bill for defence works, says former flood strategy MP Oliver Letwin

'Handbrake off' as 8build heads for £100m turnover

London-focused contractor says it has already booked in £74m of turnover for this financial year

Foster's 'hurricane-proof' Miami towers

Connected buildings will be 320m tall

L&G gets go-ahead for 440 homes in north London

Scheme designed by Assael could use off-site construction

How to hang wallpaper - paste the wall

Learn how to hang wallpaper using paste the wall paper.

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Major London office job frozen due to Brexit fears

Prospective architect Luis Vidal, designer of Heathrow Terminal 2, reveals client may go to different city

Chinese firm vying for major Royal Docks job

Property investor ASF is one of three firms in the running to take on a multibillion-pound project to redevelop Albert Island in east London

T Clarke accuses employee of stealing £2.8m

Accounting irregularities have been discovered in subsidiary firm DG Robson Mechanical Services