Energy and water carry the week while housing turns down
Grid, water and nuclear work lands for years ahead, housing forecasts and warnings worsen, and big awards arrive with a Mace loss and more subbie failures.
This week
This week in UK construction, and what it means for the people in it.
Every Friday, the stories that mattered and what each one means for the people who build the industry: who is hiring, who is cutting, and where the work is going.
Real contracts land while the pipeline just gets busier
Five contracts put people on site this week, a wave of frameworks and approvals queue behind them, and one more contractor has folded.
Scale is winning, on site and on the books
Five major frameworks were awarded, profit outran turnover at several contractors, and Helix Construct's collapse halted six Greenwich schemes.
Contracts land, housebuilders bleed, subbies keep folding
Infrastructure and water contracts keep landing, two big housebuilders post heavy losses, and two more subcontractors collapse.
Public pipelines move again as two more contractors fold
Two contractors collapsed, frameworks moved through every stage from shortlist to signed, and four approvals opened work for the 2030s.