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Workers on Beatrice project in Scotland include unregulated migrants on under £5 an hour

Underbidding for contracts to bring in cash – if that is what has happened – is a dangerous practice. We need to knowThe collapse of Carillion, the building and outsourcing company, throws up so many questions about the...

‘Clean growth’ report steps into scrapping of green deal void and reinstates all new homes be zero carbon by 2020

Adam Vaughan visits the nuclear site in Somerset, where EDF is pushing ahead despite challenges from unions and Brexit

Building a house typically takes months, exacerbating the housing crisis so many people face worldwide. Apis Cor, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in 3D-printing, decided to tackle that crisis with a groundbreaking...

Concrete and steel make up the bulk of today's skyscrapers and city buildings. But both materials require huge amounts of energy to process, accounting for nearly 10 percent of global carbon emissions. University of Cambridge...

The weakest state, Tasmania, is on the mend while a manufacturing downturn, high jobless rate and weaker dollar drag on SA economy, a CommSec report says

Local authority pushes for standard with high levels of insulation and ventilation, but Irish government says measure would slow construction of new homes

You quote Tidal Lagoon Power, the company led by Mark Shorrock, as saying both “judge us on our record to date” and “no decisions have been taken” to source materials from Cornwall (Cornish up in arms over Swansea’s...

Whether you work in the building industry or are a backyard hobbyist, chances are that you’d rather spend more time building and less time on calculations and estimates...

Sweden’s building design saves energy, but is the British construction industry ready to innovate? Gordon Miller visits a pioneering development in the UK

Up to 400 constructors at site of new nuclear power station could be laid off as preparation work comes to end before final investment decision by owner EDF

Troubled infrastructure group disposes of 80% holding in Thanet Ofto project for £40m

Scepticism dogs nuclear plant, but boss Nigel Cann sure of success despite huge delays and cost overruns on similar projects Nigel Cann has a big job on...

Resilient people: In the first of our new series on individuals helping to make cities more resilient, we meet Alex Wilson and his 200-year-old passively resilient farmhouse