Construction News and Trends

1 day TfL https://www.riverstonenetworks.com/builders-automation-revolutionizing-construction.html has appointed Costain to improve access at South Kensington station, improving access to some of London’s most famous museums. How one country is engineering its way out of a construction cost crisis Blackstone is a major seller in January commercial real estate deals

• 2 days Proof-of-concept tests have been completed on a new information hub, designed to allow structured sharing of construction product data across Europe.
• 6 hours Balfour Beatty is working on a £65m contract, awarded in May 2026, to expand Edinburgh airport.
• House builder goes into administration days before court hearing and £300,000 fine
• Con Dig (14-Sep-26) — The weekend news cycle was relatively light, so today’s briefing combines fresh Monday project activity with the most significant late-Friday federal construction awards that remain newly relevant to the market.
• 5 days Sizewell C has received planning approval to build tunnel components at a site in Avonmouth, previously used by Hinkley Point C.
• Manchester Airports Group procurement director takes newly-created executive role

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6 hours Willmott Dixon has been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver a Sheppard Robson-designed £46m rebuild of Bramhall High School in Stockport. 6 hours Balfour Beatty is working on a £65m contract, awarded in May 2026, to expand Edinburgh airport. 6 hours Scotland’s Trust Housing Association, which provides almost 4,000 homes in the country, has picked David Knight as its new chair.

Esh wins Gateshead energy efficiency contract

1 day Severfield has appointed Terry Fitzmaurice as chief commercial officer, a newly created role, tasked with leading the structural steel group’s commercial, procurement and estimating functions. 6 hours AGD Equipment has a new fully electric Marchetti compact crawler crane, the CW23.35 HY, available for hire. 5 hours Liebherr is launching a new 22t rail excavator, the RE 22 M Litronic, at Innotrans, featuring a newly developed hydrostatic rail-wheel undercarriage and improved cab. 5 hours The Modulaire Group’s Algeco UK has achieved an EcoVadis Platinum rating, placing it in the top 1% of companies assessed globally for the sustainability mark.

Willmott Dixon set to start £24m Solihull village centre job

Con Dig (14-Sep-26) — The weekend news cycle was relatively light, so today’s briefing combines fresh Monday project activity with the most significant late-Friday federal construction awards that remain newly relevant to the market. 6 hours Jacobs has been appointed by Germany’s BGE to provide project support services for the Konrad Repository, a low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste storage facility in Salzgitter, Germany. https://invest24news.com/the-science/page/4 Firm to focus on construction and infrastructure after posting strong set of results Sister company set to follow construction business into administration Planning-delayed projects finally start as Nottingham firm predicts 30% growth

Construction Dig Morning Briefing — September 16, 2026

• 6 hours Jacobs has been appointed by Germany’s BGE to provide project support services for the Konrad Repository, a low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste storage facility in Salzgitter, Germany.
• 2 days M Group has sustainably recycled more than 200,000 water meters for Yorkshire Water and Netmore as part of an AMP8 programme that could see more than four million meters replaced over five years.
• 6 hours AGD Equipment has a new fully electric Marchetti compact crawler crane, the CW23.35 HY, available for hire.
• Work to start on site later this year to convert former council offices into hotel
• Group revenue set to pass £2bn milestone next year based on strong orders

Cost-cutting starts as Tamdown and Coleman businesses remain in red An Informa PLC company.

5 days Sizewell C has received planning approval to build tunnel components at a site in Avonmouth, previously used by Hinkley Point C. 5 days Miller Knight has expanded its apprentice training academy, aiming to increase intake to 12 apprentices at a time, with 27 expected to complete the programme each year. 2 days Reds10 and Arcadis have completed the first phase of work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation on accommodation for 200 army personnel at Trenchard Lines in Upavon, Wiltshire. 1 day Travis Perkins Managed Services (TPMS) has been appointed to the Communities and Housing Investment Consortium’s Merchants and Materials framework, through to 2036.

What construction leaders need to know for 2026

Kingshurst regeneration moves into construction after funding sign-off $1.05B Army facilities contract opens work to 40-plus contractors More than 40 contractors will compete… Con Dig (15-Sep-26) — Major federal facilities work, transit procurement and a new Delaware port lead today’s US construction briefing.