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Latest news on UK construction, providing comprehensive coverage of housebuilding, housebuilders, homebuilding, contractors, builders, developers, civil engineering, infrastructure, HS2, Sizewell C, building safety, the Building Safety Regulator, planning, housing minister announcements, building materials and results from Balfour Beatty, Kier, Costain, Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Redrow and Berkeley.

Construction is one of the largest employers and most closely watched sectors in the UK economy. Major contractors such as Balfour Beatty, Kier, Costain, Skanska, Willmott Dixon, Wates, Laing O'Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine build everything from homes to hospitals, railways and power stations. Engineering consultancies including Arup, Mott MacDonald, AECOM, Jacobs, WSP and Atkins design and manage many of the largest projects.

Housebuilding sits at the centre of the debate. Housebuilders such as Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Redrow, Bellway, Berkeley, Redrow and Crest Nicholson are judged on completions, land and planning, while the housing minister and councils set the policy backdrop. Delays to building safety approvals, planning reform, skills shortages, material costs and a high rate of contractor insolvencies are recurring challenges. Big programmes such as HS2 and Sizewell C show how cost and timing pressures affect infrastructure.

Behind the headlines are the people who build Britain: bricklayers, electricians, engineers, surveyors, architects and site managers. Apprenticeships, careers in the trades, site safety and diversity are all part of the story. Regeneration schemes, new schools and community projects also change how towns and cities look and feel.

The industry has been shaped by post-war council housebuilding, the new towns and the Victorian railways, and by hard lessons since. The Grenfell Tower fire led to the Building Safety Act and a new Building Safety Regulator, while the collapse of Carillion exposed the risks of thin margins and long supply chains. These events still influence how contracts, safety and regulation are handled.

Our NewsNow feed on UK construction is updated constantly with the most relevant headlines from reliable sources. Whether you follow contractors, builders merchants such as Travis Perkins and Jewson, building materials makers such as Kingspan and Breedon, or the wider housing and infrastructure picture, this feed brings the sector's news together in one place.