The monthly survey of construction’s purchasing managers shows a strong rebound in growth momentum in June, with house-building and commercial building accelerating.

Skanska has sold the second plot of its UK residential development land bank to Crest Nicholson for £35m.

Construction work has now started in Portsmouth on a new headquarters from which it is hoped the 2017 Americas Cup will be won for Britain.

Civil engineering contractor South West Highways has been fined for failing to get permission before carrying out repairs to a road bridge in north Devon.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has published its 2015 election manifesto calling for a massive boost to school building, housing developments on green belts and £1.3bn for cycling and walking.

Amey has appointed Dave Spencer as managing director of its consultancy business.

Construction workers are being urged to check their pay packets this week to make sure they have the pay rise they are due.

Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins is setting up a dedicated distribution facility for Manchester’s Trafford Housing Trust under a new four-year procurement partnership.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ first ever female president gives her inaugural address at the governing council meeting in London today.

Think-tank Demos is calling for evidence from across the construction industry for research it is undertaking into construction apprenticeships.

Former Laing O’Rourke director Steve Hollingshead has joined Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) as construction director.

Hyder Consulting director Andrew Henderson has joined WSP as operations director of its UK building services business.

Building contractor United House is using a new tablet application to manage its projects.

The growing shortage of skilled professionals in the construction industry represents an opportunity to make more profit, according to cost consultant Sweett.

Cambridgeshire’s West Anglia Training Association (WATA) has become the latest training provider to gain Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) accreditation.

The London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has launched a campaigned to get a new bridge built across the Thames in east London.

The first of three Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors remains on target for operation in 2024 after Westinghouse parent company Toshiba completed a £102m deal to take control of the NuGen project in Cumbria.

Since 2009 there has been virtually no speculative office development outside of London… until now.

ISG is closing its Tonbridge office in Kent as part of a restructuring of its regional UK operations.

The Welsh government is backing a new initiative to reduce waste in the construction industry.

The latest registration statistics from the National House-Building Council (NHBC) suggest that the house-building boom might have peaked.

An Essex joinery firm has been fined for safety failings after an employee was crushed by half a tonne of fibreboard (MDF) at its premises in Basildon.

Balfour Beatty has recruited four new managers to the top of its UK and Ireland construction team.

Southampton Football Club’s St Mary’s stadium is set to be the first in Europe to have LED floodlights.

The National Audit Office (NAO) is putting the squeeze on the government for awarding £16.6bn of energy contracts without competition.

The Scottish government has set out plans for an additional £220m for building schools and hospitals.

Manchester City Football Club has released a video that shows the construction sequence for a new tier on the South Stand of its Etihad stadium.

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has set out how three government initiatives will further help to boost house-building.

Six major construction contractors last year shared between them £2.2bn of taxpayers’ money, a new analysis has shown.

Middlesbrough Football Club has selected WSP as its preferred consultant for structural engineering works at is Riverside Stadium and training ground.