A £1bn flagship government project for fighting climate change – the construction of a prototype carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Longannet in Scotland – is on the verge of collapse, it emerged on Thursday.

SCHOOLCHILDREN across South Yorkshire have been returning to new buildings as a vast school rebuilding project continues in Sheffield and Barnsley. High Storrs School on Ringinglow Road is the latest school to be redeveloped by Vinci Construction UK as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project in Sheffield, which has already passed the halfway point.

Willmott Dixon has been appointed preferred bidder by Housing 21 for a £38 million contract to deliver five new elderly extra care facilities across Warwickshire. The contract is part of Housing 21's PPP arrangement with Warwickshire County Council that will see one of the UK's leaders in providing care, health and housing for older people responsible for constructing, maintaining and managing the five schemes over a 30 year period.

The UK's life signs are worrying. Consumer and business confidence has slumped, unemployment is rising again and consumer spending and manufacturing output are falling. The Bank of England and the Treasury are being forced into awkward U-turns.

A £9 BILLION building budget was unveiled by Scottish ministers as they backed a construction-led stimulus to prevent the country tumbling back into recession.
The SNP Government said it was switching £750 million pencilled in for government departments towards infrastructure spending, including the new Forth road crossing and construction work on schools and homes.

Three months into construction, the Doncaster’s Southern Gateway Improvement Scheme along the White Rose Way is making good progress. The first phase of this important route into Doncaster from Junction 3 of the M18 started in June 2011 and everything is on track to hit an important Christmas deadline when a 48 hour window from Network Rail will see a new bridge lifted in over the East Coast Main Line and numerous other local railway lines.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's bid to revitalise Britain's ageing infrastructure received a warm reception from Kier boss Paul Sheffield today amid a backdrop of tough times for the UK construction industry.

The London Development Agency, in partnership with Newham Council, is inviting a shortlist of seven developers to come up with proposals to develop its Silvertown Quays site in east London's Royal Docks.

whg has begun its most significant, concentrated investment in homes with a green makeover that promises to benefit customers, the environment and skyline. More than £3million is being spent on landmark Humphries House and neighbouring Severn House, Brownhills, both of which are owned and managed by leading landlord whg.

Eurocell has opened is latest new branch on Avon Way, Doric Business Centre, in Trowbridge.