Financial & Legal
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Trimble is buying Document Crunch to deepen contract-risk automation tools. The deal will push document intelligence further into project and ERP workflows.
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UK project starts fell sharply as residential and civils weakened.
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Interpipe has completed its acquisition of the AMTP Roman mill. The deal gives the company its first manufacturing base inside the EU.
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MPA names Martin Casey to lead cement and lime policy. The appointment lands as UK cement competitiveness remains under sustained pressure.
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Federal agencies must now rewrite contracts around DEI compliance rules. The order sets clause, audit, and enforcement requirements for federal contractors and subcontractors.
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Guernsey Ports has opened two waterfront sites to investors. The move brings protected buildings, leasehold delivery, and private capital into the next phase of St Peter Port renewal.
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Construction leaders are tracking a fresh surge in materials volatility. The warning points to higher fuel, freight, and steel costs, with roof tiles still tight and margins under renewed pressure.
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Fire safety guidance in England is heading for another overhaul. Proposed revisions to Approved Document B would widen expectations around evacuation lifts, external walls, roofs, and car park fire resistance, with consultation open until 17 June.
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Civil engineering inflation is set to stay elevated through 2030. BCIS expects infrastructure tender prices to rise faster than underlying cost inflation, with electricity and rail activity helping keep output growth in positive territory over the next five years.
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BCIS forecasts further cost growth across UK construction to 2031. Building costs are forecast to rise 14%, while tender prices climb 15% and new work output grows 12% over the same period.