Financial & Legal
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Mortenson has acquired Nor-Cal Controls, adding SCADA and energy management expertise for solar, storage, and microgrid projects. The deal tightens in-house capability around controls integration as energy contractors move further into software-heavy and performance-critical delivery.
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Metallico has secured funding from Allica Bank to refinance existing lending and support expansion, adding capacity for larger structural and architectural steelwork packages across London.
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Tadweld has warned that the UK’s new steel trade measure could raise raw-material costs for domestic fabricators while leaving a route for tariff-free pre-fabricated imports.
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HSE has opened a consultation on changes to RIDDOR that would widen reportable dangerous occurrences, update occupational disease rules, and simplify the reporting process.
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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.