Construction news

• Torsion Construction goes into administration

  29-07-2026 13:04
  Torsion Construction has lost its fight for survival with the contractor officially placed into administration on Tuesday and Interpath now running the company.
  Directors at the £165m turnover business had been exploring options to save the firm but were sunk by trading conditions across construction.
  The Enquirer understands Torsion has been working to secure direct payments to subcontractors to minimise the supply chain hit.The construction arm was working on 12 live sites and is working
  
  Read more

• Lovell wins job to rebuild Ilke Homes condemned estate

  29-07-2026 09:04
  
  Lovell Partnerships has landed a £53m deal to rebuild the Southend housing scheme abandoned after the collapse of modular housebuilder Ilke Homes.
  The Guinness Partnership was forced to tear down the half-built 131-home Meadow Grange development after inspections concluded the modular homes could not be salvaged. Construction had stalled when Ilke Homes went into administration in June 2023.
  Lovell will now deliver a completely new scheme, with work starting on 7 August and completion sche
  
  Read more

• Equipment hire firm files administration notice

  29-07-2026 08:38
  
  Construction equipment hire specialist Nationwide Hire has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
  Latest accounts for the Hampshire based business show a turnover of £11m for the year to September 2024 generating a pre-tax loss of £1m while employing 55 staff.
  The company has been in business since 1995 and works with more than 900 suppliers providing kit for sites across the country.Nationwide Hire’s website describes the firm as: “The UK’s original
  
  Read more

• Billington names new boss for structures business

  29-07-2026 08:29
  
  Steelwork contractor Billington has promoted Dan Duffield to managing director of its main structural steel business as part of a senior leadership reshuffle to drive the group’s next phase of growth.
  Duffield will take charge of Billington Structures from 1 August, succeeding Kevin Campbell, who moves into the newly-created role of group strategic and special projects director.
  (L-r) Campbell to become group special projects director and Duffield promoted to MD of Billington Structures
  Ca
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Contractor fined after desperate bats attack tenant

  29-07-2026 00:13
  
  A contractor has been fined after a large number of bats were killed as a result of building work at a sheltered housing site where the survivors attacked a tenant.
  The victim was admitted to hospital with bite wounds after more than 150 bats flew into his living quarters and bedroom from the house’s roof structure where they had been trapped.
  When ecology experts examined the property in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, they identified the animals as Soprano Pipistrelle bats
  
  Read more

Follow @new_constructio on Twitter!