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Scape, the contracting authority and central purchasing body owned by six local authorities in the Midlands and the north of England, has renewed its relationship with Willmott Dixon by naming the contractor as preferred bidder for its national major works framework.

RIBA is urging the government not to allow any reduction of existing housing standards after a poll it ran showed strong support for the reintroduction of minimum space standards in new homes.

Matthew Lugg, who for the past eight years has been director of environment and transport at Leicestershire County Council, is to join Mouchel as director of public services within its infrastructure services business.

The Lanes Group claims it is the first sewer rehabilitation contractor in the country to be awarded a certification from the Water Research Centre (WRc) for the installation of a patch drain repair system.

A door supplier and a fitter who worked with him have each been ordered to do 200 hours of community service and pay £2,000 after a barn door they fitted at a North Yorkshire farm fell off and crushed the farmer to death.

Some 45 housing projects, a quarter of which are in London, have passed the first hurdle in seeking funding from the Government’s Build to Rent Fund, which now stands at £1bn, it was revealed today.

A groundworks contractor based in Leicestershire but which has worked right across the country has gone into administration with the loss of up to 50 jobs.