£700m Scottish super-hospital goes to ministers for final approvalNHS Lanarkshire has signed off the full business case for its planned new £700m University Hospital Monklands and passed Scotland’s first fully digital, net-zero carbon hospital to ministers for final approval.
The milestone clears the way for construction to start next year on the 185-acre Wester Moffat site in Airdrie.
Laing…
Gateway 2 sign-off for landmark Stratford student towerStudent rooms developer Unite has bagged Building Safety Regulator Gateway 2 sign-off for its landmark 41-storey Meridian Square tower project in Stratford, London.
Contractor RG Group is hotly tipped for the job, which will rise next to Westfield Stratford City, but has still to get a start date.
Architect BDP designed the 952-bed tower that…
13 firms win £150m Lincolnshire roads raceLincolnshire County Council has picked a 13-strong line-up of contractors for its new four-year highways framework.
Firms selected will carry out general works and major resurfacing jobs worth up to £150m.
The framework will run from January 2026 to January 2030 and is split into three lots for schemes ranging from small junction improvements to…
£125m South London estate rebuild approvedLondon’s Lewisham Council has given the green light to the £125m regeneration of the 1950s-built Achilles Street estate in New Cross.
The £125m construction programme will see 278 homes built, delivering 60% affordable housing, new maker spaces and a major upgrade of streets and public areas.
The scheme replaces outdated housing with 122 new counc…
Roofer verbally abused safety inspectorA Cornish roofer has been sentenced after failing to comply with requests for information from an HSE inspector and verbally abusing her.
The HSE investigated after workers had been observed carrying out roof replacement work without any scaffolding being in place.
The regulator identified unsafe work on a roofing job carried-out by Steven Hendry, 40, from…
Ravenscraig 200-acre site remediation gets go-aheadA huge clean-up of the derelict Ravenscraig steelworks site will kick off early next year after planners gave the green light for one of Scotland’s biggest ever land-remediation jobs.
North Lanarkshire Council has approved extraction and remediation works across 200 acres of the 1,200-acre plot – unlocking the next phase of brownfield…
Buyers report steepest output fall for five-and-half yearsConstruction buyers reported a “sharp and accelerated reduction” in output levels last month.
The latest bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 39.4 in November from 44.1 in October.
It was the lowest reading since May 2020 while lower volumes of construction output have now been recorded for eleven…
Balfour Beatty powers up order book 20% to record £18.4bnBalfour Beatty is set to close the year with a turbocharged order book and cash pile as the UK energy boom powers the pipeline to record levels.
This morning Balfour said it would reach year-end with an order book around 20% higher at roughly £18.4bn, driven by more than £3.5bn of new UK power-generation work and the long-awaited…
Monster TBM hunt starts for Lower Thames CrossingBouygues Murphy JV has entered talks to buy a monster TBM to drive one of the widest tunnels in the world for the Lower Thames Crossing.
The JV will use just one machine to drive both 16.4m wide north and southbound tunnels, keeping costs down while not impacting the total programme schedule.
Tunnelling machine procurement gets underway as it…
Willmott Dixon tops contracts league after £136m Luton winWillmott Dixon has topped the November work-won rankings after bagging a £136m mixed-use scheme in Luton town centre and a run of education jobs that pushed it clear of the chasing pack.
Its flagship Luton Stage project, procured through the Southern Construction Framework, will transform the old Bute Street Shoppers car park into a…