Walker Modular wins pods deal at £90m Greystar siteWalker Modular has won the contract to deliver bathroom pods for Greystar’s £90m Triangle student accommodation development in Birmingham working alongside main contractor McAleer & Rushe.
The 836-bed scheme, located in Selly Oak, will offer a mix of studios and cluster bedrooms under the Greystar brand, along with a medical centre,…
Pre-pack deal rescues online building materials firmBuilding materials distributor Lords has acquired its online-only rival CMO in a pre-pack administration deal for £1.8m
The £71m-turnover CMO business was founded in 2008 as Construction Materials Online but was forced to delist from the AIM market in March as it searched for additional funding.
Lords has now acquired its assets and 120…
Laing O’Rourke wins £920m animal health super-lab jobLaing O’Rourke has secured the £920m main works contract to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey.
The job, awarded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, will see O’Rourke take the project, consisting of two main buildings, through detailed design…
Scotland eyes £3bn cladding fix as levy targets house buildersThe cost of fixing unsafe cladding on homes across Scotland could hit £3.1bn, according to new government estimates.
Ministers have published the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill, which proposes a tax on certain new residential developments to raise £30m a year towards the vast remediation programme.
Latest figures reveal up to…
Amey profit jumps 31% as £7.8bn pipeline fuels growth plansAmey has bounced back with a sharp rise in pre-tax profit to £127m last year, up 31% from £87m, as it capitalised on strong public sector demand and new framework wins.
The engineering and infrastructure group said it had now fully completed its carve-out from Ferrovial and restructured its capital with a £125m revolving credit…
Green light for stalled London resi towerDeveloper Regal has been granted planning approval for a a stalled high-rise residential project in North London.
Camden Council gave the green light for construction to start at 100 Avenue Road in Swiss Cottage where plans had stalled under a previous developer.
The revised scheme retains the original building’s 24-storey height and massing but delivers…
Home Office steps-up immigration raids on construction sitesConstruction sites are increasingly coming under the spotlight as a major surge in immigration enforcement activity has led to a 51% rise in the number of arrests in the last year.
Since 5 July last year to 31 May, 9,000 visits have resulted in 6,410 arrests across all industries.
Construction sites are one of the core targets alongsid…
Former Hewlett civils firm fails amid director blame gameA civils contractor set up by former Hewlett Group owner John Duffy has ceased trading after a major bust-up at board level.
Leeds-based CORE Special Projects said it was pulling off sites this week with Duffy and managing director Alan Cooper, a long-time associate of Duffy, blaming each other for the firm’s demise.
CORE was born out…
Harmony Fire secures multi-year NHS height safety contractHarmony Fire has secured a £1.3m multi-year contract with NHS Property Services to maintain, upgrade and service fall protection safety systems across its 3,000 strong UK property estate.
The contract encompasses a full spectrum of roof-mounted safety and access systems across health centre, GP surgeries and hospital settings, as well as…
Gloom slowly lifting from construction buyersThe downturn in the UK construction sector showed signs of easing in May with output and new orders falling at the slowest pace since January while growth projections for the year
ahead improved again.
The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posted 47.9 in May- up from 46.6 in April – to signal the slowest reduction in…