Sisk clinches £54m North London council HQ revampNorth London’s Haringey council has signed a £54m contract with Sisk to restore its iconic civic centre.
Restoring the landmark building, currently closed due to safety issues discovered in 2020, was considered the best value option for the council’s accommodation needs.
Despite an initial cost projection of £45m, the council stuck wit…
Hadden collapse costs supply chain £6.7mHundreds of subcontractors and suppliers have been left holding unpaid invoices worth £6.7m following the failure of Scottish contractor Hadden Construction.
The largest contractor in Perthshire went into administration in September and the scale of the firm’s debts has been confirmed in a Companies House update.
Latest accounts for the firm for t…
Anglian Water hunts for £1bn delivery partnerAnglian Water is planning to appoint a single programme delivery partner to support ambitious infrastructure spending plans over the next 15 years.
The successful tenderer for the estimated £1bn framework deal will need to bring extensive experience in portfolio, programme and project management to deliver major complex infrastructure programmes.
As…
Management buyout at M&E specialistWirral based M&E contractor Kimpton has completed a management buyout.
The £25m turnover firm,which celebrated its 60th anniversary last year, will now be led by a team of directors including new managing director Tim Davis, who was formerly the firm’s general manager, and Linzi Kelly, who steps up to become financial director.
They are joined on the board by…
Scaffolder hit by two tonne weight at nuclear plantEDF and Trillium Flow Services Ltd have been fined a combined total of £633,333 after a scaffolder was seriously injured by a falling two-tonne counterweight at Dungeness B power station.
Scaffolder, Colin Dell, 62, was carrying out work in the vicinity of the main cooling water discharge valves at the site in Kent when the accident…
BAM finalises £71m deal to replace first major RAAC schoolBAM has finally agreed a £71m contract price with the Department for Education to cover the first major RAAC concrete school rebuild.
St Leonards Catholic School in Durham will be rebuilt to the west of the school site, replacing the existing disused and RAAC-affected buildings once demolished.
The 110,000 sq ft three-storey school w…
Go-ahead for 860,000 sq ft East London medical campusNHS Property Services has secured planning for a major new medical research campus around the Royal London Hospital site in the East End.
The vast Whitechapel Road Development in East London proposes six new and repurposed buildings rising from 3 to 12 storeys that will provide 860,000 sq ft of lab, research and teaching space.
Designed by…
Site labour rates hit record high as cost inflation returnsLabour rates hit a new high last month, reaching £1,048 per week for self-employed tradespeople.
Latest figures from the industry’s biggest payroll provider show average earnings for self-employed tradespeople increased 1.9% to £1,044 per week during October.
Average pay to freelance trades
The return of inflationary pressure in…
Morris & Spottiswood acquires part of ISG fit-out divisionMorris & Spottiswood Group has acquired part of the collapsed ISG fit-out business saving more than 100 jobs.
Acquiring the former ISG Cathedral business will extend Morris & Spottiswood’s presence further south in the UK with the addition of offices in Whitstable, Bristol and Huntingdon.
The move sees 111 former ISG staff join t…
SRL set for growth with expansion of leadership teamSRL Traffic Systems has signalled ambitious expansion plans with four appointments to newly created senior leadership positions.
Dublin-based John Mason has become SRL’s first managing director of Ireland and will take responsibility for developing and overseeing the implementation of the company’s strategy to increase its capabilities and…