Investors lose £26m after M&E contractor goes underAdministrators to air-conditioning specialist Gallant Building Services have unearthed a mountain of debts following the collapse of the Mansfield-based contractor.
Now it has emerged that 78 investors in the business have lost £26m, after being encouraged to back the £29m turnover contractor on the strength of directors claiming a long-term…
First contractor call for £80bn Government mega-frameworkThe government is putting contractors on alert for a construction framework worth up to £80bn.
A contract notice is due to be published in January and the Crown Commercial Service said “the buyer is not yet ready to invite bid applications but early notification has been provided and some dialogue may be possible.”
Contractors…
£1bn Bishopsgate Goodsyard phase one go-aheadBallymore and Hammerson have received final approval from the London Mayor’s office for the first phase of the £1bn Bishops Goodsyard scheme on the fringe of the Square Mile.
The 10-acre site, which represents the last major brownfield site around the City, will ultimately be built out in a series of 9 plots.
The full plans will provide 500 homes,…
Welding crisis road bridges revealedHighways England has confirmed the names and locations of the five bridges hit by the Severfield steel welding crisis.
Specialist weld tests have been carried out on four of the five with the last tests presently underway.
The roads agency said its assessment indicated no immediate safety risk to road users, although National Highways has imposed restrictions…
Costain poised for major HS2 tunnel fit out dealCostain is understood to have landed a major tunnel fit-out deal on HS2.
Sources close to the project said confirmation of the award is imminent.
Earlier this week HS2 handed-out £3bn of track contracts with Ferrovial BAM and Colas Rail among the big winners.
A project source told the Enquirer: “The tunnel fit-out deal is another major packag…
£1.6m fine after mast climber crush tragedyA temporary access specialist has been fined £1.6m after a 24-year-old man was crushed to death.
Jack Phillips lost his life on 8 August 2019 while working for Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services UK Ltd on South Cliff Tower in Eastbourne.
He had been assisting while temporary Mast Climber Work Platform sections were being lifted by a lorry mounted…
Willmott Dixon wins £23m net zero Surrey SEND schoolSurrey County Council has enlisted Willmott Dixon for £23m project to build a new home for Hopescourt School in Walton-on-Thames.
This will be the country’s flagship Net Zero Carbon Special Free School when complete in Spring 2026, offer specialist school places for 200 autistic pupils aged 4-19 years.
Hopescourt School opened on a temporary…
Severfield welding crisis hits five National Highways bridgesThe full extent of the welding problems impacting both HS2 and National Highways bridges is emerging in the wake of steelwork contractor Severfield laying bare production problems.
The Enquirer can reveal five road bridges are now known to be suffering from defective welding in addition to the nine bridge structures impacted on…
HS2 awards £3bn of track contractsHS2 has confirmed the teams that will deliver contracts worth £3bn for track, signalling, communications, and other systems.
The ‘rail systems’ contracts will see almost 140 miles of tunnels, bridges and earthworks between London and the West Midlands transformed into an operational railway.
The winners will first design and then install around 280 miles of…
Severfield finds weld problems on a dozen HS2 bridgesThe country’s biggest steelwork contractor Severfield has uncovered weld problems on a dozen bridge projects.
This morning it revealed that remedial works to fix the problems will cost at least £20m, but warned it was still assessing the full impact of fixing weld issues.
While Severfield did not reveal where the bridge projects are, it is…