Plans in to transform former GSK London HQ with 2,300 homesDeveloper Hadley Property Group has lodged a hybrid planning application to redevelop the flagship former GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in Brentford, West London.
The ambitious scheme at 980 Great West Road spans 13 acres and proposes over 2,300 homes across a mix of tenures, with 35% classed as affordable.
The plans also include around…
Watch Murphy near completion of major new rail bridgeNetwork Rail and its contractor Murphy are just days away from completing the main phase of a £20m project to overhaul Greek Street bridge over the West Coast Main Line in Stockport.
A 21-day suspension of all trains for the massive civil engineering project ends this weekend.
Over the last two weeks teams have successfully dismantled and…
Mount Anvil’s in-house builder drives results in testing marketLondon developer Mount Anvil’s in-house contracting business has surged to £228m turnover in the latest 15-month reporting period, almost doubling on the prior year.
The contracting pipeline now stands at £524m with housing associations, more than £200m higher than a year ago, supported by £850m of intra-group private build…
Costain margin heads for 4.5% after half-year profit riseCostain has posted a rise in first-half profits as improved contract selectivity and strong performance in its natural resources arm offset a sharp revenue dip caused by HS2 schedule changes.
Revenue fell 18% to £525m, with road and rail volumes down as highways schemes completed and parts of the HS2 programme were rephased into later…
Hinkley contractors face prosecution over rebar mesh fallBouygues and Laing O’Rourke are facing prosecution by the Office for Nuclear Regulation after an accident at Hinkley Point C.
The incident on 20 August, 2022 saw an employee sustain serious injuries when a wall of rebar mesh fell on him as he was working to remove it from a vertical jig.
The ONR said the incident was a conventiona…
Wates inks £100m deal on first new-design prison houseblocksThe Ministry of Justice has signed its first main works order under the new Small Secure Houseblocks Programme.
Wates has secured the milestone order for a £100m expansion of HMP Onley in Warwickshire, making it the first in the new roll-out to move into construction.
The scheme will see 180 new category C places created across thr…
£122m deal to unlock Newcastle’s last brownfield siteNewcastle’s last major brownfield site is set for transformation after government signed off a £122m regeneration package for Forth Yards.
The cash injection will fund remediation, groundworks and new infrastructure to fix long-standing land issues that have stalled development for decades.
Homes England, Newcastle City Council, Network…
McLaren lands Heathrow logistics dealHeathrow Airport has appointed McLaren Construction for the redevelopment of its Eastern Business Park to build a new 9,481 sq m logistics scheme.
Heathrow is redeveloping the 1.6 hectare site as four warehouse buildings, each split into eight units.
The original buildings at the Eastern Business Park were built in around 1952 and were demolished earlier this…
McAlpine veteran to lead T&T’s project management driveTurner & Townsend has brought in former Sir Robert McAlpine MD Mike O’Donnell to lead its UK Project Management Consultancy service.
O’Donnell, who has nearly four decades’ experience delivering some of the UK’s biggest capital projects including the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, the O2 Arena and Bloomberg London, takes on the ro…
IES snaps up Nexus Power out of administrationManchester-based utilities contractor IES Utilities Group has bought Nexus Power out of administration in a deal that strengthens its grip on the high voltage and offshore power markets.
The £195,000 deal secures Nexus Power’s assets and workforce, bringing its expertise in extra high voltage cable jointing and offshore power into the Integra…