Skanska wins £43m Clifton Bridge dealNetwork Rail has appointed Skanska for the £43m Clifton Bridge replacement job in Penrith.
Skanska will design, build and install a new 130 metre single span steel bridge to replace the existing structure forming part of the West Coast Main Line that spans the M6 motorway.
The new bridge will be built in a dedicated location close to the existing structure.
Green light for 44-storey Manchester resi towerDeveloper Glenbrook has secured detailed planning consent for a 44-storey residential tower in Manchester city centre.
Manchester City Council approved the landmark Whitworth Street West scheme, which will deliver 364 flats and over 7,700 sq ft of internal and external amenity space across the lower three floors.
The development also includes new…
Ten win £670m Network Rail eastern region small works dealNetwork Rail has picked 10 contractors to carry out reactive and small schemes across its Eastern region.
Under the five-year deal, with options to extend by a further two years, the firms will share a total spend of around £670m.
Framework awards are split across building and civil asset works in both the Anglia and North & East…
Labour master VAT fraudsters target subcontractorsRogue payroll companies are targeting subcontractors in a VAT fraud which is now facing a clampdown by the tax authorities.
Construction firms are being approached by a new breed of “labour masters” offering to take on their self-employed workers with inducements like cash kickbacks.
They get paid including VAT by contractors for labour but…
Phoenix ME rides out ISG collapse with record 74% turnover surgeLondon M&E specialist Phoenix ME has bounced back strongly after being caught in the collapse of main contractor ISG, posting a 74% jump in turnover to £295m last year.
Despite the collapse of one of its biggest contractor clients mid-project, the firm successfully re-engaged with end clients and replacement main contractors to…
Mace confirmed for £200m London City office retrofitJP Morgan Asset Management has signed off a deal with Mace to deliver one of the largest building reuse projects in the City of London.
The project to overhaul 65 Gresham Street, adding four extra lightweight rooftop floors, comes after a major pre-let deal this week with a city investment firm to take all 400,000 sq ft of space.
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Plans in for Bristol Brabazon over-station office blockYTL Developments has submitted plans for an eight-storey office building at its Brabazon regeneration scheme at the former Filton Airfield in North Bristol.
The planned 120,000 sq ft office will sit directly above the ticket office for a new Brabazon train station, which BAM has just started building.
Designed by AHR Architects, the offices…
£200m Viking onshore pipeline project approvedThe Viking onshore pipeline project has got the Government green light clearing the way for a major piece of carbon capture infrastructure to break ground later this year.
The £200m project, led by Harbour Energy and backed by BP, will see a 55km underground pipeline built from Immingham to the old Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal.
From there, captured…
UK Power Networks fined for unsafe street worksUK Power Networks has been fined £40,000 for carrying-out unguarded work on excavations in west London.
The prosecution was bought by Kensington and Chelsea Council after officials visited sites in the area.
Council officers visited Adam and Eve Mews and Queen’s Gate Mews last year in May to inspect works being carried out by UK Power…
Go-ahead for £400m Cambridge sewage treatment worksPlans to relocate Cambridge’s main waste water treatment works have finally been approved by Government after a lengthy planning process delayed the £400m project by over a year.
Environment secretary Steve Reed has granted development consent for the major new Cambridge waste water treatment plant.
The decision allows Anglian Water to mov…