First steel goes up on giant car battery siteThe first steel frames are now in place on the £4bn Agratas gigafactory site near Bridgwater, Somerset.
Severfield is working on the steel package for main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine on the site which has faced construction delays as plans were revised.
Earl Wiggins, VP Manufacturing Operations at Agratas said: “The construction of the st…
Major Building Safety Regulator shake-up to end tower delaysThe government has stepped in to take direct control of the Building Safety Regulator in a shake-up aimed at unblocking high-rise housing delays and restoring industry confidence.
Responsibility for the regulator is being stripped from the Health and Safety Executive and handed to a new arm’s length agency under the housing…
Hinkley trio sign Sizewell civils dealSizewell C is forming an alliance with three construction giants to deliver the main civils work at the new power station in Suffolk.
A Programme Alliance Agreement has been signed between Sizewell C, Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Bouygues Travaux Publics who together form the Civil Works Alliance (CWA).
The CWA will be responsible for extensive areas…
£3.9bn data centre plan for Ravenscraig steelworksPlans have been unveiled to transform the former Ravenscraig steelworks into one of the UK’s largest green AI data centres, unlocking a £3.9bn investment.
Renewables developer Apatura is spearheading the ambitious scheme to build the 550MW data centre on 160 acres of post-industrial land east of Glasgow, powered by Scotland’s growing surplus…
Neilcott on fast-track to debt-free employee ownershipSouth east contractor Neilcott Construction is close to clearing a £22.5m loan five years ahead of schedule after a bumper profit year.
The loan was taken out to help fund the £40m employee ownership buyout in 2021. Now just £1.5m remains outstanding, with the firm aiming to wipe it out by autumn – halving the original 10-year repayment…
Breakthrough on HS2’s second longest tunnelHS2 has smashed through another major milestone with the completion of the 8.4-mile twin-bore Northolt Tunnel under west London.
The the second longest tunnel on the route was built using four machines, with the final one Anne now breaking through 14 months after starting her drive on the second bore of the 3.4-mile eastern section.
The Northolt Tunn…
TfL kicks off race for £700m Tube station upgradeTransport for London has fired the starting gun on bidding for a new £700m Infrastructure Improvement Framework covering major Tube station upgrades and access works.
Up to four contractors will be picked to deliver a rolling pipeline of design and construction projects across the capital, with the deal running for four years and the option of…
Government wields procurement stick on late paymentMajor contractors could be barred from bidding for public sector contracts worth over £5m a year if they cannot prove they pay their supply chain within an average of 60 days.
The Government is proposing changes to procurement law that would force all public contracting authorities to exclude firms that fail to meet the payment benchmark.
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Hercules buys power line labour firm for £15.7mLabour supply specialist Hercules has struck a £15.7m deal to buy specialist overhead lines labour supplier Advantage NRG.
The acquisition marks its entry into the UK’s booming power and energy sector.
Hercules gains a 155-strong team of skilled operatives, giving it a strong foothold in a market expected to surge as National Grid rolls out…
Universal bid to fast-track planning for theme parkEntertainment giant Universal has formally lodged its bid to fast-track plans for a major theme park and resort in Bedford using a Special Development Order.
Universal confirmed on Thursday it had submitted a request to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to secure planning permission for the new resort without going…