Historic contractor sold to staffHistoric contractor Emanuel Whittaker Ltd has transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
The Oldham-based firm has been in business since 1837 and operates across the North West with a focus on public sector housing, public buildings and private sector renewal and refurbishment.
Managing Director Clive Newton joined the company in 1966 as an office boy,…
Jobless young people to get six-week construction courseThe government has unveiled plans to get more youngsters on Universal Credit into construction.
Construction is one of the focus industries alongside health, social care and hospitality for the new £820m initiative.
The government said jobless youngsters will “be referred to one of up to six pathways by their work coach: work, work…
Reforms urged to unlock £262bn London office upgrade boomLondon developers are urging ministers and planners to overhaul the rules blocking a huge pipeline of retrofit and redevelopment work across the capital’s ageing office estate.
More than half of central London’s workspace – 147m sq ft – is now classed as secondary stock and falling behind energy and quality standards.
Upgrading it…
£700m Scottish super-hospital goes to ministers for final approvalNHS Lanarkshire has signed off the full business case for its planned new £700m University Hospital Monklands and passed Scotland’s first fully digital, net-zero carbon hospital to ministers for final approval.
The milestone clears the way for construction to start next year on the 185-acre Wester Moffat site in Airdrie.
Laing…
Gateway 2 sign-off for landmark Stratford student towerStudent rooms developer Unite has bagged Building Safety Regulator Gateway 2 sign-off for its landmark 41-storey Meridian Square tower project in Stratford, London.
Contractor RG Group is hotly tipped for the job, which will rise next to Westfield Stratford City, but has still to get a start date.
Architect BDP designed the 952-bed tower that…
13 firms win £150m Lincolnshire roads raceLincolnshire County Council has picked a 13-strong line-up of contractors for its new four-year highways framework.
Firms selected will carry out general works and major resurfacing jobs worth up to £150m.
The framework will run from January 2026 to January 2030 and is split into three lots for schemes ranging from small junction improvements to…
£125m South London estate rebuild approvedLondon’s Lewisham Council has given the green light to the £125m regeneration of the 1950s-built Achilles Street estate in New Cross.
The £125m construction programme will see 278 homes built, delivering 60% affordable housing, new maker spaces and a major upgrade of streets and public areas.
The scheme replaces outdated housing with 122 new counc…
Roofer verbally abused safety inspectorA Cornish roofer has been sentenced after failing to comply with requests for information from an HSE inspector and verbally abusing her.
The HSE investigated after workers had been observed carrying out roof replacement work without any scaffolding being in place.
The regulator identified unsafe work on a roofing job carried-out by Steven Hendry, 40, from…
Ravenscraig 200-acre site remediation gets go-aheadA huge clean-up of the derelict Ravenscraig steelworks site will kick off early next year after planners gave the green light for one of Scotland’s biggest ever land-remediation jobs.
North Lanarkshire Council has approved extraction and remediation works across 200 acres of the 1,200-acre plot – unlocking the next phase of brownfield…
Buyers report steepest output fall for five-and-half yearsConstruction buyers reported a “sharp and accelerated reduction” in output levels last month.
The latest bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 39.4 in November from 44.1 in October.
It was the lowest reading since May 2020 while lower volumes of construction output have now been recorded for eleven…