Multiplex scales contracts league with London tower jobMultiplex soared up the rankings to top the contracts league in October with a major City of London offcie tower win.
The 24 storey tower, known as the Dovetail building, will provide 450,000 sq ft of office space with foundation work due to start shortly.
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Green light for new £1.3bn neighbourhood in SalfordSalford City Council has approved plans for the £1.3bn Regent Park development by Henley Investment Management which will see the construction of ten residential towers alongside 15 retail units.
The approved plans will transform the 130,000 sq ft site at Regent Retail Park, into a new retail, residential and community neighbourhood.
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Buyers report fastest activity decline in five yearsConstruction buyers reported the fastest decline in activity in more than five years last month.
The latest bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index paints a grim picture of weakening order books and little good news ahead as construction braces itself for a doom-laden budget.
The index registered 44.1 in October, down…
Ten high-rise schemes in limbo after building control firm foldsThe Building Safety Regulator is scrambling to contain disruption after the collapse of Assent Building Control and two of its registered subsidiaries left at least 10 high-rise projects stuck in limbo at Gateway 2.
Assent — along with registered building control approvers Oculus Building Consultancy and LB Building Control —…
Sizewell C financial close unlocks full-scale constructionFull-scale construction of the planned Sizewell C nuclear project can now proceed after a £5.5bn debt raise with 13 banks completed the financial package for the £38bn construction job.
Sizewell C becomes the first nuclear project in the world financed through private investors under the UK’s Regulated Asset Base model — the sam…
Building control giant Assent ceases tradingOne of the country largest building control firms Assent has ceased trading sending shockwaves through the industry.
The building compliance firm was a key player in the Building Safety Regulator Gateway approval process for many projects.
Its collapse could cause fresh turmoil and set back efforts to clear Gateway 2 project backlogs.
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McLaren Living signs deal for £250m Reading regenReading Borough Council has finalised a development agreement with preferred bidder McLaren Living to deliver the £250m regeneration of the town’s Minster Quarter.
The long-awaited deal paves the way for over 600 new homes – including 30% affordable – alongside 40,000 sq ft of workspace, shops, food and drink venues, and a 102-bed…
London ready-mix sales dive 32% amid housing slumpReady-mixed concrete sales in London have crashed by nearly a third as the capital’s housing slump and high-rise planning delays at the Building Safety Regulator choke demand across the sector.
New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) paint a grim picture of the heavyside market, with sales of construction materials stuck at…
£200m plan lodged to transform Huyton town centreGenr8 Kajima Regeneration, in partnership with Knowsley Council, has submitted a £200m hybrid planning application to deliver a major regeneration of Huyton Village.
The St Michael’s Place scheme aims to breathe new life into the town centre. Phase one will be anchored by a new 90,000 sq ft council HQ along with 72 flats, a 130-bed hotel, a…
McAleer & Rushe wins £30m Tottenham student living jobMcAleer & Rushe has bagged a major north London student accommodation job believed to be worth over £30m near Tottenham Hotspurs stadium.
The 287-room student living scheme on Tottenham High Road will blend the historic shop frontage of a grade II-lised printworks building with new urban blocks behind.
Design by local practice F3 Architects,…