MPB clinches substructure for HS2 Curzon Street stationMace Dragados joint venture is beginning to ramp up construction at HS2’s flagship Curzon Street station project in Birmingham with the first of a series of major contract awards.
Civil engineering specialist MPB Structures has clinched the contract to build the substructure foundations.
This work follows the piling operation currently…
Vinci bags first phase of £350m Stockport schemeVinci has edged-out Willmott Dixon to land phase 1 of Stockport 8 – a new £350m mixed residential neighbourhood to the west of Stockport town centre.
Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) and ECF – a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General and Muse – confirmed the win with work set to start on site early next year…
Turnaround strategy continues to pay off for CareysCivils and construction group Careys has posted another strong set of numbers as its turnaround and investment strategy continues to pay off.
The firm hit a low point back in 2022 when Carey Group made a pre-tax loss of £43m.
But it bounced back to profit the following year after a strategy shift and latest results for the year to September 30…
Crest Nicholson slumps to £144m lossSurrey-based house builder Crest Nicholson reported a £144m pre-tax loss for last year after incoming chief executive Martyn Clark delivered a root and branch review of the ailing business.
He said the house builder was working hard to draw a line under the expected cost of future fire remediation works and had also revised up site completion costs at two…
Piling jobs at risk over safety regulator high rise project delaysHold-ups on gaining safety regulator approvals for high rise building projects is starting to put workers jobs at risk deep in the supply chain.
Specialist demolition and foundation contractors are warning jobs cut loom as work dries up because developers are struggling to get clearance to start construction.
Since the introduction…
Ferrovial lands £230m National Grid tunnelFerrovial has been awarded the contract by National Grid for its £230m Grain to Tilbury electricity infrastructure upgrade project.
Work will start on site shortly and last four years to construct a new 2.2km long high voltage cable tunnel and two 35m deep shafts.
The job will be overseen by an integrated joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and…
Developer Ghelamco swaps to self delivery for Battersea towerBelgian developer Ghelamco UK has swapped to a self-delivery model as main construction work gets underway at its £140m Battersea scheme in south London known as The HiLight,
John F Hunt was lined-up last May for demolition, enabling works and construction of the 24-storey resi tower on the site of the former 1830s Price’s Cand…
Tax-row tunnellers down tools on Balfour Hinkley jobA tax-row is disrupting work on Balfour Beatty’s giant tunnelling contract at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station site.
More than 100 workers downed tools last week following a dispute with their employer TG Tunnelling Ltd (TGT).
The Enquirer understands the dispute is over lodging allowances for agency workers on the site.
TGT is on…
Go-ahead for Square Mile’s fifth tallest towerDeveloper Brookfield Properties has secured planning to redevelop 99 Bishopsgate in London with a 54-floor tower that would be the Square Mile’s fifth tallest office building.
Brookfield-owned contractor Multiplex is in line to deliver the 240m tall scheme, which replaces a 1976-built, 24-floor office block, also presently the contractor’s UK…
Plans in for £200m Middlesbrough regen schemeA landmark £200m regeneration project in central Middlesbrough has hit a key milestone with the submission of a planning application.
Property developers iMpeC and Buccleuch Property are seeking approval from Middlesbrough Development Corporation for more than 230 build-to-rent properties, and a 450-bed student accommodation block at a derelict sit…