National Grid names key suppliers for £59bn HVDC dealNational Grid has named the first two tranches of strategic suppliers it will use to for its High Voltage Direct Current infrastructure programme.
Six HVDC cable suppliers will share £21.3bn, while and four other suppliers have secured spots on the HVDC Converter station framework, worth £24.6bn. Both Frameworks cover both confirmed and…
Muse hires London Crown Estate MDMuse has beefed-up its senior leadership team hiring Crown Estate London chief Simon Harding-Roots as managing director at its South office.
Harding-Roots will lead Muse’s southern business when he joins at the end of the month, driving growth and expanding partnerships with ECF and Habiko across the region.
At the Crown Estate, as managing director for…
Pellikaan wins £25m Wiltshire leisure centre jobThe UK arm of Dutch contractor Pellikaan Group has secured the job to deliver a £25m leisure centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
Pellikaan is expected to breakground new month on the project, which includes a six-lane 25m swimming pool, a learner pool and a gym with 120 exercise studios.
Roberts Limbrick Architects has led the design process for t…
Fall in office and housing activity dents industry outputA sharp fall in commercial new work contributed to a 0.2% dip in overall construction output in January, following an equivalent fall in December.
The dip was attributed to bad weather but also highlights ongoing fragile market confidence amid wider economic uncertainties.
This decrease in monthly output came solely from a fall in new work…
Lendlease OK’d to start Birmingham’s £1.9bn Smithfield schemeLendlease can kickstart the first phase of its £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield regeneration scheme after receiving detailed planning for phase one.
Planning approval yesterday for a landmark mixed-use building paves the way for over 400 build to rent homes in the first phase of the major project.
Designed by Bell Phillips and loca…
Fresh plan for £170m Newcastle resi tower and hotelNorth east property group Gainford has unveiled its revised plan for a £170m residential and hotel project to transform Newcastle’s skyline.
It plans to redevelop a former Premier Inn site on New Bridge Street, with a 29-storey tower of 185 flats, alongside a separate 150-bedroom hotel, and bars, restaurants, and leisure space.
FaulknerBrowns…
Berkeley warns over-regulation a drag on planning reform gainsHouse builder Berkeley has warned that building safety regulatory changes are placing significant pressure on the delivery of new homes and threaten to overshadow the upside benefits of recent Government planning reforms.
In a trading statement this morning, the firm said it had seen a modest improvement in demand. But it highlighted…
Mace confirmed for £140m Gatwick Airport Pier 6 extension
Mace has been confirmed as main contractor for the planned £140m extension to Pier 6 at London Gatwick Airport.
The extension will add a further eight aircraft gates to the existing passenger building, which previously was built with 11 gates connected by the elevated airbridge built by Mace back in 2005.
When complete in 2027, the new…
Graham takes on ISG £45m Coventry cultural hub jobGraham has been named as replacement contractor to complete work on the stalled conversion of Coventry’s former city centre IKEA building into a cultural hub
Construction on the pioneering cultural project was paused last September when the previous contractor, ISG, entered administration.
The scheme, housed within what was an IKEA store, w…
Alun Griffiths to “restructure and resize” after £95m lossCivils contractor Alun Griffiths has launched an “urgent restructure” after posting a £95m loss from a turnover of £263m in its latest accounts.
Results filed at Companies House for the year to December 31 2023 show a pre-tax loss of £95m compared to £20m last time on turnover down to £262.7m from £301m.
The firm said…