MoD rolls out £9bn plan to fix forces housingBritain’s armed forces housing is set for a major overhaul under a new £9bn Defence Housing Strategy that will see more than 40,000 military homes modernised or replaced while surplus MoD land is released for over 100,000 new homes.
The new 10-year plan will upgrade thousands of service family homes with new kitchens, bathrooms and heating systems,…
Statom lands frame deal on Kier Barlinnie prison jobStatom Group North has been appointed by Kier to deliver a comprehensive groundworks and RC structures package at its £684m Glasgow super prison job.
Statom will be working on the Central Facilities Building, Front of House Building and several other ancillary buildings as part of work to replace HMP Barlinnie.
Careys was part of the origina…
Balfour set to start £200m final stretch of Lincoln ring roadThe final stretch of Lincoln’s long-awaited ring road has moved a step closer after the Government approved the legal orders needed to start the £200m North Hykeham Relief Road.
The Transport Secretary’s decision gives Lincolnshire County Council powers to begin construction early next year, completing the city’s full ring road…
DfE greenlights £270m of school and college buildsEight school building projects worth over £270m have moved to the construction phase after the Department for Education signed off contracts for the latest batch of rebuild and refurbishment contracts.
Kier landed the biggest job — a £69m rebuild of Upton-by-Chester High School — underlining its strong pipeline across the DfE’s Schoo…
Fit-out contractor saves local joinery specialistCommercial fit-out and refurbishment specialist The Yorkshire Maintenance Co (Hull) Ltd has acquired a local joinery business saving traditional skills in the area.
Beverley-based Cottingham Joinery has been in business 54-years but had been facing recent financial struggles.
Its acquisition by Yorkshire Maintenance has safeguarded the jobs of ten…
Danny Sullivan Group strengthens leadership teamLabour supply specialist Danny Sullivan Group has appointed a new legal chief and finance director.
Russell Deards joins the firm as General Counsel and Company Secretary, bringing over three decades of legal experience to the business.
Deards has been a qualified solicitor since 1991 and held senior legal and governance roles at Barratt…
Right-to-work reform targets construction subbiesThe government has launched a consultation on sweeping reforms to force construction firms to carry out ‘right to work’ checks for the self-employed as part of a fresh crackdown on illegal migrant working and rogue employers.
Contractors hiring workers will be legally required to carry out checks confirming that anyone working in their nam…
Muse-led Habiko reveals debut sites for 590 rental homesA Muse-led public-private partnership has unveiled the first housing development sites for its £1bn programme of affordable, low carbon homes.
Habiko – the affordable homes partnership with Homes England and Pension Insurance Corporation – has picked Chester and Warrington for the first 590 homes in a 3,000-home development…
Land deal paves way for £3.9bn Hertfordshire data campusData centre developer DC01UK has sold its South Mimms site in Hertfordshire to global operator Equinix in one of the largest UK infrastructure and real estate deals in recent years.
The sale paves the way for a £3.9bn investment to build one of Europe’s biggest and most advanced data campuses, consisting of three big builds.
Covering 85…
£1.5bn YORbuild 2 hunt launched for major contractorsLeeds City Council has fired the starting gun on bidding for the £1.5bn YORbuild Major Works framework renewal.
Eight existing contractors – BAM, B+K, Galliford Try, Tilbury Douglas, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Wates and Willmott Dixon – face a fight to hold their places
The YORbuild Major Works 2 deal will span Yorkshire and the Humber, t…