Design, build and finance plan for £1bn Cheddar 2 reservoirSouth West Water is gearing up to launch procurement for its £1bn Cheddar 2 Reservoir project with early market engagement due to start in September.
The planned scheme will see a new 8,200Ml earth embankment reservoir built next to the existing Cheddar Reservoir, along with a new water treatment facility and 75km of pipeline to deliver…
Illegal working blitz catches Indian buildersAn ongoing crackdown on illegal workers has caught scores of Indian builders on construction sites.
The latest nationwide Home Office blitz is in response to migrants working as delivery riders.
Construction sites are also being targeted with a focus on “migrants suspected of working illegally whilst in taxpayer funded accommodation or receiving…
Lynch appeal sees £800,000 abnormal load fine reduced to £10kAn appeal by L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage Ltd has seen an £800,000 fine for moving an abnormal load without proper notification reduced to £10,000.
The hirer was stunned by the size of the fine in April which it blamed on a clerical error.
The hire firm was charged as part of Operation Nightstare by the West Midlands Polic…
Government calls up firms to explore PPP healthcare projects planThe government is calling on contractors, financiers, and FM firms to help shape a potential £1bn of health infrastructure project work using a new public-private partnership model.
The Department of Health and Social Care, working with the newly-formed National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, has launched a…
Balfour Beatty terminates Danny Sullivan labour dealsBalfour Beatty has announced it is terminating all labour supply agreements with the Danny Sullivan Group.
In a statement the contractor said:”During an audit of our UK labour suppliers, concerns related to the Danny Sullivan Group were identified. While these concerns were being reviewed, related issues were reported through our confidentia…
Trio face prosecution after Hinkley site deathThe Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has notified three companies that they will be prosecuted for health and safety offences following a worker fatality at the Hinkley Point C construction site
NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited are facing charges relating to an incident whic…
Apprentice saws-off thumb on hotel refurb siteDoctors managed to successfully reattach the thumb of a teenage apprentice after was severed off by a rotating blade on a refurbishment site.
The then 18-year-old resumed his apprenticeship with another firm following the procedure.
He was employed as an apprentice joiner by 3B Construction when the incident happened during the conversion of a 19t…
Buyers see recovery in house building sectorConstruction buyers have reported a return to growth in the house building sector for the first time since last September.
But contraction in civil engineering and commercial work saw the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index drop below the standstill 50 mark again in June for the six month in a row.
At 48.8 in June t…
TSL turnover smashes £500m as profit almost treblesFast-growing contractor TSL Ltd has smashed through the half-billion turnover mark with profit nearly trebling last year.
The technical construction and engineering contractor is riding high on orders for data centres, cold stores and pharmaceutical plant work.
Surging demand fueled a 77% jump in revenue to £527m for the year ending 31 December…
Laing O’Rourke tops June contracts leagueLaing O’Rourke soared to the top of the contracts league rankings after winning a £919m order to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey.
Design work for the mega contract is already underway, with most construction expected to ramp up between 2027 and 2032.
Multiplex ranked second…