Heathrow Airport upgrade spend takes off againHeathrow has set out plans to spend £2.3bn over the next two years on further upgrades to the airport.
The accelerated investment plan will see £1.05bn spent on the airport’s infrastructure in 2025, and an additional £1.29bn invested in 2026 .
The investment will enhance capabilities across all terminals, including baggage delivery and projects…
Government buys back over 36,000 military homesThe government has agreed a deal to bring over 36,000 homes in the Armed Forces estate back into public ownership.
The £6bn repurchase deal from Annington, a property company linked to the billionaire private equity investor Guy Hands, will unlock new-build housing projects for military families plus essential refurbishments.
In 1996, the MoD sold…
Story Contracting staff braced for rail job lossesStaff at Story Contracting are facing an uncertain Christmas with a round of redundancies understood to be underway at the rail division.
The Enquirer understands that jobs are under threat in England following slower than expected workloads coming through from Network Rail under the current five-year Control Period 7 (CP7) investment programm…
Ballymore submits two plans for 3,700 East London homesDeveloper Ballymore has submitted two major hybrid planning applications for riverside sites in east London that would deliver nearly 3,700 new homes.
Proposals for the Thames Road and Knights Road schemes near the Royal Docks have both been submitted as hybrid applications for approval to Newham Council.
It is the second time the plans hav…
Blackpool council steps in on failed developer’s £300m schemeBlackpool Council has stepped in to salvage the seaside town’s ambitious £300m Blackpool Central scheme after developer Nikal filed for administration.
The council has now confirmed it will press ahead with site clearance and appoint DSM Demolition to clear the site’s old police station and municipal courts early in the new…
Bowmer + Kirkland gets start date for £100m Siemens siteConstruction will start early next year for Siemens Mobility on a £100m rail infrastructure, digital engineering, and research and development facility in Chippenham after planning permission was granted by Wiltshire County Council.
Bowmer + Kirland has been confirmed as main contractor on the job.
Rob Morris, Joint UK&I CEO and Managing…
Torsion sells under-construction Leeds BTR schemeTorsion Group has sold its 300-apartment Build To Rent scheme in Leeds Flax Place to real estate investment and asset management firm Starlight Investments.
Flax Place is currently under construction with the concrete frame expected to start in the coming weeks and a completio date of late 2026.
Dan Spencer Founder and CEO of Torsion Group said…
Go-ahead for City of London’s tallest towerPlans to build the City of London’s tallest tower have received the green light.
The 74-storey office tower known as 1 Undershaft will deliver nearly 1.7m sq ft of prime office space.
The stepped skyscraper will top out at the same height, when benchmarked against sea level, as the Shard, soaring to the 309.6m maximum ceiling permitted by the civ…
Construction T Level scrapped due to lack of demandOnsite Construction T Level courses are being scrapped “due to a lack of overall demand.”
The construction course aimed at 16-19 year olds was not spared the axe during a review into vocational qualifications that were due to be defunded by the previous government.
Around 70% of qualifications that were slated for defunding have been saved in…
Bid rigging probe launched into school repair workThe Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into suspected bid-rigging in relation to a key government fund for improving the condition of school buildings.
The competition watchdogs suspect that several companies providing roofing and construction services – including building contractors and technical advisors –…