East West Rail reset plan to speed up constructionEast West Rail has unveiled a major delivery reset to accelerate its £5bn–£6bn construction programme by switching from a traditional sequential build to parallel delivery across multiple sections.
The move, revealed in its latest consultation, will see key packages of work brought forward and delivered at the same time rather than waiting for…
Muse installs national ops chief to deliver £6.3bn pipelineMuse has promoted North West project boss Stuart Rogers into a newly-created national operations director role as the regeneration specialist gears up to convert a swelling £6.3bn pipeline into live delivery.
Rogers joined Muse in April 2022 and has since risen from the North West team to director of project management for the region.
MCS Group lands £22m Walsall warehouse dealMCS Group has been confirmed as main contractor by Erdgard Developments for its £22m Central Point industrial development at Willenhall Road, Walsall.
The developer has secured detailed planning consent for the scheme which will deliver a total of 93,110 sq ft across six warehouse units.
Site clearance works are now underway to allow MCS Group to start…
Avove hits 6.9% margin as growth streak continuesPrivate equity-backed utility contractor Avove has delivered a fourth straight year of growth with profits and margins both climbing as it gears up for a wave of AMP8 work.
The Chorley-based firm that employs over 800 staff posted revenue of £227m for the year to 31 December 2025, up from £216m, while pre-tax profit jumped 29% to £17m.
A focus…
Apex lands £15m Medway Council HQ overhaul jobSouth East builder Apex Contractors has secured a £15m deal to refurbish Medway Council’s Gun Wharf headquarters in Chatham and reopen parts of the troubled building for wider community use.
The project forms the main works package of a wider £22m overhaul of the council’s Dock Road base, which has faced disruption since 2023 because of…
Network Rail lines up £450m Scotland electrification dealNetwork Rail has launched a £450m framework to drive forward rail electrification works across Scotland as part of its wider decarbonisation push.
A single contractor to deliver overhead line electrification, traction power, distribution systems and associated design under a long-term delivery model.
The framework is structured as a n…
Eurotunnel fined £2.25m after surveyor hit by lightingEurotunnel has been fined £2.25m after an engineering surveyor was struck by a falling 115kg lighting carriage.
The incident happened on 5 April 2018 at Eurotunnel’s UK terminal of the Channel Tunnel, in Folkestone.
The surveyor stood at the bottom of one of the lighting masts with the Eurotunnel maintenance team that was assisting wit…
Bovis swings back to profit after Atlas takeover resetBovis Construction (Europe) has bounced back into profit following its breakaway from Lendlease, but the turnaround is largely driven by one-off accounting gains linked to the business reset in the sale.
The contractor posted a £56m pre-tax profit for the nine months to 31 March 2025, reversing a near £14m loss the previous year.
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Vistry promotes from within to succeed Greg FitzgeraldHouse builder Vistry has appointed Adam Daniels as Chief Executive Officer to replace Greg Fitzgerald who announced his retirement last month.
Daniels is currently the Executive Chair of one of Vistry’s two largest operating divisions and a member of the Group’s Executive Leadership Team.
He joined Countryside Partnerships in 2016, helping…
Renaker profit climbs after bumper year of tower completionsRenaker Build lifted turnover and profit last year after completing a bumper run of Manchester and Salford residential jobs, despite warning that tougher regulation and tax barriers are slowing the next wave of scheme starts.
The Manchester tower builder posted turnover of £280m for the year to 31 October 2025, up 5.6% from £265m,…