Firm wanted for £35m for Royal Observatory revampThe National Maritime Museum is looking for a contractor to deliver a major redevelopment of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
The project to upgrade the historic site, will be let as a two-phase job worth up to £35m.
The revamp aims to boost visitor facilities while also protecting and restoring the Observatory’s listed buildings.
Phase on…
Mace tops contracts league with Euston Tower winMace soared above its rival contractors to secure the highest value of new work for the second month running in the March contracts league.
It took pole position on the strength of a trio of big orders. These included a £600m contract for the Euston Tower overhaul in London for British Land, the £140m pier 6 extension at Gatwick Airport wort…
Wates wins £111m Victoria Tower restorationWates has taken the iconic job to restore and carry out fire upgrade work to the Palace of Westminster’s grade I listed Victoria Tower.
The firm secured the project through negotiated tender at a price of £110.6m, after no other competitive bids were submitted in an open re-tender for the historic building upgrade.
The initial contest to restor…
Police hunt boss on the run after site manslaughter chargePolice are asking for help to locate a 63-year-old construction director from Felixstowe who has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter and failed to appear at court.
Peter Clifford, formerly of Holland Road, Felixstowe, was charged with three offences in October last year following the death of construction worker Dale Baker in…
Mainland Power wins solar panel retrofit dealMainland Power was recently commissioned by Quantem to design and install solar panels on the roof of 5 Merchant Square (5MSQ) on behalf of building owner JLL.
The project is one of the first high rise building buildings in central London to incorporate a large solar PV system, reducing carbon emissions and lowering the building’s electricity…
JCT to sponsor construction mental health projectJCT is to sponsor a research project investigating the mental health of workers in construction, to better understand the challenges workers face, and to explore how the industry can provide better support.
This next phase of the research sponsored by JCT and led by Mates in Mind is to focus specifically on young people entering the construction…
Buyers flag fears over civil engineering slowdownConstruction buyers reported the sharpest decline in civil engineering output output levels since 2020 in March.
Delayed decision-making on new projects and a generally subdued pipeline of major infrastructure work was blamed for the fastest rate of contraction since October 2020.
Civil engineering led the downturn in activity with the bellwether…
Kier wins first phase of £700m Warwick Uni campus buildKier has been named preferred contractor to deliver Phase 1 of the University of Warwick’s£700m plan to regerated its campus with new STEM teaching facilities.
The investment in Warwick’s West Midlands campus represents the largest single investment in campus facilities across its entire 60-year history.
Phase one will involve the new…
Torsion and Khalbros to build new Leeds £1bn neighbourhoodA Khalbros and Torsion Group JV has acquired the Eastgate Quarter site in Leeds and now plans a £1bn residential-led development.
The JV has paid Hammerson £26m for its assets on Templar Street and will now push a head with a mixed-use scheme to replace the original plans for a retail development.
Plans by the contractor and privat…
JCB to double size of US factory in wake of Trump tariffsJCB is set to double the size of a new factory currently under construction in Texas in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs
The machinery maker confirmed today that newly-announced tariffs will significantly impact its business in the short-term.
Today JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford said: “JCB has been in business for 80 years…