Graham set for £100m Cardiff Crossrail phase oneGraham is set to be officially signed as principal contractor to build the first phase of Cardiff’s long-planned Crossrail tram-train network linking the city centre with Cardiff Bay.
Cardiff Council will ask cabinet members on 19 March to rubberstamp Graham’s appointment and finalise the contract value for the opening stage of the scheme.
This…
Go-ahead for 2,300-home scheme at former GSK London HQDeveloper Hadley Property Group has gained planning for a large-scale redevelopment of the former GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in Brentford, West London.
The ambitious scheme at 980 Great West Road spans 13 acres and will see over 2,300 homes built across a mix of tenures, with 35% classed as affordable.
The plans also include around 330,000…
Worker electrocuted after cherry picker hits power lineTwo companies have been fined after an employee was killed and a colleague left with life-altering injuries when a cherrypicker collided with an overhead powerline.
Willand O&M Ltd and New Wave Marine Ltd were sentenced at Exeter Crown Court last week following an incident on 1 June 2020 at the Willand Biogas site in Devon.
Carl Parsons, 34,…
Habiko submits first 240-home scheme in WarringtonAffordable homes partnership Habiko has lodged plans for its first housing scheme of 240-home affordable flats in Warrington town centre.
The affordable homes partnership between Muse, Pension Insurance Corporation and Homes England has submitted proposals to Warrington Borough Council to redevelop land off Academy Way, on the site of the former…
Probe launched after Falcon tower crane collapseFull details have been confirmed of the crane collapse in west London on Wednesday first reported by the Enquirer.
The failed machine was a luffing jib tower crane on hire from Falcon Cranes working on a Hill Group housing job at Barlby Road for Kensington and Chelsea Council.
A spokesperson from The Hill Group said: “On 4 March, an incident…
Housing drags down fledgling construction recoveryConstruction buyers have reported an accelerated downturn in February sinking signs of a recovery at the start of this year.
The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 44.5 in February – down from January’s seven-month high (46.4) and the 14th consecutive monthly fall.
Residential building remained…
Tower crane collapses in LondonA tower crane jib is understood to have collapsed on a site in west London on Wednesday.
Site photos shared with the Enquirer show the aftermath of the failure on the residential site.
No-one is believed to have been injured in the incident.
The Enquirer has contacted firms understood to have been involved for…
Taylor Wimpey to spend £150m this year on safety defects backlogHouse builder Taylor Wimpey plans to spend around £150m this year fixing fire safety defects as it ramps up remediation work to fix a backlog of fire safety work.
The firm has now revealed that previously hidden defects involving cavity barriers behind brickwork and render account for up to two-thirds of the steep £222m hike in…
Near-1,000 homes approved for Isle of Dogs siteLondon’s Tower Hamlets council has approved plans for a near-1,000 home twin-tower scheme on the Isle of Dogs at Mastmaker Court in Millharbour.
The hybrid planning application will see two existing warehouse buildings demolished and replaced with two residential towers delivering co-living and affordable housing alongside community and education…
Go-ahead for Preston 500-home plan at shopping precinctPlans to bulldoze Preston’s ageing St John’s Shopping Centre and replace it with three residential towers, shops and a new NHS health hub have been given the green light.
Members of Preston City Council’s planning committee have just backed the scheme with outline consent, clearing the way for a major reset of the city centre site after…