Pothole patch-up policy fails as roads repair backlog hits £17bnThe highways repairs backlog facing local authorities in England and Wales has hit a fresh high of £17bn despite increased funding to fill potholes.
Figures from this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey report reveal the road condition crisis is worsening despite on average one pothole being filled every…
Green light for 2,100 homes at old East London gasworksBerkeley Group’s St William division has finally secured full planning to restore the UK’s largest surviving cluster of Victorian gas holders to create 2,100 new homes within the heritage site.
The developer can progress the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks scheme in East London after completing a Section 106 legal agreement with the London…
Lifting regs review bagged up with ‘bat and newt’ red tape purgeThe Government called in key regulators today to firm up plans to speed up water projects, ease environmental red tape slowing house building and reform the industry LOLER lifting regulations.
Details of the measures will now be worked up but regulators were handed a set of clear instructions to lift barriers to economic…
House builders call for rethink on Building Safety LevyMore than 100 house builders have signed a letter calling on the Chancellor to reconsider plans for the new Building Safety Levy.
The levy is due to come into force later this year raising £3.4bn from developers forced to pay a fee on new homes.
The letter organised by the Home Builders Federation warns that the “nakedly anti-development…
Costain raids Balfour Beatty for new head of railCostain has hired Balfour Beatty rail operations director Alistair Geddes to become its rail sector director.
At Balfour Beatty, Geddes looked after a number of manufacturing facilities, frameworks and projects for clients including Network Rail, Transport for Wales, Transport for London and others in the private sector.
He has also held leading…
Plans in for nearly 900 homes at Manchester MayfieldLandsec has filed plans for the first phase of housing at its £1.4bn Mayfield regeneration scheme in Manchester.
Designed jointly by architects Studio Egret West and shedkm, the first 879 homes will be built over four blocks around a new park square, near Manchester Piccadilly Station
If approved, the flats will complete the first built phas…
Problem contracts send Robertson into the redRobertson Construction Group has posted a loss in its latest accounts after being hit by a trio of problem contracts.
Latest numbers for the year to June 30 2024 show a pre-tax loss of £12.6m compared to a £16m profit last time as turnover rose to £627m from £493m.
Robertson blamed the numbers on two loss-making contracts and a third where margins…
Contractors wanted for £215m care home frameworkBackers of plans for £215m of new care homes in the South West are looking for contractors to join their building framework.
Consultants Consensio and Avison Young are working with the ST Woodrow Care Group to set-up the 10-year deal.
The Enquirer understands work will involve the construction of 550 mixed care units, with an additional 400…
National Grid names key suppliers for £59bn HVDC dealNational Grid has named the first two tranches of strategic suppliers it will use to for its High Voltage Direct Current infrastructure programme.
Six HVDC cable suppliers will share £21.3bn, while and four other suppliers have secured spots on the HVDC Converter station framework, worth £24.6bn. Both Frameworks cover both confirmed and…
Muse hires London Crown Estate MDMuse has beefed-up its senior leadership team hiring Crown Estate London chief Simon Harding-Roots as managing director at its South office.
Harding-Roots will lead Muse’s southern business when he joins at the end of the month, driving growth and expanding partnerships with ECF and Habiko across the region.
At the Crown Estate, as managing director for…