Tucker M&E files administration noticeStaff have been made redundant at Tucker Mechanical & Electrical Building Services after the firm filed an administration notice.
The £25m turnover Hull based specialist has been in business since 1973 and also has a regional office near Birmingham.
One manager wrote on LinkedIn: “I would like to wish all the staff members at Tucker Mechanical and…
23 firms win Wessex Water minor works dealWessex Water has picked the 23 firms it will use to deliver minor works design-and-build packages covering potable and wastewater projects in the South West.
The two-lot deal – split between non-infrastructure and infrastructure works – runs for five years with options to extend by up to three more.
Galliford Try, Mildren and OCU Utility Services ar…
Stop blaming firms for construction’s broken systemThe Chartered Institute of Building has fired a broadside at decades of government and industry reports saying we must look beyond blaming construction firms if we want to fix the sector’s deep-rooted problems.
In a major new study, Capacity Constraints in Construction: Rethinking the Business Environment, CIOB argues that firms are acting…
£50m Cynon Gateway road job revival signals shift in Welsh policyRhondda Cynon Taf Council in South Wales has revived plans for the long-delayed Cynon Gateway North link road after a government roads freeze was lifted.
The council is now launching a £50m contractor engagement process ahead of a full tender next month.
The 1.2km highway will link the A4059 Aberdare Bypass east of Penywaun to t…
Costain bags job to halve reactor block heights at TrawsfynyddCostain has secured a £70m contract to carry out the complex next major phase of decommissioning work at the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in North Wales.
The four-year project will see Costain deconstruct and partially reduce the height of the site’s two 1960s Magnox reactor buildings from 54m to 25m, reducing their visua…
Steelwork specialist J&D Pierce profits tumbleScotland’s biggest steelwork contractor J&D Pierce (Contracts) saw profits tumble last year as rising costs, delayed projects and lower-margin work combined to hit the Ayrshire specialist contractor.
Turnover for 2024 dipped 5% to £98m, but pre-tax profit plunged from £12.6m to just £0.8m.
A more challenging market saw operating margin collaps…
McAlpine cleans up with mega spa job in latest contracts leagueSir Robert McAlpine bathed in success last month with top ranking in the contracts league after finally signing off a £450m contract to build the Therme Manchester Spa project in TraffordCity.
Billed as the UK’s first urban wellbeing resort and the largest thermal pool complex in Europe, the scheme will boast more than 25…
Exploding jet hose killed drainage engineerUtilities and infrastructure contractor Lanes Group has been fined £800,000 following the death of a drainage engineer.
City of London Magistrates’ Court heard that in December 2022 Miguel Galvao,51, was priming a jetting hose when there was a loud explosion and the end of the hose whipped up at high speed, striking him.
Galvao was rushed to hospita…
Problem HS2 green tunnel reaches major milestoneAn HS2 cut and cover tunnel plagued by construction problems has reached a major milestone.
Faults were found in 2022 in precast concrete segments used on the Chipping Warden Green Tunnel.
And main works contractor EKFB – a team made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and Bam Nuttall – faced serious site productivity issues in the early…
RSK powers past £2.2bn revenue as growth drive continuesAcquisition-hungry RSK Group has smashed through the £2.2bn turnover barrier as it continues its rapid expansion across global consultancy and construction markets.
The fast-growing group hiked revenue 21% to £2.2bn for the 15-month period to 6 April 2025, driven by rising demand for sustainable infrastructure, water, energy and built…