Graham lands £42m Woking road upgradeContractor Graham has been awarded the contract by Surrey County Council to deliver improvements to the A320 north of Woking.
The key infrastructure project has been funded through a £41.8m grant from Homes England’s Housing Infrastructure Fund.
The scheme aims to increase capacity and improve traffic flow on the stretch of road between Chertsey and…
Dandara 300 homes High Wycombe project approvedDandara Living has secured planning permission to redevelop the Chilterns Shopping Centre to provide over 300 build-to-rent homes in the heart of High Wycombe town centre.
The proposals will see two new buildings rising to 10 storeys, separated by a new pedestrian street.
Designed by Aros Architects, the scheme is inherently sustainable and includes…
Three Keltbray managers took £600,000 in bribesThree former site managers at Keltbray have been convicted for taking over £600,000 in bribes from a specialist labour supply agency.
The Keltbray managers, Michael McCarthy, Simon Lacey, and John Burke, were convicted of receiving the bribes, which represented a ‘breach of trust’ in their obligations to Keltbray.
Southwark Crown Court also…
Bidding starts for £1bn YORcivil major works dealProcurement body YORhub has started tendering for its second-generation civil engineering major works framework covering Yorkshire, Humber and the East Midlands.
Eight firms will be awarded places on the YORcivil Major Works 2 contractor framework, which will be used to deliver projects valued over £10m.
Existing incumbents fighting to renew…
ECF clinches deal for Hull 850-home urban villageHull City Council has picked the ECF joint venture – Muse, Legal & General and Homes England as development partner for the planned 850-home East Bank Urban Village.
A 15-year development agreement will be established for planning and construction on the site east of the River Hull, opposite the old town.
The regeneration is backed by £9.9m of…
Passenger train derailed after hitting track left by Colas workersAccident investigators have asked Colas Rail to review its working practices after a redundant section of track left behind by a maintenance team caused a passenger train to derail.
The train struck a section of redundant rail that had been left on the tracks on the approach to Walton-on- Thames station last March.
It was…
Bryson signs £6m safety products deal with SkanskaBryson has landed a £6m contract to supply safety products to Skanska UK.
The deal will include PPE, site consumables, site set-up and safety equipment.
The agreement was established in line with Skanska UK’s Sustainable Procurement Strategy with Bryson chosen due to its “smarter, faster, greener” ordering process and mutual values of…
Blenheim House payout hopes fade as claims hit £33mClaims from trade creditors to Surrey-based contractor Blenheim House Construction have soared to nearly £33m.
The higher amount of claims than expected is seeing hopes fade of a previously suggested 10p in the £1 payout for suppliers and subcontractors.
In the latest update to creditors, the failed builder’s administrators warn that further…
£30m turnover M&E contractor files administration noticeCannock based building service specialist TNA Electrical has filed an administration application.
The £30m turnover firm works on packages worth up to £12m and was founded by brothers Andrew (pictured) and Neil Jones in 2009.
Latest accounts for TNA for the year to January 31 2024 show a turnover of £30m generating a pre-tax loss of…
£1.3bn decarbonising and fire safety deals out for bidHousing procurement group, the South East Consortium, has opened the bidding to find contractors for two major frameworks.
The biggest is for spots on a £1bn decarbonising partnerships framework designed to dovetail with Government social housing funding requirements.
Works will encompass all aspects of decarbonising the housing socia…