Council starts £200m hunt to replace Balfour BeattyHerefordshire Council has started the hunt for a new contractor after deciding to part ways with Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) on a long running highways and maintenance deal across the county.
Balfour has been maintaining roads and open spaces for the council since 2013.
But Herefordshire announced last year it would be parting ways wit…
St William gets go-ahead for 245-home Stratford schemeBerkeley-subsidiary St William has gained full planning to regenerate the long-derelict Stratford Gasworks site in East London.
A section 106 legal agreement has been finalised for the 2.2-acre brownfield site, which will be transformed into a 245 home mixed-tenure neighbourhood close to West Ham and Stratford Stations.
The development w…
Balfour Beatty to sell Omnicom to Hitachi RailBalfour Beatty has struck a deal to sell its digital rail infrastructure monitoring business Omnicom to Hitachi Rail.
The acquisition will support Omnicom’s growth strategy to expand into the US and European markets.
Omnicom produces hardware and advanced software for surveying, inspecting, and monitoring rail infrastructure, including gaug…
Van Elle partners with Wood on power transmission jobsGround engineering specialist Van Elle has signed an eight-year partnering agreement with specialist power transmission contractor Wood Transmission & Distribution.
Under the deal expected to be worth over £30m, Van Elle will deliver ground investigation, piling and foundations works across several transmission schemes.
Works have commenced…
One of Wales’ oldest contractors delivers record profitOne of Wales’ oldest building and civils contractors has delivered record profitability and growth.
Family-owned contractor Andrew Scott delivered 15% revenue growth to £84m generating a big profit uplift to £5.2m from £1.7m in the prior year.
The improvement was driven by long-term contracts and frameworks supported by strong risk…
Former Balfour regional MD dies before taking up new roleFormer Balfour Beatty Regional Building boss Lindsay McGibbon has died just weeks after leaving the business.
The contractor announced McGibbon would be stepping down in November.
The Enquirer understands he had lined-up a new role in Saudi Arabia to work on a skyscraper at the £40bn Murabba project.
But he fell ill just before Christmas…
Henry administrators chase £10m director paymentAdministrators for Henry Construction Projects have launched legal action to recover £10m paid to a former director before the company went under.
Investigations by FRP advisory have revealed the company paid £10m to parent company Henry Group Holdings, which is in liquidation, in January 2023.
The cash was subsequently paid in May 2023 to a…
Office work drives 0.4% uptick construction outputAfter a few bruising months, construction has jumped into pole position as the best performing sector of the economy.
Monthly construction output grew by 0.4% in volume terms in November after sliding 0.3% in the prior month.
The main contributors to the monthly increase were private commercial new work and non-housing repair and maintenance,…
Three in race for £20bn fusion power stationThree construction consortia have been shortlisted to build the UK’s commercial prototype fusion energy plant at the West Burton power station site in Nottinghamshire.
The multi-stage procurement process to deliver a fusion plant, known as STEP – Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production – is led by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, a subsidiary of…
Plans in for 34-storey Manchester student towerStudent accommodation developer Vita has submitted plans for an 861-room student tower in the First Street area of Manchester.
Designed by Tim Groom Architects, the project will feature a 34-storey main block clad with black metal panels and a connected 12-storey brick envelope block.
The latest student project from Vita is planned for an already…