Balfour leadership rejig to focus on three key growth sectorsBalfour Beatty has restructured the responsibilities of its three key operational division leaders to focus on the firm’s core growth sectors: Energy, Defence, and Transportation.
Steve Tarr, currently the divisional CEO of Power Transmission & Distribution, Rail, and Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick, will additionally serve as Group Sector…
Regulator pledges to clear 122 project backlog by AprilThe Building Safety Regulator has pledged to clear by April the backlog of projects awaiting safety design clearance to start construction.
The regulator’s accepted backlog for Gateway 2 approval includes around 122 projects. For the first time, the regulator has confirmed to the Enquirer that 31 of these schemes are new-build high-ris…
Government opens bidding for new AI Growth ZonesThe Government has fired the starting gun on plans to create AI Growth Zones to power regional growth and attract major private investment.
These growth zones will speed up planning permission to rapidly build AI infrastructure including data centres and give them the energy connections needed to power AI innovations in areas lik…
Vistry strikes deal for phase 3 of £1.2bn London estate rebuildHousing association Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has agreed multiple deals with Vistry to pave the way to build 323 homes at the £1.2bn Clapham Park regeneration scheme in South London.
The JV has secured the land from MTVH allowing construction to begin on Phase 3 of the major estate rebuild.
It also signed an agreement for…
Fire hits £31m student accommodation siteSix fire engines were needed to battle a blaze which broke out on Saturday at a £31m student accommodation scheme under construction in Lancaster.
Local roads were shut for several hours during the incident at the Sailworks scheme where Bridgestone Construction is building two blocks of five and seven storeys.
The contractor said: “Earlier today, a…
£90m funding release for quartet of road upgradesThe Government has approved £90m funding for four major road schemes in England.
The projects are targeted at speeding up travel times in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.
Dualling of the A350 Chippenham bypass, which connects the south coast with the M4, Bristol and the Midlands, will cost around £32m, with £27m coming from funding…
M&E specialist J S Wright files administration noticeWest Midlands-based M&E specialist J S Wright & Co and allied business Wright Maintenance have filed notices of intentions to appoint administrators with the courts.
Both firms operate out of headquarters in Birmingham and offices in Bristol and London employing around 160 staff.
The business switched to employee ownership in October 2021 but…
Another month of repairs at McAlpine problem panel hotelRepair work to cladding on Sir Robert McAlpine’s problem Hilton Hotel job in Woking could last another month causing chaos in the town centre.
A loose panel was discovered after high winds late last month forcing the closure of the A320 Victoria Way while checks and repair work are carried-out.
Woking Borough Council leader Ann-Mar…
Skanska lands design role on £1.25bn steelworksTata Steel has appointed Skanska to provide design and project management services for its new £1.25bn low carbon steelworks scheme at Port Talbot in South Wales.
Sir Robert McAlpine was awarded the the main, civil, structural and building works last week for the construction of a new electric arc furnace-based steel production facility that w…
Bleak January for construction buyersConstruction buyers reported a downturn in output in January halting a 10-month run of industry expansion.
The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 48.1 in January from 53.3 in December.
It was the first time the index registered below the 50.0 no-change threshold since February 2024.
Contractors blamed the fall on…