Westminster gears up for £500m housing repairs dealWestminster City Council has kicked off early market talks for a massive £500m overhaul of its housing repairs and maintenance services.
The authority is planning a major restructure of how it looks after its 23,000-strong housing stock, which includes over 100,000 repairs a year and a pipeline of major works.
Current contracts covering…
Henry Boot sets October start on £1bn cyber hub next to GCHQHenry Boot is gearing up to start work in October on the first phase of its £1bn Golden Valley development next to GCHQ in Cheltenham.
The flagship tech campus is set to transform the area into a national hub for cyber, AI and quantum innovation, with planning in for 1 million sq ft of commercial space and around 1,000 homes.
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Cementation Skanska names new operations directorPiling specialist Cementation Skanska has promoted Emma Haddow to operations director responsible for UK-wide ground engineering services.
Haddow has over 20 years’ experience in piling and ground engineering and moves up from her previous role as business stream director in Scotland. She now joins the firm’s leadership team with immediat…
Forterra fires-up kilns as house building demand returnsMaterials giant Forterra is boosting production to feed growing demand from house builders.
In a bullish trading statement the firm said revenue for the first quarter to April 30 was 22% ahead of last year at £124.1m.
Forterra said: “Trading saw continued positive momentum with the group benefitting from an improving demand environment,…
Plans in for £100m Church Wharf regeneration in BoltonManchester-based developer Watson has submitted plans for a £100m regeneration scheme to transform a key gateway site in Bolton town centre.
The 7.5-acre Church Wharf site will be turned into a new neighbourhood with 415 homes, a 130-bed hotel, and commercial space for shops, bars and restaurants.
Work is expected to start this summer,…
McAvoy on the hunt for new subcontractorsOffsite manufacturing specialist McAvoy is seeking to expand its network of subcontractors and suppliers for upcoming projects.
The firm is hosting a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event on Wednesday 25th June at The Beeswing, Manchester, giving businesses the chance to connect with the McAvoy team and explore opportunities to become part of its supply…
Brookfield gets green light for latest City office schemeBrookfield Properties has secured planning permission for a 300,000 sq ft office scheme at 1 Moor Lane in the City of London.
Architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris designed the redevelopment of the building formerly known as Milton Gate where a retrofit-first approach will retain 70% of the original structure.
Dan Scanlon, President of…
Ex-Lendlease boss seals £24bn Crown Estate mega sites JVThe Crown Estate has signed a £24bn joint venture with Lendlease to unlock tens of thousands of homes and millions of square feet of commercial space across six major sites in London and Birmingham.
The deal was struck by Crown Estate chief executive Dan Labbad – the former global head of Lendlease Construction – and his old firm’s…
McLaren to build 2,400-bed worker campus at Sizewell CMcLaren Construction will deliver the huge accommodation campus for workers building the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
Under a construction management agreement, McLaren will deliver the 2,400-bed campus for site workers, hailed as setting new standards in site accommodation.
The scheme will see 16 residential blocks of three and four…
Soaring costs and work drought sunk historic scaffolding firmSoaring costs and a lack of work have been blamed for sending under a scaffolding contractor that has been in business for more than 125 years.
Hertfordshire based Rodells has been trading since 1898 when it was founded by Leonard Rodell as a steeple-jacking company.
But the business fell into administration in March when all 37 staff…