Thames Water tenders £120m water main rehab dealThames Water has opened bidding for a £120m framework to deliver major water mains upgrades across London and the South East.
The water company hopes to appoint between two and five contractors to deliver the programme.
Works will include structural renewal and relining of mains, full replacement of service connections, installation of boundary…
Mace lands latest 30-storey City of London towerMace has been appointed by Hertshten Properties as construction partner for 85 Gracechurch Street – a 30-storey mixed-use tower in the City of London.
The scheme near Leadenhall Market has been designed by Woods Bagot and will replace a 1930s office building with approximately 235,000 sq ft of office space and event space with a 270-degr…
Vinci gets go-ahead for £250m Stockport 8 schemeStockport Council and its development partner ECF have secured planning permission for the £250m Stockport 8 scheme, marking a major milestone in the town’s £1bn regeneration push.
The 8-acre neighbourhood will see around 1,300 homes built alongside new shops, leisure, offices and public squares on land either side of King Street West, next to…
£80m bid race to convert Oxford Debenhams into labsThe Crown Estate has launched the search for a main contractor to deliver an £80m overhaul of a landmark former Oxford Debenhams store into life sciences labs.
The six-storey block in Magdalen Street covers around 13,000 sq m and will be stripped back and reconfigured to create a multi-occupancy life sciences hub.
The redevelopment of t…
Bennett steps-in to finish Guinness Covent Garden breweryBennett Construction has been appointed by Diageo to complete the £73m Guinness Microbrewery and Culture Hub at Old Brewer’s Yard in the centre of Covent Garden, London.
The £73m project has been hit by delays after original fit out contractor Beck Interiors went into administration last year.
The ‘Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard’…
Work-to-rule set to hit Sellafield clean-upUnite members at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria are set to enact a work-to-rule policy from Saturday following a long running pay dispute.
The move involves 1,500 construction workers across 34 contractors across disciplines including electricians, joiners, pipe-fitters, riggers, welders, groundworkers and painters.
A recent ballot returned a…
Aureos breaks ground on £45m Howden Relief RoadContractor Aureos has kicked off work on the £45m Howden Relief Road in East Yorkshire.
The civils firm rebranded after being sold by Keltbray is delivering the 1.2km road which will link the A614 to Station Road over the two-year build programme.
Backed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and developer JG Hatcliffe Associates, the road will pav…
Oxford United win green light for £150m all-electric stadiumOxford United have secured local planning approval for a planned 16,000-capacity stadium expected to cost over £150m to build.
The stadium is planned to be built on a green belt site at Kidlington to the north of the city
Development director Jonathon Clarke described the decision as “once-in-a-generation” and praised both t…
Hitachi Energy named for EGL3 converter station dealHitachi Energy has been named preferred bidder to deliver major converter stations at either end of the £3.7bn Eastern Green Link 3.
EGL3 is the UK’s largest proposed HVDC transmission project and forms part of SSEN Transmission’s £20bn investment to upgrade the electricity network in the north of Scotland to unlock the country’s…
Demolition record as eight cooling towers come downDemolition specialist Brown & Mason set a world record on Thursday with the demolition of eight cooling towers at Cottam Power Station in Nottinghamshire.
The firm secured the Guinness World Records title for the most cooling towers demolished with controlled explosives simultaneously at the former coal-fired station.
Rikki Isgar, Explosiv…