Bristol £350m Temple Island scheme approvedBristol City Council has waved through Legal & General’s £350m Temple Island regeneration scheme, clearing the way for one of the city’s biggest brownfield sites to move towards delivery.
Councillors approved the hybrid application for the long-derelict former diesel depot site beside Bristol Temple Meads, marking a major step forward for t…
Severn Trent plots £1.2bn tunnelling mega frameworkWater utility Severn Trent Water has launched the bid race for places on a £1.2bn framework covering specialist tunnelling, drilling and shaft works across its network.
The long-term deal, also covering its Welsh business Hafren Dyfrdwy, will run for an initial 12 years from September 2026 with options to extend out to 2041.
It will underpin…
Morgan Sindall bags £29m West London school block jobMorgan Sindall has been appointed to deliver a £29m redevelopment at Villiers High School in Southall, West London centred on a new three-storey eco teaching block.
The job for Ealing Council, procured via the Southern Construction framework, will replace an outdated 1960s building with a modern energy-efficient facility to expand capacity…
Labourer fractures skull in stairwell fallA Staffordshire contractor and its director have been sentenced after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell through a stairwell opening during construction of an apartment block in Staffordshire.
The injured worker, who was 26 at the time of the incident, had been appointed by BHG (Stone) Limited, the principal contractor, as a labourer. On 5…
Ardmore to appeal landmark £15m Building Safety Act rulingArdmore is gearing up to appeal a landmark High Court decision that drags multiple group companies into a £14.9m fire safety defects bill after its main contracting arm collapsed into administration.
The ruling in Crest Nicholson v Ardmore marks a major escalation in how the Building Safety Act 2022 can be used to pursue liabilities…
Graham set for £284m London Met Uni revampContractor Graham is set to be confirmed as strategic delivery partner on London Metropolitan University’s £284m estate overhaul after emerging as the sole bidder on the long-running procurement.
The contractor will take on a wide-ranging role spanning capital works delivery and total facilities management across the university’s London campuses…
Race begins for £142m Bank of England refurbishment jobThe Bank of England has kicked off the hunt for a main contractor to deliver a £142m overhaul of its historic Threadneedle Street estate in the City of London.
The job forms the core of the Bank’s wider Location Strategy project and will see a major consolidation and refurbishment programme rolled out across the secure and…
Fraud gang sentenced for fixing CSCS safety testsThree men have been sentenced after a Met Police investigation uncovered a construction test fraud racket that helped more than 70 people cheat health and safety exams using Bluetooth earpieces.
The year-long scam saw candidates fed answers through a concealed bluetooth earpiece during online CITB tests needed to secure CSCS cards and gain access…
Berkeley slams brakes on land buying as market headwinds biteHouse builder Berkeley has pulled back from new land deals and will instead sweat its existing 50,000-home pipeline as market conditions continue to weigh on London housing delivery.
The firm said it will largely stop buying land, warning it cannot hit required returns amid rising tax, regulation and soft sales.
Instead, the developer…
Work stopped on £44m Lindum site after council blunderWork has been stopped on a £44m Lindum job in Nottinghamshire after the local council broke its own procurement rules.
Ashfield District Council said internal checks identified governance issues within the Automated Distribution and Manufacturing Centre (ADMC) project.
Lindum started on the site as main contractor last Summer and the counc…