£70m Bristol student job finally gets Gateway 2 approvalStudent developer Unite has finally secured Gateway 2 approval on its planned 500-bed Freestone Island development scheme in the Temple Meads area of Bristol.
The £73m project scheme has been caught up in the Building Safety Regulator logjam for nearly a year.
A Unite spokesman said: “It’s been a long journey to get here, so we’r…
Government unveils 10 new construction technical collegesThe government has named 10 specialist Construction Technical Excellence Colleges to train more than 40,000 future builders, bricklayers, electricians, carpenters and plumbers by 2029.
Backed by £100m of fresh funding, the newly-designated construction college hubs will be spread across every region of England, with hubs in Derby, Suffolk,…
McLaren lands London School of Economics £100m revampMcLaren Construction has won a £100m deal to retrofit and extend an existing 1950s building for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
McLaren will take posession of the site at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields next month to create a home for the Firoz Lalji Global Hub.
Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, the hub will b…
Industry standards body parts company with chairmanThe Executive Chairman of the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) has left the industry standards body.
The Enquirer also understands that Amit Oberoi is no longer a trustee of the Lighthouse Charity – a role he only took on in April.
Oberoi was appointed Executive Chairman of the CCS in March 2023.
He was previously non-Executive Chairman…
Clegg wins car park to flats conversion contractDeveloper Capital&Centric has signed a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) deal with Clegg Construction for its pioneering project to transform a 1960s multi-storey car park into 111 homes,
The Karparc scheme in Newcastle-under-Lyme will start on site this autumn.
In a UK first, the car park conversion will see the brutalist frame reimagined…
Danny Sullivan HS2 workers hit-out over agency movesFormer Danny Sullivan workers on HS2 are unhappy about the way they are being moved to rival labour agencies.
Balfour Beatty terminated all labour supply agreements with the Danny Sullivan Group last month after workers were incorrectly classified for tax purposes on HS2.
The decision meant around 450 Danny Sullivan workers are currently being…
Overbury set for major law firm fit-out winOverbury is understood to have landed the prize fit-out deal at 2 Aldermanbury Square in the City of London which will become the new head office for legal giant Clifford Chance.
The Enquirer understands that Overbury will make the win official shortly for the project where Bovis is main shell and core contractor on the £180m job for client Great…
China told to lift veil on ‘greyed-out’ London super embassy plansAngela Rayner has told China to explain why key parts of detailed plans for a vast new London embassy have been blacked out.
The deputy prime minister and housing secretary is demanding planning consultants for the Chinese embassy explain why detailed drawings for basement areas of the Royal Mint Court redevelopment plans hav…
Mace wins £1.1bn British Library extensionDeveloper Mitsui Fudosan UK Ltd has chosen Mace as construction manager for the £1.1bn British Library extension project at St Pancras in central London.
Construction is due to start on site in 2026 once detailed design is complete and planning conditions met. The work is expected to take around six years to complete.
Mace fought off competition from…
Regulatory gridlock ‘knocks confidence’ in constructionConstruction professionals are warning that widespread delays caused by the Building Safety Regulator and planning red tape are throttling the industry’s ability to recover and deliver on Government targets.
According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Q2 2025 Construction Monitor, 61% of respondents said planning and…