Cladding firm M Price felled by post-Grenfell defects claimLeading facade specialist M Price Group fell into administration after it lost a claim brought by Barratt Homes for defective cladding installed over 11 years ago.
The Enfield-based contractor was already struggling after Covid loan repayments and soaring costs on fixed-price contracts.
The 143-year-old group made and installed aluminium…
Barratt go-ahead for 260 flats at old London gas worksBarratt London has got the planning green light to build more than 260 flats at a former South London gas works site.
The six-block mid-rise scheme in Sydenham was designed by dMFK Architects taking inspiration from the neighbouring Grade II Listed Livesey Memorial Hall.
Located at the gateway to a retail park, the Bell Green Works plot…
McAlpine confirms M&E team at £4bn gigafactoryNG Bailey and TClarke have been confirmed as the two MEP partners for the delivery of the new £4bn Agratas gigafactory in Somerset which will make car batteries for Jaguar Land Rover,
Sir Robert McAlpine is building the first of three major units at the UK’s biggest planned EV battery factory at Bridgwater for Tata-owned Agratas
NG Bailey w…
OCU Group buys directional drilling specialistEnergy and utilities infrastructure services company OCU Group has acquired directional drilling specialist Peter McCormack & Sons Limited.
Northern Ireland based McCormack Drilling has over a five-decade history of delivering trenchless technology solutions and major horizontal directional drilling projects across the UK and Ireland.
OCU said…
Former ISG sustainability chief joins PermasteelisaFormer ISG Head of Sustainability Anna Foden has taken up the same newly-created role at façade specialist Permasteelisa Group.
She will report directly to Group Innovation Director Kim Palmen-Koop, leading the company’s drive towards a net zero future.
Permasteelisa Group’s Chief Technical Innovation Officer, Jalal Fitoury, said: “We ar…
Barratt Redrow starts hunt for supply chain savingsNewly-formed house building giant Barratt Redrow is looking for big savings as it seeks to consolidate its enlarged supply chain.
Following formal clearance of the Barratt takeover of Redrow at the start of this month, chief executive David Thomas confirmed plans to find £90m in cost savings.
A review of procurement and consolidation of t…
Mace datacentre chief is latest construction departureMace datacentre chief Jon McElroy is the latest big name confirmed to have left the construction division of the business.
Mace CEO for Construction Andrew Jackson left the company for personal reasons earlier this month after just three months in the role.
Other directors to have left in the last 12 months include public sector MD Terry…
Kent launches £2bn tender race for highways dealKent County Council is inviting bids for a new highways term maintenance contract worth up to £2bn over a possible 21 years.
Current contractor Amey Highways has been fixing roads across the county since 2011.
The deal was originally for ten years but was first extended during the covid-19 crisis then again this August due to “market…
Morgan Sindall upgrades profit expectations for yearMorgan Sindall this morning said end-of-year profits would be significantly ahead of expectations after another stellar performance from the fit-out business Overbury.
In the trading update chief executive John Morgan said fit-out division profits had strengthened significantly due to exceptional volumes and were now expected materially to…
TopHat confirms winding down of volumetric operationVolumetric offsite house builder TopHat is winding down its factory operation.
The Goldman Sachs-backed firm blamed dwindling orders for the decision to open consultations with the workforce at its factory near Derby.
TopHat said the planned wind-down would see all factory orders completed.
Overall TopHat’s accumulated losses stand at around…