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Heathrow to start T4 revamp next year in £1.3bn spend plan

Heathrow to start T4 revamp next year in £1.3bn spend planHeathrow will unleash a £1.3bn improvement drive in 2026 as the airport kicks off a long-awaited overhaul of Terminal 4 and pushes ahead with major upgrades across its estate.
Construction on the T4 revamp will begin with a new multi storey car park and an upgraded check in hall. The work will run in phases to keep the terminal operating…

Top Ten best read stories of 2025

Top Ten best read stories of 2025The Enquirer is putting out its last daily newsletter of the year today as the industry winds-down for its traditional Christmas break.
The website will be updated with any major breaking stories during the holiday season with the full daily news service returning on January 5.
It has been another eventful 12 months and a busy news year for construction as t…

Scottish Water names preferred firms for £9bn upgrade

Scottish Water names preferred firms for £9bn upgradeScottish Water has named its preferred bidders for a £9bn capital investment drive stretching across the next two regulatory periods.
In what will become one of the UK’s biggest long-term delivery alliances, the utility giant will form a new enterprise partnership to upgrade water and wastewater assets from 2027 to 2033, with an option to…

Colas sells Allied Infrastructure to DJ Civils

Colas sells Allied Infrastructure to DJ CivilsKent based contractor DJ Civils has acquired Allied Infrastructure from Colas.
Allied Infrastructure specialises in work on UK airfields and local highways maintenance jobs and has been part of Colas since 2017.
A Colas statement said: “Colas Ltd has reached agreement to sell Allied Infrastructure to DJ Civils Ltd, a civil engineering contractor…

HG Construction hits 8th Gateway 2 win as approvals accelerate

HG Construction hits 8th Gateway 2 win as approvals accelerateHG Construction has secured its eighth Gateway 2 approval of 2025 after regulators signed off a 24 storey student tower in London.
The project for Alumno in Elephant and Castle signals that Building Safety Regulator decisions are now starting to move more quickly through the system.
The Maccreanor Lavington designed scheme will deliver…

Thirty arrests after immigration raid on Swindon site

Thirty arrests after immigration raid on Swindon siteThirty construction workers have been arrested for immigration-related offences following a raid on a major warehouse site.
Immigration officers carried out the raid earlier this week at Panattoni Park, the former home to Honda in Swindon, alongside Wiltshire Police.
Supt Mike Vass, Swindon hub commander, told the BBC: “This was a significant…

City of London planning applications hit 10-year high

City of London planning applications hit 10-year highThe City of London Corporation has clocked its busiest year for planning applications in a decade as developers race to deliver more premium office space in the Square Mile.
Fresh data from the Corporation shows 2025 delivered the highest volume of applications in ten years. Major schemes over 100,000 sq m were up 36% on 2024 suggesting growing…

Leeds iconic Tetley brewery building revamp approved

Leeds iconic Tetley brewery building revamp approvedDeveloper Vastint UK has secured planning to revamp the iconic Tetley building in Leeds.
Work will now get underway next year on the full restoration of the 92-year-old brewery HQ as the historic centrepiece of the emerging Aire Park district.
The two-year refurbishment project will create public market hall and around 13,000 sq ft of offic…

Panattoni buys Northampton site for £75m logistics scheme

Panattoni buys Northampton site for £75m logistics schemeDeveloper Panattoni has acquired a 15-acre logistics site at Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton with plans for a £75m speculative scheme.
A planning application is due to be submitted early next year with construction scheduled to start in 2028 on a single warehouse unit of 340,000 sq ft.
Gregg Titley, Head of Development, East and…

Government advances single construction regulator plan

Government advances single construction regulator planThe Government has pressed ahead with consultation on its plan to set up a single construction regulator as ministers push to merge building, product and competency oversight into one watchdog.
The move aims to sweep away the current fragmented safety system. But the plan has already sparked industry concern after two years of procurement…

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