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Stanhope JV buys stalled £450m London Bankside office scheme

Stanhope JV buys stalled £450m London Bankside office schemeStanhope has teamed up with Cheyne Capital to take control of Landsec’s stalled London Bankside office scheme, with plans to restart construction in early 2026.
The £450m Row One development has been designed by Danish architect BIG at the former Red Lion Court site beside the old FT headquarters on the banks of the Thames.
The sit…

Kier chief bows out on a high with record £11bn pipeline

Kier chief bows out on a high with record £11bn pipelineAndrew Davies has bowed out after six years in charge of Kier, leaving the business with record orders, rising profits and revenue topping £4bn for the first time since 2018.
Pre-tax profit rose 15% to £78m in the year to June 2025 on revenue up 4% to £4.08bn.
Adjusted operating margins edged up to 3.9%, just short of the group’s…

Race on for £80m London Harrow Road housing job

Race on for £80m London Harrow Road housing jobLondon’s Westminster City Council has kicked off the hunt for a main contractor to deliver its £80m landmark housing scheme at 291 Harrow Road.
The project will deliver 144 new homes across three buildings of 15, 10 and five storeys. Half of the units will be affordable or Adult Social Care homes at social rent, with the rest for privat…

Fusion’s second Brent Cross student scheme go-ahead

Fusion’s second Brent Cross student scheme go-aheadFusion Group has secured planning permission for its second purpose-built student accommodation development at Brent Cross Town.
The 666-room scheme is being delivered with Cheyne Capital as part of the £8bn, 180-acre regeneration being led by Related Argent and Barnet Council.
Designed by PRP, the new block will include study areas, a digita…

Blaze breaks out at Birmingham tower refurb site

Blaze breaks out at Birmingham tower refurb siteFire crews battled on Monday afternoon to put out a blaze on the top floor of a 16-storey tower in Birmingham currently undergoing refurbishment work.
The Colmore Gate tower is currently undergoing renovation work which started this summer.
The office and retail building was originally constructed in the early 1990s.

West Midlands Fire Service said…

G2 Survey becomes supplier member of TSA

G2 Survey becomes supplier member of TSAG2 Survey Ltd has officially joined The Survey Association (TSA) trade body as a Supplier Member.
As an authorised distributor of Leica Geosystems, G2 supplies advanced total stations, GNSS solutions, and laser scanning technology alongside Pix4D photogrammetry software and Radiodetection equipment, enabling surveyors to work more efficiently and accurately…

McLaughlin & Harvey lands £33m waste centre

McLaughlin & Harvey lands £33m waste centreMcLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed main contractor on a £33m waste transfer station in north London.
The London Borough of Barnet Council has awarded the deal for construction of Geron Way Waste Transfer Station with work set to start this month.
McLaughlin & Harvey will deliver a new 9,000 sq m waste transfer station for the North London Wast…

Pinnacle celebrates Sports Direct success

Pinnacle celebrates Sports Direct successA fast-growing Midlands architecture business is celebrating after completing its 30th project for the UK’s largest sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct.
Wolverhampton-based Pinnacle Architecture has provided architectural services, interior design and project management for Sports Direct’s  concept stores around the UK, including one of its biggest…

Teesside, Notts and London Gateway set for nuclear projects

Teesside, Notts and London Gateway set for nuclear projectsThe Prime Minister has hailed a new “golden age” of nuclear power as British and US firms unveiled five major commercial tie-ups ahead of the US president’s state visit this week.
The flagship deal is a plan to replace the outgoing Hartlepool power station with up to 12 advanced modular reactors, in a scheme promising 2,500 jobs and…

Vidi Construction collapses into administration

Vidi Construction collapses into administrationCoventry-based Vidi Construction has gone under after nearly 10 years in business.
The £40m-turnover contractor employed around 40 staff and relied on up to 200 trade workers at peak times before calling in administrators.
Vidi specialised in residential new-build and conversion projects across the Midlands and south.

It was founded in 2016 and had…

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