Muse signs up to £3.2bn Solihull health campus districtA three-way development joint venture including Muse has signed head of agreement to progress ambitious plans to create a £3.2bn HealthTech Campus next to the HS2 Interchange site in Solihull.
The new Campus will bring together the University, NHS, private providers, and industry to support pioneering new start-ups and scale-ups to enter…
Redesign delays hit giant McAlpine car battery factoryThe £4bn Agratas gigafactory in Somerset is facing construction delays as plans for the site are scaled back.
Sir Robert McAlpine has been overseeing site preparation work for Tata-owned Agratas since last summer.
But work has now stalled at the piling stage for the first of three planned main buildings with 16,800 piles now…
‘Affordable’ HS2 Crewe to Euston plan submitted to TreasuryThe industry’s High Speed Rail Group has submitted outline plans to the Treasury to rescope the HS2 project to unlock maximum economic benefit within a constrained budget.
The plan to rescope HS2 to a “Euston-Crewe core” would accelerate delivery, and ensure a substantial financial return to the Treasury, while recognising…
Regal submits plan to revive stalled London resi towerDeveloper Regal has submitted revamped plans to kick-start a stalled high-rise residential project in North London.
The firm bought the 100 Avenue Road site in Swiss Cottage after it stalled under a previous developer’s ownership following the completion of demolition and basement works.
The new plan retains the previous 24-floor tower of…
Construction boss jailed for siphoning off cash for casinoA Nottinghamshire construction boss who siphoned more than £700,000 from four failing companies and transferred the cash to his casino account has been jailed.
Wesley Grainger-Smith, 66, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court last week.
Grainger-Smith, of Winthorpe, had previously pleaded guilty to…
Watkin Jones wins £30m student digs campus upgradeWatkin Jones has secured the contract to upgrade student halls of residents for King’s College London at Camberwell in south London.
Student accommodation provider Arlington Advisors is managing the refurbishment and remedial works of the college’s Champion Hill estate on Denmark Hill.
The estate provides 714 beds for students in six blocks,…
Severfield warns on profits blaming major project delaysConstructional steelwork giant Severfield issued profit warning this morning blaming project delays and falling business confidence.
In a trading statement, Severfield said it would look for a further round of cost reductions and had cancelled the £10m share buyback programme to manage the fall off in workload.
The profit warning blaming an…
Administrators go in at aggregates firm AshvilleAdministrators have been appointed at Ashville Aggregates and Concrete.
Companies House records show that administrators from Leonard Curtis were appointed late last month at the materials supply and muck away specialist which operates from a main yard near Heathrow Airport servicing sites across London and the South East.
Leonard Curtis has also…
Wernick Hire expands with launch of Modular HireWernick Hire has launched Modular Hire – a new division dedicated to providing building regulation-compliant modular buildings for hire.
While modular building solutions were already part of Wernick Hire’s portfolio, the addition of a specialist hire solution reflects the company’s commitment to growing its customer portfolio and services,…
Watchdog MPs raise alarm over HS2 Euston station planMPs on the Public Accounts Committee have lambasted the management of the HS2 project and raised grave concerns about the latest plan to deliver the Euston terminus in London.
Their report published today calls for “fundamental reset” of the project by the summer.
They warn that they remain sceptical about the Government’s ability to…