Breedon swoops to buy 100 Cemex UK sites for £178mBreedon has struck a deal to buy a major slice of the aggregate operations of global materials giant Cemex for £155m cash and liabilities of £23m.
Breedon boosts aggregate reserves to 1bn tonnes and aims to expand asphalt business
The Cemex business that is being sold employs 650 staff across 100 active operations in the UK and…
ENGIE Wins £9m East Grinstead ContractLeading energy, services
and regeneration specialists, ENGIE, has started work on a £9 million project
in East Grinstead.
The development, named
Lingfield Lodge, will comprise of 48 contemporary extra care sheltered
apartments, complete with associated communal facilities and landscaping, and
will be carried out in partnership with Eldon Housing…
HS2 phase 2 civils design costs rise 50%HS2 has extended its civils design and environmental services contracts for routes from Birmingham to Leeds and Manchester with values rising by 50%.
Design fees and environment services work needed to support the hybrid Bill for the route was originally expected to cost around £350m.
That figure has now soared to £524m as HS2 has extended…
14 firms named for Government projects over £80mFourteen firms have won framework places to deliver major Government projects valued at over £80m.
The Government’s Crown Commercial Service has revealed the latest tranche of contractors to gain places on its record-breaking £8bn construction works framework for the next seven years.
The prized Lot 5 winners are: Balfour…
Hunt starts for firm to replace Royal Liverpool hospital claddingThe search is on for a specialist contractor to strip and replace substandard cladding at Carillion’s unfinished Royal Liverpool Hospital project.
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is working with replacement main contractor Laing O’Rourke and Arup to find a specialist contractor to…
Balfour and Galliford reach £64m Aberdeen bypass settlementBalfour Beatty and Galliford Try have agreed to settle a long running claim over construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
The delayed route saw results at both firms hit by a series of write-offs.
Balfour and Galliford confirmed today they had agreed a settlement with Transport Scotland which will see them bot…
North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is holding a Market Information Event for contractors interested in building a new £600m power plant. The event on January 22 will be the first of three market information days focusing on works associated with the delivery of the new Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), as part of the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP) at Edmonton EcoPark. Procurement for the ERF is expected to launch in mid-2020. It will be capable of generating up to 78 megawatts of electricity, will be the first in the UK to use Selective Catalytic Reduction for emissions removal, and use a combined wet/dry flue gas cleaning system to make it one of the cleanest in the country. The appointed contractor will deliver all design, …
Kind-hearted staff at online ironmongery supplier, IronmongeryDirect, have gone the extra mile to collect Christmas gifts, decorations and food for families at the Basildon-based Changing Pathways Refuge, which provides safe accommodation to women and children who are experiencing domestic abuse. The IronmongeryDirect team collected over 100 gifts for almost 40 children at the refuge, as well as donating a large selection of festive decorations and food including string lights, tinsel and wrapping paper. IronmongeryDirect also held a staff raffle, raising a grand total of £1,000 for the charity. The proceeds will help to support families who would otherwise go without this Christmas. David Saxby, Senior Category Manager at IronmongeryDirect and collection organiser, said: “Changing Pathways is an incredible charity which provides support and…
The Royal Liver Building launches new ‘Christmas Show’ light displayLiverpool’s most recognisable building, The Royal
Liver Building, will light up with the magic of Christmas this year, for the
first time in its 108-year history.
Following on from five successful light displays,
including the building’s inaugural display, Flight, as part of the River
of Light…
Now time for Boris to prove his worthBoris Johnson has won the battle of the ‘least worst’ parties to secure a surprisingly large majority Conservative government.
But the country is hardly getting out the bunting after an underwhelming election campaign from all sides.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s brand of socialism has now lost twice at the ballot box and surely…