United Living quits new-build housing as costs mountUnited Living is pulling the plug on its £136m-turnover new build homes business taking a £22m hit following a strategic review by owners Apollo Global Management.
The contractor confirmed it will complete current housing schemes, including multi-family flats and single-family homes, but will take on no new projects.
United Living said t…
Fight looms for £3bn West Midlands building frameworkMarket testing has kicked off for the third-generation Constructing West Midlands framework worth up to £3bn.
Acivico, owned by Birmingham City Council, is leading the procurement of CWM3 alongside partners Solihull and Sandwell councils. The framework will cover all building works, from new-builds and extensions through to repairs, M&E,…
Industry anger over sudden CITB funding changesConstruction training professionals have been blindsided by sudden funding changes announced by the CITB.
The CITB has given the industry only a few weeks notice that it will be closing the current Skills & Training (S&T) fund which is worth up to £10,000 to many smaller contractors.
Other cuts include an early ending of enhanced grants for…
Plans in to transform former GSK London HQ with 2,300 homesDeveloper Hadley Property Group has lodged a hybrid planning application to redevelop the flagship former GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in Brentford, West London.
The ambitious scheme at 980 Great West Road spans 13 acres and proposes over 2,300 homes across a mix of tenures, with 35% classed as affordable.
The plans also include around…
Watch Murphy near completion of major new rail bridgeNetwork Rail and its contractor Murphy are just days away from completing the main phase of a £20m project to overhaul Greek Street bridge over the West Coast Main Line in Stockport.
A 21-day suspension of all trains for the massive civil engineering project ends this weekend.
Over the last two weeks teams have successfully dismantled and…
Mount Anvil’s in-house builder drives results in testing marketLondon developer Mount Anvil’s in-house contracting business has surged to £228m turnover in the latest 15-month reporting period, almost doubling on the prior year.
The contracting pipeline now stands at £524m with housing associations, more than £200m higher than a year ago, supported by £850m of intra-group private build…
Costain margin heads for 4.5% after half-year profit riseCostain has posted a rise in first-half profits as improved contract selectivity and strong performance in its natural resources arm offset a sharp revenue dip caused by HS2 schedule changes.
Revenue fell 18% to £525m, with road and rail volumes down as highways schemes completed and parts of the HS2 programme were rephased into later…
Hinkley contractors face prosecution over rebar mesh fallBouygues and Laing O’Rourke are facing prosecution by the Office for Nuclear Regulation after an accident at Hinkley Point C.
The incident on 20 August, 2022 saw an employee sustain serious injuries when a wall of rebar mesh fell on him as he was working to remove it from a vertical jig.
The ONR said the incident was a conventiona…
Wates inks £100m deal on first new-design prison houseblocksThe Ministry of Justice has signed its first main works order under the new Small Secure Houseblocks Programme.
Wates has secured the milestone order for a £100m expansion of HMP Onley in Warwickshire, making it the first in the new roll-out to move into construction.
The scheme will see 180 new category C places created across thr…
£122m deal to unlock Newcastle’s last brownfield siteNewcastle’s last major brownfield site is set for transformation after government signed off a £122m regeneration package for Forth Yards.
The cash injection will fund remediation, groundworks and new infrastructure to fix long-standing land issues that have stalled development for decades.
Homes England, Newcastle City Council, Network…