Lendlease Construction renamed BovisLendlease Construction UK has been renamed Bovis after new US private equity owner Atlas Holdings completed the deal yesterday to buy the Australian firm’s UK contracting business.
The rebranding to Bovis resurrects the name retired 14 years ago and hails back to the company’s founding in 1885.
Bovis will be led by David Cadiot, who has been named chief…
Multiplex profit drops a third as revenue rises to £780mMultiplex Europe’s construction business reported pre-tax profits down by just over a third last year to £20m from revenue up 16% to £780m.
Operating margin at the business also slipped back in 2024 to 3.5% from last year’s high of 5.5%.
Multiplex Construction Europe managing director Callum Tuckett said the fall in profit reflected…
Galliford Try and Breheny land latest Sizewell C road dealsSizewell C has awarded more key contracts for road and infrastructure work as it moves forward in building the off-site infrastructure needed to help construct the nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast.
Galliford Try will build a new 6.5km Sizewell Link Road and 1.8km Two Village Bypass and Breheny Civil Engineering will construct…
M&E firm J S Wright collapsed owing £19mMidlands mechanical and electrical specialist J S Wright went down owing £19m to creditors.
The employee-owned contractor, which worked on several London high-rise residential schemes including Grenfell, collapsed into administration last month after being hit by cost inflation and reduced payment on its jobs.
According to a report from administrators…
Midlands developer turns to London with £1bn resi schemes trioMidlands property investment group SevenCapital has unveiled details of a £1bn expansion into the London residential market.
The business, founded in 2009 by chairman Bal Sohal and managing director Damien Siviter, is pressing ahead with three major pipeline projects in Kensington, Islington and the Isle of Dogs.
Subject to planning…
Deck falls off huge scissor lift at Winvic siteTwo workers have been seriously injured after the platform detached from the arms of a giant scissor lift on a Winvic warehouse site in Northampton.
The scene of the accident was captured in this photograph showing how far the victims plunged with the work deck.
Experts at crane and access publication Vertikal.net said the machine involved is a new…
Bouygues seals deal for £119m Cardiff college campusBouygues UK has been awarded the contract to build the £119m Barry Waterfront Campus and the Advanced Technology Centre in the Vale of Glamorgan for Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC).
The single contract will be delivered under the Mutual Investment Model (MIM) programme with both campuses due to be be open and operational for students in…
Bid race starts for £15bn schools framework refreshThe Department for Education has opened bidding for its anticipated next-generation framework to deliver the schools building programme in England.
The existing £7bn Construction Framework (CF21) of 23 firms is set to expire in November 2025.
This will be replaced with a new construction framework estimated to be worth over £15bn, based on a…
Berkeley’s £600m Borough Triangle project approvedDeveloper Berekely has got the planning green light for its 900-home Borough Triangle scheme in South London.
The controversial scheme, which will see the demolition of a popular pop-up food market, scraped through Southwark’s planning committee in the face of local opposition.
Designed by architect Maccreanor Lavington, two of the four…
HG to build 500-bed London Stratford student schemeHG Construction will deliver a 500-bed purpose-built student accommodation in the heart of Stratford, East London.
The N16 Stratford scheme is being developed in partnership with its student business HG Living and M&G Real Estate.
Constructed over two blocks reaching 10 and 18 storeys, the project will also include over 1,500 sq m of amenity…