Acheson Construction collapse costs suppliers £8.5mDorset based contractor Acheson Construction owed £8.5m to suppliers and subcontractors when it fell into administration in February.
Documents filed at Companies House reveal the scale of debts with 564 unsecured creditors left holding unpaid invoices.
One angry supplier took the law into its own hands by seizing a telehandler from the failed…
Dominus wins go-ahead for 173-bed Glasgow schemeDeveloper Dominus has secured planning for a 173-bed student accommodation scheme in Glasgow city centre.
Glasgow City Council has approved the 13-storey, tp bennett-designed scheme for a brownfield site at the corner of Old Wynd Street and Osborne Street, near the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University.
The development is…
Safety Regulator misses deadline to clear Gateway 2 backlogThe Building Safety Regulator has missed its target to clear the backlog of Gateway 2 approvals by April, stalling the start of dozens of high-rise residential projects across the country.
Latest figures reveal that over two-thirds of Gateway 2 applications transferred to the BSR last autumn remain unapproved, despite earlier assurances…
CITB still sitting on £95m cash pileConstruction training body CITB is still sitting on a £95.2m cash pile despite the industry’s ongoing skills crisis.
The £95.2m of cash in the bank is revealed in the CITB’s latest set of accounts for the year to March 31 2024 which were published recently.
The training body is funded mainly be levy income from contractors which hit £202m last year as…
£500m road surfacing framework market callA major £500m surfacing framework covering roads across the North East is out for early market consultation.
The Association of North East Councils, through procurement body NEPO, is laying the groundwork for its next-generation NEPO210 Highway Surfacing Works Framework, which will span up to eight years from November 2025.
The deal will cover bot…
Two share £220m Scottish rail repairs and minor works dealNetwork Rail has handed out a pair of key framework deals worth a combined £220m to cover reactive and minor works across Scotland’s rail network.
AmcoGiffen has taken the lead on the Civils Reactive and Minor Works Framework, securing a deal estimated at £150m over the next four years.
The contract will see AmcoGiffen deliver a wid…
Builder wanted for £60m London leisure and flats jobEast London’s Tower Hamlets Council is opening early market discussions with contractors ahead of a £60m redevelopment of the St George’s Leisure Centre in Shadwell.
The £60m job will involve demolition of the existing building and construction of a modern leisure centre along with an eight-storey block of flats delivering 29 homes.
Bot…
Contractor confirmed for business park expansionConstruction work to expand the Stud Brook Business Park in Castle Donington can now begin after Clowes Developments secured planning consent from North West Leicestershire District Council.
Roe Developments has been confirmed as the lead contractor to deliver five industrial units ranging from 3,229s sq ft to 4,606 sq ft during a 30-week build…
TCC lands role on £85m Leeds apartment schemeA Midlands construction consultancy has been appointed to support one of the biggest residential schemes ever to be built in Leeds city centre.
Birmingham-based The Construction Consultants (TCC) has been appointed to support the £85m Castleton Works scheme which will provide nearly 400 build-to-rent apartments. Detailed planning permission has been…
Driver escapes injury as scaffold collapses onto vanA van driver miraculously escaped unhurt after a three-lift scaffold collapsed onto his vehicle during rush hour on a busy North London high street.
The structure, erected by Beacon Scaffolding, came down at around 7.30am yesterday on Stoke Newington High Street.
The scaffold had been erected around the local Grade II-listed library to support…