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June 5, 2025
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Framework winners named on Peel Ports £750m dealPeel Ports has appointed a line-up of contractors to deliver general and marine construction works across its estate in a massive £750m framework shake-up.
Covering up to eight years, the new construction and civils frameworks span 8 regional lots and one national major works package. The goal is to boost delivery performance, drive innovation,…
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June 4, 2025
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Reeves pledges £15.6bn for regional transportBillions of pounds are being pumped into local transport across the North, Midlands and West Country in a massive infrastructure push from the Labour government.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil a £15.6bn five-year package today to fund tram, train and bus upgrades across eight metro mayor regions.
The move sees Reeves break with Treasury…
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June 4, 2025
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Kier ditches diesel for hydrogen in green major site power trialKier and the Environment Agency are hailing early success from a groundbreaking trial to ditch diesel in favour of solar power and green hydrogen on site.
The 12-month test at the £250m Bridgwater Tidal Barrier scheme in Somerset is assessing whether off-grid sites can run their welfare and office facilities on a combination of…
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June 4, 2025
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Plans unveiled for 1million sq ft commercial schemeRegeneration specialist Hargreaves Land has launched plans for a 1 million sq ft new commercial scheme in North Lincolnshire.
Forge Point will be a 77-acre employment park near to junction 3 of the M180 in Scunthorpe.
Hargreaves Land is offering design & build opportunities as well as individual plot sales and has appointed property consultants…
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June 4, 2025
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Bouygues seals £119m deal for twin college builds in WalesBouygues has chalked up a £119m deal to build two major education facilities for Cardiff and Vale College under Wales’ Mutual Investment Model.
Work starts this month on the Barry Waterfront Campus and a new Advanced Technology Centre at Cardiff Airport, both due to complete by mid-2027.
Designed by Sheppard Robson, the Barry site w…
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June 4, 2025
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MPs back Sellafield delivery shake-up but costs spiralling to £136bnThe new long-term contracting strategy at Sellafield is starting to deliver better results, according to watchdog MPs.
But a Public Accounts Committee report on the clean-up warns that the UK’s most hazardous nuclear site remains dangerously behind schedule, with the total clean-up bill now heading for a staggering…
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June 3, 2025
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Fraudster ordered to pay back £80k to contractorsA former office worker jailed for defrauding two construction companies has been ordered to pay back more than £80,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.
Stephanni Houston, 41, of Ayr, was sentenced to 38 months in prison in November 2023 for embezzling over £516,000 from two construction companies over four years.
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court made a…
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June 3, 2025
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Kier upgrades margin target as order book holds firmKier has upgraded its operating margin target after a strong performance in the first 10 months of the financial year.
The contractor is now aiming to deliver margins of 4%–4.5% within three to five years, up from the previously stated 3.5%.
Kier said tighter bidding discipline had built a stronger quality order book, which combined with t…
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June 3, 2025
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Willmott Dixon bags hat-trick of leisure centre energy retrofitsWillmott Dixon has bagged a £15.8m job to decarbonise three leisure centres for North Herts Council.
The revamp covers centres in Hitchin, Royston and Letchworth, and is one of the region’s biggest carbon-cutting leisure projects.
This latest deal follows on from a similar retrofit package of work in Oxford, where a four-centr…
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June 3, 2025
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Drylining giant takes bold step on accepting design riskDrylining giant Siniat has become the first UK manufacturer to formally accept design responsibility for its system information and standard details in a move hailed as a gamechanger for construction risk and compliance.
The decision is expected to have major implications for passive fire protection – often making up 5–15% of a…
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