Blackpool council steps in on failed developer’s £300m schemeBlackpool Council has stepped in to salvage the seaside town’s ambitious £300m Blackpool Central scheme after developer Nikal filed for administration.
The council has now confirmed it will press ahead with site clearance and appoint DSM Demolition to clear the site’s old police station and municipal courts early in the new…
Bowmer + Kirkland gets start date for £100m Siemens siteConstruction will start early next year for Siemens Mobility on a £100m rail infrastructure, digital engineering, and research and development facility in Chippenham after planning permission was granted by Wiltshire County Council.
Bowmer + Kirland has been confirmed as main contractor on the job.
Rob Morris, Joint UK&I CEO and Managing…
Torsion sells under-construction Leeds BTR schemeTorsion Group has sold its 300-apartment Build To Rent scheme in Leeds Flax Place to real estate investment and asset management firm Starlight Investments.
Flax Place is currently under construction with the concrete frame expected to start in the coming weeks and a completio date of late 2026.
Dan Spencer Founder and CEO of Torsion Group said…
Go-ahead for City of London’s tallest towerPlans to build the City of London’s tallest tower have received the green light.
The 74-storey office tower known as 1 Undershaft will deliver nearly 1.7m sq ft of prime office space.
The stepped skyscraper will top out at the same height, when benchmarked against sea level, as the Shard, soaring to the 309.6m maximum ceiling permitted by the civ…
Construction T Level scrapped due to lack of demandOnsite Construction T Level courses are being scrapped “due to a lack of overall demand.”
The construction course aimed at 16-19 year olds was not spared the axe during a review into vocational qualifications that were due to be defunded by the previous government.
Around 70% of qualifications that were slated for defunding have been saved in…
Bid rigging probe launched into school repair workThe Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into suspected bid-rigging in relation to a key government fund for improving the condition of school buildings.
The competition watchdogs suspect that several companies providing roofing and construction services – including building contractors and technical advisors –…
Government commits to four new prisons in seven yearsThe Government today setout plans to build four new prisons in the next 7 years, opening up around 6,500 places to lock up dangerous criminals.
Under the 10-year prison capacity strategy, unveiled by the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood, a further 6,400 places will be built in new blocks on current sites, 1,000 rapid deployment cells will b…
Credit insurance saves Billington from ISG hitStructural steel giant Billington said a payout from its credit insurer has spared the firm from a major hit from the collapse of ISG.
In a trading statement today it said: “Billington has historically traded with various ISG trading entities, delivering a number of high-profile projects.
“The Group has received an interim payment from its credit…
M&E specialist Dodd doubles profit on retrofit surgeM&E specialist contractor Dodd Group has reported pre-tax profit almost doubled on the back of surging demand for property retrofit work.
The Telford headquartered firm delivered record revenue in the year to March 2024, jumping 20% to £249m. This lifted pre-tax profit from £3.5m to £6.7m.
Better trading saw operating margins improve to 2.2%…
Go-ahead for 800-home Croydon dual towersGreystar has secured planning to build two towers providing over 800 build to rent homes in Croydon, South London.
The long-vacant One Lansdowne Road site will see 50 and 31-storey towers built using volumetric offsite construction.
Modular specialist Tide and Vision has been involved in the design work for the project drawn up by architect HTA…