£2bn Edinburgh ‘West Town’ scheme approvedThe biggest urban expansion of Edinburgh in a generation has gained outline light paving the way for 7,000 homes to be built.
The £2bn West Town neighbourhood will be located on a 205-acre site between Ingliston Park and Ride and the Gogar Roundabout.
It will include Edinburgh’s largest investment in social housing in recent years, delivering som…
Briggs & Forrester sells maintenance armM&E specialist Briggs & Forrester has sold its 100-strong Building Services Maintenance (BSM) division to facilities management giant BGIS.
Gary Bullen, UK President BGIS said: “BSM has a strong reputation of delivering quality national mobile and specialist services to its customers.
“This acquisition is an exciting step forward for our commitment to…
Rayner approves Lancashire super prisonHousing and communities secretary Angela Rayner has overruled the planning inspector to give the go-ahead to build a 1,700 inmates super prison in Lancashire.
Her decision comes three years after Chorley Council refused the application for Ulnes Walton jail over concerns inmates in the area would out-number residents in the nearest village
The jail will hold…
Wates boss returns after collapse of his own contractorWates Residential has appointed Paul Nicholls as its new Regional Managing Director for London.
It is a return to the company for Nicholls who left his role as managing director of Wates Residential in 2021 to set-up the Real construction group formed following the acquisition of Rydon Construction’s south east and south west businesses.
At…
Lincolnshire concrete supplier files administration noticeThe largest independent supplier of concrete and screed across Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Ever Readymix Concrete & Screed was established 30 years ago and operates out of three separate depots located at Sandtoft, Scunthorpe and Immingham.
The business employs…
Graham lands first deal on Liverpool’s largest brownfield siteDeveloper Peel Waters has appointed GRAHAM to deliver the first phase of its Central Docks scheme.
The 10.5-hectare Central Docks is the largest brownfield site in Liverpool and will become the largest of the five planned neighbourhoods within the wider Liverpool Waters district.
GRAHAM has been appointed to produce the fina…
New Fair Payment Code goes live todayA new ‘Fair Payment Code’ goes live today in a bid to highlight construction’s best payers.
The code, overseen by the Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay, introduces a gold, silver, and bronze system to reward best payment practices and help smaller firms identify reliable and trusted partners.
New Code ranking categories
Gold – For companies…
New HS2 boss Mark Wild starts amid prep for final TBM drivesNew HS2 boss Mark Wild marked his first day on the project with a site visit to oversee tunnel boring machine assembly works for the final drive on the project to Euston.
As new chief executive, Wild will oversee the project’s transition from a major construction programme to a working railway, with a renewed focus on controlling…
Bouygues UK boss to step downBouygues UK Chair and CEO Fabienne Viala is stepping down after eight years leading the business “to embark on the next chapter of her career.”
She will be replaced in the role by Bouygues veteran Philippe Bernard who has 30 years experience at the company.
He joins after a difficult few years at the company, which reported accumulated losses in 2023 and 2022…
Rayner ultimatum to fix all unsafe tall buildings by 2029Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has set out the Government acceleration plan to rid the country of unsafe buildings seven years after the Grenfell disaster.
Owners of unsafe 18m+ residential buildings are being ordered to start recladding works by 2027 to meet a fresh target to make all the country’s at risk high-rise blocks safe by…