Balfour pleads not guilty after nuclear site deathBalfour Beatty Group Limited has pleaded not guilty to health and safety offences following a worker fatality at AWE’s Aldermaston nuclear site.
The firm appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning for a prosecution instigated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the UK’s independent nuclear regulator.
The charges…
Final phase of London’s Elephant Park gets green lightThe final piece of the Elephant Park regeneration in London’s Elephant and Castle area has secured planning, paving the way to close out more than a decade of transformation across the 10-acre site.
Developer Hub is bringing forward the 1.2-acre mixed-use development, known as Chords. This will consist of 695 co-living flats and 20…
Laing O’Rourke wins £3.2m High Court payout in film studios rowLaing O’Rourke has secured a £3.2m High Court victory after successfully enforcing an adjudication decision in a payment dispute with client Shepperton Studios.
The Technology and Construction Court ruled that Shepperton must pay the sum plus VAT and interest following a row over an interim payment from a £331m design and build…
Beard gives away £4.5m as profits hit £9m highBeard has capped a record year by handing half its £9m profit back to communities as turnover surged 16% to £230m.
The family-owned contractor chose to donate £4.5m to regional charities instead of boosting shareholder dividends, marking one of the biggest philanthropic moves seen among UK regional builders.
Strong trading was driven by a busy…
Costain bags £45m Rugby sewage works upgradeCostain has secured a £45m deal to upgrade key assets at Severn Trent’s Rugby Newbold sewage treatment works, extending a long-running partnership between the pair.
The contractor will act as principal contractor and principal designer on the scheme, which runs to 2028, delivering new facilities and upgrading existing systems to boost operationa…
Wates buys its head office buildingWates Group has purchased its long-standing head office in Leatherhead, Surrey.
The acquisition of the 37,000 sq ft Wates House comes after the contractor has leased the building for 20 years.
Eoghan O’Lionaird, Chief Executive of Wates Group, said: “As a purpose-led business, everything we do at Wates is driven by reimagining places for people to…
Barking Riverside doubles down with 20,000-home green lightLondon’s biggest single-ownership housing scheme has been scaled up after planners backed a major expansion at Barking Riverside.
Developer Barking Riverside Limited has secured revised outline consent to deliver up to 20,000 homes on the 443-acre east London site – almost doubling the original 10,800-home consent.
The decision from…
Morgan Sindall starts £28m steel decarbonisation centreMorgan Sindall has started work on the South Wales Industrial Transition from Carbon Hub (SWITCH).
The £28m research facility is designed to accelerate the decarbonisation of the steel and metals sector on a brownfield site at Port Talbot’s Harbourside.
Morgan Sindall was first instructed under a design and build deal in 2023.
SWITCH…
One in four construction workers now under 30Fresh site scan data of skills card-carrying workers shows the workforce is getting younger and better qualified, challenging long-held fears about an ageing site workforce.
New figures from the Construction Skills Certification Scheme reveal that now more than one in four CSCS cards is held by workers under 30.
It is the first tangible evidence that…
Kier-led consortium lands £200m fusion energy plantA construction partner has been confirmed for the £200m redevelopment of the former West Burton Power Station in Nottinghamshire.
The ILIOS consortium, led by Kier Group and Nuvia with partners AL_A Architects, Aecom and Turner & Townsend will build the UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant.
The winners overcame competition for the build…