Morgan Sindall to build new Cambridgeshire schoolMorgan Sindall has been appointed by Cambridgeshire County Council to build a new secondary school at the Alconbury Weald development.
The £37m Alconbury Weald Church Academy will will sit alongside Prestley Wood Academy SEND School, which was delivered by Morgan Sindall in 2024.
The first phase is scheduled for completion in Spring 2027 when t…
BSR backlog swells as new build approvals run to 36 weeksThe scale of delays plaguing the Building Safety Regulator’s gateway approval process has been laid bare in the first set of published official figures.
Latest data shows a rising backlog of projects snared up in the lengthy process, with applications flooding in faster than BSR teams can process them.
For the first time, officials hav…
Repair slowdown drags down construction outputMonthly construction output slipped by 0.6% in May as falling repair and maintenance activity dragged the overall figures down.
The dip follows three straight months of growth, including a 0.8% rise in April, but was driven entirely by a 2.1% fall in repair and maintenance work. New build activity held up, rising 0.6% in the month.
Biggest falls cam…
Equans suffers £29m loss as new build exit drags onEquans Regeneration continues to battle heavy losses from its retreat from the new build housing market.
But the firm, bought by French construction giant Bouygues in 2022, said its new core focus on student new build, energy retrofit and housing refurb markets was starting to advance operational profitability.
The contractor racked up another…
Scaffolding trade body NASC facing discrimination claimThe National Access and Scaffolding Confederation is facing a race discrimination and unfair dismissal claim from its former Training Manager.
Henry Annafi has lodged an Employment Tribunal case against his former employer with a preliminary hearing set for next April.
Annafi joined the NASC in March 2019 and spent more than six years at t…
ACS lands lead role on Stafford transformers labACS Construction Group has been appointed principal contractor for the expansion work at GE Vernova’s HVDC Transformers Facility in Stafford.
ACS has been working on a smaller part of the site since September and has now been awarded the main works deal which is understood to be worth more than £20m.
Work will start this summer on construction of…
GRAHAM sees profits rise despite dip in turnoverContractor GRAHAM has posted a jump in profits despite turnover dipping to just above the £1bn mark.
Latest results for the year ended 31 March 2025 show pre-tax profits increased to £25.2m from £14.8m last time as revenue dropped to £1.06bn from £1.12bn.
Andrew Bill, Group CEO, said: “Our performance in FY2025 reflects the strength of our…
Henry family and directors face claims topping £31mAdministrators of collapsed contractor Henry Construction Projects have launched claims totalling over £31m against its former directors and members of the Henry family.
FRP Advisory set out the extent of the multiple claims it is pursuing in the latest administrators’ update for trade creditors.
This follows extensive investigations into…
Vistry eyes second-half affordable homes work surgeVistry is predicting a surge in new contracts in the second half of the year after reporting a solid first-half performance.
In a first-half trading statement this morning, the partnership homes builder said expected first-half pre-tax profit of around £80m (H1 24: £121m), were in line with expectations.
Vistry said it was already starting to…
JV picked to progress Severn-Thames water transfer planThames Water has appointed a joint venture of AtkinsRéalis and Stantec to develop early-stage designs for an ambitious Severn to Thames water transfer project.
The drought-busting scheme would allow water to be moved from the River Severn to the River Thames to safeguard long-term supplies to the South East.
Two options are being…