Lovell gets go-ahead for £1bn Druids Heath regenerationBirmingham City Council has approved outline plans for the £1bn regeneration of the Druids Heath estate, paving the way for 3,500 new homes and a major transformation of the south Birmingham community.
Around 1,785 new homes will be affordable, with 400 earmarked for social rent in the first phase. The remainder will be delivered through a…
Emergency measures to kick start London house buildingA package of emergency measures has been unveiled to boost house building in London after more than a third of boroughs recorded zero new home construction starts in the first quarter of this year.
The moves will unlock development by making sites more viable and incentivise developers to get spades in the ground through a fast-tracked…
FP McCann gets green light for 22-storey precast towerPrecast concrete specialist FP McCann has secured Gateway 2 approval for Prosperity Developments’ Smithfield Plot 1 project in Birmingham’s Digbeth district.
The green light from the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) paves the way for construction to start next April on the 22-storey residential tower.
FP McCann willl be in charge of t…
Repeat business helps boost Barhale profitsLong term framework deals and increased in-house expertise are paying off for civils contractor Barhale.
Latest results for the year to 30 June 2025 show turnover up to £236m from £176m last time while pre-tax profit jumped to £13.5m from £8.4m.
Chief executive Martin Brown said developing deep client relationships and increasing in-hous…
Bovis, Kier and Wates land £1.5bn Parliament revampTen firms have secured places on a new £1.5bn framework to deliver the programme of on-going repairs and improvements to the Houses of Parliament and its wider MP estate in London.
Bovis, Kier and Wates share the top slot for major mixed-discipline projects over £50m under the Parliamentary Construction Partnership framework to keep the Palac…
Laing O’Rourke gets go-ahead for Halifax hospital upgradeLaing O’Rourke’s plans for a major new clinical building at Calderdale Royal Hospital have been approved by councillors, clearing the way for construction to start in summer 2026.
The landmark project will include separate emergency departments for adults and children, along with eight new wards, and is expected to complete in…
Work restarts on HS2 tunnels after safety shutdownWork has restarted on parts of the London tunnels section of HS2 after operations were suspended following a site accident last month.
The Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture in charge of the work launched a full shutdown and safety review following the near miss on September 29.
Two workers in a cherry picker basket narrowly escaped being…
Materials chiefs sound alarm over ‘stagnant’ marketIndustry experts are warning about potential long-term materials supply problems as the current market remains “stagnant”.
The Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group painted a bleak picture in its latest update.
The group said sales in the third quarter were flat or declining compared to 2024 and the market…
LHC starts race for £1.85bn UK construction frameworkLHC Procurement Group has kicked off the race for places on its next-generation Public Buildings Construction and Infrastructure Frameworks.
Around 47 firms including big name players like BAM, Kier, Galliford Try, Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Willmott Dixon as well as regional players like Esh and Britcon now face a fight to retain their…
Eden Project slashes Morecambe domed vision in halfEden Project has dramatically scaled back its planned £125m Morecambe attraction, halving the size of the venue and cutting its signature domes from four to two.
Revised plans submitted to Lancaster City Council scale down the ambition after cost inflation delayed the start of the programme originally slated to complete in 2024.
The new designs…