Project director leaves giant McAlpine car battery siteThe project director at Sir Robert McAlpine’s flagship £4bn Agratas gigafactory site in Somerset has left the job.
The Enquirer understands that Graham Lill left the project last month.
Sir Robert McAlpine has been overseeing site preparation work for Tata-owned Agratas since last summer but the job has faced construction delays as plans…
Five firms win £450m Scottish electricity network upgradeEnergy company SSEN Distribution has confirmed the winners of a £450m deal to improve the north of Scotland’s local electricity networks.
Work will see the existing network of wooden poles and overhead lines renewed and reinforced, substations updated, and improvements made to the underground network.
The five winning firms are:
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Firm wanted for £35m for Royal Observatory revampThe National Maritime Museum is looking for a contractor to deliver a major redevelopment of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
The project to upgrade the historic site, will be let as a two-phase job worth up to £35m.
The revamp aims to boost visitor facilities while also protecting and restoring the Observatory’s listed buildings.
Phase on…
Mace tops contracts league with Euston Tower winMace soared above its rival contractors to secure the highest value of new work for the second month running in the March contracts league.
It took pole position on the strength of a trio of big orders. These included a £600m contract for the Euston Tower overhaul in London for British Land, the £140m pier 6 extension at Gatwick Airport wort…
Wates wins £111m Victoria Tower restorationWates has taken the iconic job to restore and carry out fire upgrade work to the Palace of Westminster’s grade I listed Victoria Tower.
The firm secured the project through negotiated tender at a price of £110.6m, after no other competitive bids were submitted in an open re-tender for the historic building upgrade.
The initial contest to restor…
Police hunt boss on the run after site manslaughter chargePolice are asking for help to locate a 63-year-old construction director from Felixstowe who has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter and failed to appear at court.
Peter Clifford, formerly of Holland Road, Felixstowe, was charged with three offences in October last year following the death of construction worker Dale Baker in…
JCT to sponsor construction mental health projectJCT is to sponsor a research project investigating the mental health of workers in construction, to better understand the challenges workers face, and to explore how the industry can provide better support.
This next phase of the research sponsored by JCT and led by Mates in Mind is to focus specifically on young people entering the construction…
Mainland Power wins solar panel retrofit dealMainland Power was recently commissioned by Quantem to design and install solar panels on the roof of 5 Merchant Square (5MSQ) on behalf of building owner JLL.
The project is one of the first high rise building buildings in central London to incorporate a large solar PV system, reducing carbon emissions and lowering the building’s electricity…
Buyers flag fears over civil engineering slowdownConstruction buyers reported the sharpest decline in civil engineering output output levels since 2020 in March.
Delayed decision-making on new projects and a generally subdued pipeline of major infrastructure work was blamed for the fastest rate of contraction since October 2020.
Civil engineering led the downturn in activity with the bellwether…
Kier wins first phase of £700m Warwick Uni campus buildKier has been named preferred contractor to deliver Phase 1 of the University of Warwick’s£700m plan to regerated its campus with new STEM teaching facilities.
The investment in Warwick’s West Midlands campus represents the largest single investment in campus facilities across its entire 60-year history.
Phase one will involve the new…