Ten win £670m Network Rail eastern region small works dealNetwork Rail has picked 10 contractors to carry out reactive and small schemes across its Eastern region.
Under the five-year deal, with options to extend by a further two years, the firms will share a total spend of around £670m.
Framework awards are split across building and civil asset works in both the Anglia and North & East…
Labour master VAT fraudsters target subcontractorsRogue payroll companies are targeting subcontractors in a VAT fraud which is now facing a clampdown by the tax authorities.
Construction firms are being approached by a new breed of “labour masters” offering to take on their self-employed workers with inducements like cash kickbacks.
They get paid including VAT by contractors for labour but…
Phoenix ME rides out ISG collapse with record 74% turnover surgeLondon M&E specialist Phoenix ME has bounced back strongly after being caught in the collapse of main contractor ISG, posting a 74% jump in turnover to £295m last year.
Despite the collapse of one of its biggest contractor clients mid-project, the firm successfully re-engaged with end clients and replacement main contractors to…
Mace confirmed for £200m London City office retrofitJP Morgan Asset Management has signed off a deal with Mace to deliver one of the largest building reuse projects in the City of London.
The project to overhaul 65 Gresham Street, adding four extra lightweight rooftop floors, comes after a major pre-let deal this week with a city investment firm to take all 400,000 sq ft of space.
T…
£200m Viking onshore pipeline project approvedThe Viking onshore pipeline project has got the Government green light clearing the way for a major piece of carbon capture infrastructure to break ground later this year.
The £200m project, led by Harbour Energy and backed by BP, will see a 55km underground pipeline built from Immingham to the old Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal.
From there, captured…
Plans in for Bristol Brabazon over-station office blockYTL Developments has submitted plans for an eight-storey office building at its Brabazon regeneration scheme at the former Filton Airfield in North Bristol.
The planned 120,000 sq ft office will sit directly above the ticket office for a new Brabazon train station, which BAM has just started building.
Designed by AHR Architects, the offices…
UK Power Networks fined for unsafe street worksUK Power Networks has been fined £40,000 for carrying-out unguarded work on excavations in west London.
The prosecution was bought by Kensington and Chelsea Council after officials visited sites in the area.
Council officers visited Adam and Eve Mews and Queen’s Gate Mews last year in May to inspect works being carried out by UK Power…
Universal to build theme park in BedfordEntertainment giant Universal has agreed to build a new theme park and resort in Bedford.
Work is scheduled to start next year creating 20,000 construction jobs with 5,000 on site at the peak.
The site of the former Kempston Hardwick brickworks will be transformed during a five-year construction programme with the new theme park due to open in 2031 and 8.5m…
Go-ahead for £400m Cambridge sewage treatment worksPlans to relocate Cambridge’s main waste water treatment works have finally been approved by Government after a lengthy planning process delayed the £400m project by over a year.
Environment secretary Steve Reed has granted development consent for the major new Cambridge waste water treatment plant.
The decision allows Anglian Water to mov…
Erith pays down bid-rigging fine over two years earlyKent-based demolition specialist Erith has paid off its £17.6m bid-rigging fine two and a half years early after another strong trading performance.
Revenue at the demolition, haulage and recycling group jumped 12.5% to £255m for the year to 30 September 2024, buoyed by a mix of contract wins and stable costs in the still-fluctuating economic…