Ardmore to appeal landmark £15m Building Safety Act rulingArdmore is gearing up to appeal a landmark High Court decision that drags multiple group companies into a £14.9m fire safety defects bill after its main contracting arm collapsed into administration.
The ruling in Crest Nicholson v Ardmore marks a major escalation in how the Building Safety Act 2022 can be used to pursue liabilities…
Graham set for £284m London Met Uni revampContractor Graham is set to be confirmed as strategic delivery partner on London Metropolitan University’s £284m estate overhaul after emerging as the sole bidder on the long-running procurement.
The contractor will take on a wide-ranging role spanning capital works delivery and total facilities management across the university’s London campuses…
Race begins for £142m Bank of England refurbishment jobThe Bank of England has kicked off the hunt for a main contractor to deliver a £142m overhaul of its historic Threadneedle Street estate in the City of London.
The job forms the core of the Bank’s wider Location Strategy project and will see a major consolidation and refurbishment programme rolled out across the secure and…
Fraud gang sentenced for fixing CSCS safety testsThree men have been sentenced after a Met Police investigation uncovered a construction test fraud racket that helped more than 70 people cheat health and safety exams using Bluetooth earpieces.
The year-long scam saw candidates fed answers through a concealed bluetooth earpiece during online CITB tests needed to secure CSCS cards and gain access…
Berkeley slams brakes on land buying as market headwinds biteHouse builder Berkeley has pulled back from new land deals and will instead sweat its existing 50,000-home pipeline as market conditions continue to weigh on London housing delivery.
The firm said it will largely stop buying land, warning it cannot hit required returns amid rising tax, regulation and soft sales.
Instead, the developer…
Work stopped on £44m Lindum site after council blunderWork has been stopped on a £44m Lindum job in Nottinghamshire after the local council broke its own procurement rules.
Ashfield District Council said internal checks identified governance issues within the Automated Distribution and Manufacturing Centre (ADMC) project.
Lindum started on the site as main contractor last Summer and the counc…
£16bn housing bank launches to unlock stalled schemesHomes England has fired the starting gun on its new National Housing Bank, aiming to pump up to £16bn into housing and regeneration schemes and unlock projects stuck by viability and funding gaps.
The government-backed lender opens for business this week with a clear brief: de-risk developments, crowd in private capital and accelerat…
Middle East crisis fuels fresh construction cost surgeEscalating tensions in the Middle East are now feeding directly into construction costs, with surging fuel and energy prices seen as the biggest threat to already fragile project margins.
A joint alert from the Builders Merchants Federation and Construction Products Association reveals the conflict is driving a sharp rise in transport and…
Metrocentre owner signs up for 4,500-home Tyne riverside revivalMetrocentre has struck a landmark agreement with Gateshead Council to deliver a massive brownfield regeneration plan to build more than 4,500 homes along the south bank of the River Tyne.
The Metro Riverside project will transform under-used land around the shopping centre into a mixed-use, carbon-neutral district designed as a…
Canary Wharf Group lines up another major office retrofitCanary Wharf Group is preparing to launch the contest for another major office block retrofit on its Dockland estate next to the Eden Dock.
The Norman Foster designed offices formerly known as 33 Canada Square has secured consent for a major 545,000 sq ft upgrade.
Reworked by architect T P Bennett, the renamed 17-storey One Eden project…