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• £200m plan lodged to transform Huyton town centre

  03-11-2025 18:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  Genr8 Kajima Regeneration, in partnership with Knowsley Council, has submitted a £200m hybrid planning application to deliver a major regeneration of Huyton Village.
  The St Michael’s Place scheme aims to breathe new life into the town centre. Phase one will be anchored by a new 90,000 sq ft council HQ along with 72 flats, a 130-bed hotel, a 3.3-acre village green.
  Masterplan for Huyton town centre
  Later phases include a further 300+ homes and 150,000 sqft of commercial office space,
  
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• BW gives subbies the raspberry with new hi-vis rule

  24-06-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London fit-out specialist BW is giving subcontractors a raspberry on site – literally.
  The contractor has rolled out mandatory raspberry-coloured hi-vis vests for all subcontractor operatives on its projects as part of a colour-coded identification system designed to boost visibility and accountability.
  Under the system, BW project teams wear black hi-vis, visitors wear white and subcontractors wear raspberry.The move is now in place across 14 live fit-out projects involving 137 supply cha
  
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• NG Bailey tops £700m as grid boom powers profit growth

  24-06-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  NG Bailey grew profits, expanded its workforce and broke through £700m revenue for the first time last year as booming electricity infrastructure markets and a strategic reshaping of the business gathered pace.
  The UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services group hiked pretax profit 47% to £26m in the year to February as turnover rose 7% to £707m.
  The business also increased headcount by 5% to 3,648 employees and recruited more than 55 apprentices as
  
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• Major nuclear project plan for former Cottam power station

  24-06-2026 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  US nuclear specialist Holtec International and EDF have submitted plans to the Government to build up to four small modular reactors at the former Cottam coal-fired power station site in Nottinghamshire.
  The partners have also signed heads of terms to establish a joint venture to develop the SMR scheme under the Government’s Advanced Nuclear Framework, which is designed to accelerate advanced nuclear projects backed by private investment.
  The proposed development would see the former coal
  
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• Eleven firms land places on £1.5bn YORbuild framework refresh

  24-06-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Five contractors have broken into the latest £1.5bn YORbuild Major Works framework for the first time as local authorities across Yorkshire and the North East refresh one of the country’s busiest public sector procurement vehicles.
  Caddick Construction, Graham, McLaren Construction, Robertson Construction Group and Vinci Building have all secured their first places on the enlarged major projects framework. Meanwhile, BAM Construction and Bowmer + Kirkland have failed to make the cut
  
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• Berkeley warns flat delivery times have jumped to eight years

  24-06-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Berkeley has launched a scathing attack on Britain’s planning and regulatory system, warning it now takes at least eight years to deliver an apartment building in London compared with five years a decade ago.
  Executive chair Rob Perrins said the ever-lengthening process of securing planning permission, agreeing Section 106 obligations, satisfying statutory consultees, clearing pre-commencement conditions and obtaining Building Safety Regulator approvals was choking investment and stifling
  
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• Five firms win £1.2bn of overhead power line work

  23-06-2026 12:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  National Grid has launched the next phase of its Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP), appointing five delivery partners to carry out major overhead line upgrades across England and Wales.
  An initial £1.2bn of reconductoring projects covering over 1,000km of routes have been allocated to Balfour Beatty, M Group, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Murphy and OTW, through a partnership model which transforms how National Grid works with its supply chain.
  Reconductoring involves upgrading e
  
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• Eque2 acquires Chalkstring

  23-06-2026 12:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Software specialist Eque2 has acquired Chalkstring – an innovator in modern, cloud-based estimating and cost management solutions.
  The move will form the foundation of Eque2’s next-generation estimating platform, strengthening its ability to give contractors greater control over costs, risk and margin from the earliest stages of construction projects.
  Chalkstring’s market-leading cloud estimating and cost management technology will become a core part of Eque2’s future est
  
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• B+K gets green light for £40m Cumbria school rebuild

  23-06-2026 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cumberland council planners have given the green light replace ageing buildings at Cockermouth School with a new 137,000 sq ft campus
  The approval clears the way for the demolition of existing buildings and construction of replacement teaching accommodation and sports facilities on the Castlegate Drive site.
  Bowmer + Kirkland is lined up to deliver the project, thought to be worth over £40m, which will provide a modern campus for 1,440 pupils and 135 full-time staff.The existing school wil
  
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• Mulalley wins £1.8m claim over defective tower render system

  23-06-2026 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mulalley has secured a £1.8m High Court judgment against the German parent of cladding manufacturer Sto over the cost of replacing unsafe external wall systems installed at a residential tower block in Essex.
  The ruling marks one of the first major contribution claims under the Building Safety Act to reach judgment and underlines the financial risks facing product manufacturers linked to historic cladding defects.
  The Technology and Construction Court heard that Mulalley had designed and b
  
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• Herefordshire unveils £95m highways framework line-up

  23-06-2026 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  Herefordshire Council has appointed 14 firms to a new four-year highways and public realm framework worth up to £95m.
  The framework will support delivery of highways and public realm schemes under the council’s new mixed-economy service model, running alongside the authority’s new Public Realm Contract from June 2026.
  Tarmac landed the biggest single package, securing the £55m surfacing lot, while Eurovia won the £12.5m surface dressing package and Telent took the t
  
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• Severfield sinks to £40m loss as new boss clears decks for recovery

  23-06-2026 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Structural steel giant Severfield crashed to a £40m pre-tax loss last year as new chief executive Paul McNerney took a £50m hit to simplify the business, exit modular construction and draw a line under legacy issues.
  Britain’s biggest steelwork contractor booked £50m of exceptional charges during the year to 28 March 2026, including £22m of impairment charges and £13m linked to closing its Modular Solutions arm.The long-running bridge defects saga also continu
  
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• Man Utd secure land for giant 100,000-seat stadium

  22-06-2026 20:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester United have secured the majority of the land needed to build a new 100,000-capacity stadium, marking a major step forward in Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s ambition to replace Old Trafford.
  The club has acquired a 25-acre triangle of land between Wharfside Way, Europa Way and John Gilbert Way, immediately behind the Stretford End, providing enough space to construct what would become the largest football stadium in the UK.
  The new ground, dubbed ‘New Trafford’ in project docume
  
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• Balfour lands £121m Suffolk substation extension deal

  22-06-2026 19:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has won a £121m contract from National Grid to extend the Bramford 400kV substation in Suffolk as part of plans to strengthen electricity supplies across East Anglia.
  The four-year deal, awarded through National Grid’s EPC framework, forms a key element of the Great Grid Upgrade programme and will increase transmission capacity on the network.
  Under the contract, Balfour will design and install an extension to the existing substation, creating connections for four new
  
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• FM Conway lands £1.25bn Westminster highways deal

  22-06-2026 14:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  Westminster City Council has awarded a major highways and public realm contract to FM Conway, working with WSP, to maintain and improve the city’s roads, pavements, and public spaces.
  The contract, awarded for an initial 8.5-year term with the option to extend for a further four years, has an estimated total value of £1.25bn over 12.5 years.
  It covers the design, construction, inspection and maintenance of Westminster’s public highway assets, including carriageways, footways, s
  
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• Tory MP-linked house builder falls into administration

  22-06-2026 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Devonshire Homes, the Westcountry house builder partly owned by the family interests of former Conservative MP David Heathcoat-Amory, has fallen into administration after losses on an ill-fated bespoke housing scheme pushed the company into the red.
  Sarah Collins and Jonathan Marston of Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP were appointed joint administrators on 18 June.
  The administration affects Devonshire Homes Limited only and does not extend to other Devonshire Homes-branded developments or assoc
  
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• Kier confirms next £101m phase of Bridgwater Tidal Barrier job

  22-06-2026 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has confirmed the award a further £101m contract to advance the next phase of the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Scheme in Somerset after the project underwent a design review to keep costs under control.
  The Environment Agency and Somerset Council have awarded the Construction Continuation Contract, allowing work to progress on the barrier structure.
  The latest award forms part of a phased procurement strategy adopted by the Environment Agency to minimise financial risk, manage constructio
  
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• Alun Griffiths returns to profit after owner-led rescue and reset

  22-06-2026 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Civil engineering contractor Alun Griffiths (Contractors) has returned to profit a year after founder Alun Griffiths bought back the business he started and launched a radical reset of its operations.
  The contractor swung to an operating profit of £7.2m in 2025 from a £38m loss the previous year as pre-tax profit recovered to £3.9m from a £44m loss.Turnover fell by nearly a third to £140m as the business deliberately shrank to rebuild margins and focus on lower-risk
  
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• Refurb and fit-out specialist Pexhurst hits £70m turnover

  22-06-2026 06:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Refurbishment and fit out contractor Pexhurst has seen its turnover hit £70m.
  The Hertfordshire-based firm increased its annual revenue by 63% on the last financial year driven by higher average project values and stronger client retention.
  The firm specialises in fit out and refurbishment projects that improve the sustainability and functionality of properties across the industrial, logistics, office and specialist sectors.Pexhurst also benefited from broadening its workload outside of th
  
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• Kier seals £35m deal to give empty Walsall M&S a second life

  20-06-2026 11:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has sealed a £35m contract to transform a vacant former Marks & Spencer store in Walsall town centre into a new gateway and adult learning centre.
  The contractor has been appointed by Walsall Council under a direct award through the Pagabo Major Works Framework to deliver the Connected Gateway and Adult Learning Centre project, including enabling works, demolition and the main build.
  The scheme will breathe new life into the Park Street building at the Saddlers Shopping Centre, wh
  
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• Judge scraps Premier Modular’s £1.65m adjudication win

  19-06-2026 17:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A High Court judge has thrown out a £1.65m adjudication award in favour of modular specialist Premier Modular after ruling the adjudicator effectively invented a new case that neither party had argued.
  In a significant ruling on adjudication natural justice, the Technology and Construction Court found that the adjudicator had gone off on a “frolic of his own” when deciding a dispute between Premier Modular and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust over delays to a hospital th
  
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• £7.4bn supply chain hunt starts for electricity network upgrade

  19-06-2026 15:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Electricity network owner SSEN Transmission has launched a major new supply chain framework for suppliers across the north of Scotland and beyond worth £7.4bn.
  Winning contractors will support the delivery of critical infrastructure projects as part of SSEN Transmission’s £29bn investment programme to upgrade the network.
  The deal covers a broad range of onshore transmission works, including civils, building construction, overhead lines and underground cable installation.Paul L
  
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• Bathroom pod maker OEP went down owing £3.5m

  19-06-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lancaster based bathroom pod specialist Offsite Engineered Products UK Ltd (OEP UK) went down owing more than £3.5m.
  The company called in administrators last month. Its sister company OEP Building Services went into administration in 2021 owing 135 suppliers £1.7m.
  OEP UK bought OEP Building Services in a pre-pack sale for £85,000 led by managing director Iain Crabtree.Since the original deal was finalised OEP UK hasdwon a series of pod supply deals with major contractors and
  
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• Barratt Redrow hires ex-Britvic finance chief as CFO

  19-06-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Barratt Redrow has appointed former Britvic finance chief Rebecca Napier as its new chief financial officer and executive director.
  Napier will join the UK’s biggest house builder on 3 August, replacing interim arrangements put in place following last year’s merger between Barratt Developments and Redrow.
  She joins after serving as chief financial officer at Britvic until the soft drinks group’s takeover by Carlsberg last year. Before that, she spent 17 years at IAG, including
  
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• Mace loses another key executive ahead of business rebrand

  19-06-2026 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mace Construct finance chief David Allen is leaving the contractor this autumn, becoming the second senior departure from the business after chief executive officer Jason Millett announced plans to step down at the end of the year.
  Allen, who joined Mace at the start of 2023 after serving as chief executive officer at Wates, will leave in October after overseeing a major overhaul of the group’s finance operations, including its refinancing last year and the recent carve-out of Mace Consult
  
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• Alun Griffiths looking to expand supply chain in the South West

  19-06-2026 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd is looking to meet with potential suppliers following the award of new contracts across South West England.
  Griffiths will be hosting a Meet the Buyer Day in Bristol on July 15 2026 at Bedminster Cricket Club.
  Deputy Managing Director Simon Dunn said: “Following the recent appointment to a number of frameworks and projects in Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and Gloucestershire, we would like to meet new supply chain partners to support project delivery.&l
  
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• Multiplex sold to Japanese contractor Obayashi

  18-06-2026 23:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Canadian owner Brookfield Business Corporation has sold its contracting arm Multiplex to Japanese construction firm Obayashi Corporation for £492m.
  Multiplex was acquired by Brookfield in 2007 and became a standalone construction business as part of Brookfield Business Corporation in 2016.
  The company is a main contractor across the UK, Australia and Canada and a major player in the London commercial market.Anuj Ranjan, CEO of Brookfield Business Corporation, said: “Multiplex is a le
  
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• PfP digs for partners on £295m groundworks deal

  18-06-2026 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing group Places for People has launched a near £300m national framework renewal hunt for groundworks specialists across England and Scotland for the next four years.
  The National Groundworkers Framework will cover everything from site clearance, earthworks and foundations to drainage, utilities, roads and external works for both Places for People and its development arm, PfP Developments.
  M&J Evans Construction, Carmac (Building & Civil Engineering), Churngold Construction and
  
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• Approved installer register to tackle home insulation scandal

  18-06-2026 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has committed to launch an approved installer register to clean up Britain’s crisis-hit home insulation market.
  Ministers are drawing up a national register of approved retrofit installers and arming regulators with powers to ban poor performers after the home insulation scandal left up to 23,000 properties needing repair work.
  The move comes after a blistering National Audit Office investigation found that 98% of external wall insulation installations inspected under govern
  
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• Strabag UK rejigs Van Elle leadership after takeover

  18-06-2026 07:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  Strabag UK has rejigged the senior leadership team at piling contractor Van Elle after formally completing the £59m takeover of the Nottingham-based specialist this week.
  Van Elle chief executive Mark Cutler will move to an advisory role across the Strabag UK business.
  Moving forward, former COO Malcolm O’Sullivan and preconstruction director Matt Love are promoted to joint managing director roles, working alongside chief financial officer Graeme Campbell.Strabag’s move for the
  
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