Construction news

• Manchester Airport boss joins Core Highways

  10-11-2023 13:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Core Highways Group has appointed Manchester Airport Group chief executive Charlie Cornish as chairman.
  The appointment is part of a strengthening of its leadership team as £120m turnover Core Highways looks to continue to grow.
  Jenny Moten has also joined the company as Regional Managing Director from Cadent Gas where she was Northwest Network Director – overseeing £2.5bn of assets and 1,100 employees.Prior to this Moten was a Business Director for Amey, leading the delivery o
  
  Read more

• Cambridge Uni shakes up builders line-up for £680m spend

  10-11-2023 09:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  The University of Cambridge has named a fresh line-up of construction partners to deliver a £680m work pipeline over four years.
  Among the major project winners B&K, Morgan Sindall and Willmott Dixon secure places for the first time, while Laing O’Rouke, Balfour Beatty and Bouygues will not renew their places in the new framework.
  The operational estate is one of the UK’s largest and most diverse, ranging from Grade 1 listed buildings to cutting-edge laboratories and resear
  
  Read more

• Refurb work edges construction back to slow growth

  10-11-2023 09:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Two consecutive months of construction output decline ended in September as the industry edged back to slow growth.
  The 0.4% recovery was driven by a 2% rise in repair and maintenance, which offset another fall in new work during the month of 0.8%.
  In the new work sector, the only sector to register growth was commercial, which rose 3% on the month and is now 5% up on a year ago.There was also a glimmer of hope for the market from new order figures which increased 3.9% in the third quarter. This
  
  Read more

• Go-ahead for Brighton 555-bed student village

  10-11-2023 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Downing has got the planning thumbs up for a 555-bedroom student accommodation complex on a former car park site next to Brighton’s Amex Stadium.
  The new development at Falmer will see the construction of two six-storey linear wings, with an interlocking two-storey central social hub, playing host to 555 student bedrooms.
  The accommodation will be split into 130 top-end, self-contained studio apartments, 397 student cluster rooms, 18 accessible studios and 10 accessible cluster r
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Wates Construction MD Mark Tant leaves business

  10-11-2023 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates Construction managing director Mark Tant has left the firm after nine years.
  Company veteran Steff Battle has been appointed interim Managing Director, Construction.
  A spokesperson for Wates Group said: “Last month Mark Tant left his role at Wates after nine years – he made a significant contribution to the development and success of the construction business during this period, and we wish him the best for the future.”Tant joined Wates in 2019 from Shepherd Construction
  
  Read more

• Wates Construction managing director Mark Tant leaves business

  10-11-2023 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates Construction managing director Mark Tant has left the firm after nine years.
  Company veteran Steff Battle has been appointed interim Managing Director, Construction.
  A spokesperson for Wates Group said: “Last month Mark Tant left his role at Wates after nine years – he made a significant contribution to the development and success of the construction business during this period, and we wish him the best for the future.”Tant joined Wates in 2019 from Shepherd Construction
  
  Read more

• Plant hirer Lyndon Thomas enters liquidation

  10-11-2023 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Northamptonshire-based plant hirer Lyndon Thomas has been placed into voluntary liquidation.
  The firm specialised in providing heavy earthmoving equipment and skilled operators from its Corby depot.
  Founded in 2000, Lyndon Thomas started out as a groundworks contractor developing into a plant hire business.Managing Director Lyndon Thomas confirmed the business had been placed into liquidation.He said: “The industry has got major problems. Smaller companies don’t get any opportunities
  
  Read more

• Six win South West Water £3bn major projects deal

  10-11-2023 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  South West Water has named its six major construction partners to deliver a £3bn major infrastructure capital investment programme.
  The 2025-2030 business plan will drive investment into the local economy and create around 2,000 new jobs, with new treatment works and reservoirs among the investments planned.Main construction partnersWest region: BAM Nuttall, Clancy, Mott McDonald Bentley
  East Region: Tilbury Douglas, MWH Treatment, Network Plus Envolve.
  Professional consultantsProject
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

Follow @new_constructio on Twitter!