Construction news

• Ilke Homes final bill for supply chain hits £62m

  01-08-2024 15:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Unsecured creditors left holding unpaid bills following the collapse of modular specialist  ilke Homes last June will receive just £829,000 for the £63m they are owed.
  The bad news was contained in an update filed at Companies House yesterday by administrators to ilke Homes Holdings and ilke Homes Land.
  Ilke collapsed nearly a year ago with debts totalling £320m when it ran out of money after failing to find a buyer for the business.Administrator AlixPartners UK confirmed
  
  Read more

• Ex-Skanska Highways chief starts at Galliford Try

  01-08-2024 10:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ex-Skanska highways director Glennan Blackmore has started his new job at Galliford Try as managing director of Infrastructure, covering National Highways, local authorities and major projects.
  Blackmore will be responsible for increasing Galliford Try’s market share in existing sectors and progressing aligned adjacent market opportunities.He takes over from David Lowery who was promoted to the board role of divisional managing director of Environment and Infrastructure three months ago.Gl
  
  Read more

• Wates to retrofit over 400 Orbit homes

  01-08-2024 09:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates has clinched a deal for housing association Orbit to retrofit 410 homes over two years, marking the start of a long-term partnership to help decarbonise Orbit’s homes.
  The latest contract swells Wates Property Services’ portfolio of social housing retrofit projects, which has seen the builder deliver PAS2035-compliant energy efficiency improvements to over 2,000 properties across the UK through a mixture of Government and self-funded programmes.
  This latest appointment will see
  
  Read more

• Green light for 1.1m sq ft logistics park

  01-08-2024 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Logistics developer Tritax Symmetry has been granted planning permission by Stroud District Council for Symmetry Park Gloucester on a 67-acre site at Junction 12 of the M5 motorway.
  The developer has gained approval for a hybrid planning application for 1.1million sq ft of development including detailed consent for two buildings of 163,500 sq ft and 241,000 sq ft and outline permission for a further 700,000 sq ft of build-to-suit opportunities.
  Jonathan Dawes, head of planning at Tritax Symmetry
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Hill to regenerate Coventry estate with 750 new homes

  01-08-2024 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing association Citizen has picked The Hill Group as its delivery partner to regenerate the Spon End housing estate in Coventry.
  The estate redevelopment to the west of Coventry city centre will see the demolition of three existing blocks and 750 new homes built over the next 10 years.
  Around a third of the new energy-efficient homes will be affordable homes.
   Kevin Roach, Director of Regeneration Services at Citizen, said: “Hill has been chosen because of its vast experience in t
  
  Read more

• Winvic restores profit margin after clearing loss-making jobs

  01-08-2024 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Shed and multi-room building contractor Winvic restored profitability this year after suffering losses on prepandemic-bid jobs in the prior year.
  Revenue in the year to January 2024 fell 21% to £959m but the firm managed to ride out tough market conditions to deliver an 80% uplift in pre-tax profit to £19m.
  Managing director Simon Girardier said: “Despite ongoing market challenges over the past year, our business strategy has demonstrated its resilience, allowing us to maintain
  
  Read more

• Welsh Water starts race for £750m mains upkeep

  01-08-2024 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Welsh Water has started the hunt for contractors to deliver works and services worth £750m for the next iteration of its Water Network Alliance .
  The not-for-profit company is looking for partners to deliver a significant programme of new customer meter installations, fix network leaks and repair and maintain its water network to deliver improvements to asset health.The contract will run for a period of up to 8 years, for AMP8 (2025-2030) and early AMP 9.
  The works and services will be del
  
  Read more

• Plans in for £100m stacked industrial scheme

  01-08-2024 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  NEAT Developments, and Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited have submitted a planning application to Brent Council for a new stacked industrial in Colindale, north west London.
  The proposals will create a new 230,000 sq ft industrial space over two storeys with a total gross development value of £100m.
  The new scheme has been worked through carefully with London Borough of Brent, and will be the second such stacked development in the borough.In addition to the increased floorspace
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

Follow @new_constructio on Twitter!