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• Collapsing wall knocks labourer down stairwell

  07-01-2026 16:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  A Cumbrian contractor has been fined £60,000 after a wall collapsed knocking a labourer through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below.
  Ace Infra Ltd pleaded guilty after an incident led to employee, Mark Jones, spending a month in hospital recovering from his injuries.
  Lancaster Magistrates Court court heard how Jones was sweeping up dust and debris on the first floor of the building at the end of the working day.Earlier boards had been delivered and laid across a large opening in
  
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• Former Carillion finance directors fined £371,700

  07-01-2026 13:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Two former finance directors at collapsed contractor Carillion have been fined a total of £371,700 for their part in misleading statements in the run-up to the company’s demise.
  The watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Richard Adam and Zafar Khan were both aware of serious financial troubles in Carillion’s UK construction business but failed to reflect this in company announcements or alert the Board and audit committee, leading to poor oversight.
  Adam and Khan have
  
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• Construction buyers see better times ahead

  07-01-2026 12:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction buyers are hoping for a better year ahead as business activity expectations rebounded to a five-month high.
  It was a ray of light in an otherwise gloomy set of statistics in the latest bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index which registered 40.1 in December, up from 39.4 in November but below the neutral 50.0 value for the twelfth successive month.
  UK construction companies experienced another sharp downturn in business activity and incoming new w
  
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• McAlpine tipped for £150m West End office revamp

  07-01-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developers Edge and Mitsubishi Estate have secured the funding package to push ahead with a £150m office overhaul of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue in West London.
  Sir Robert McAlpine is understood to be in line to deliver the big revamp job, which is being taken forward on a speculative basis.
  The funding deal clears the way for construction to start early this year after enabling works contractor John F Hunt completes site strip-out.A consortium of Japanese equity investors – including Tok
  
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• Four-storey rooftop extension approved for office-to-hotel switch

  07-01-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans to add a four-storey rooftop extension to a former Square Mile office building as part of a hotel conversion have been approved by the City of London Corporation.
  The consent clears the way for family-run developer Chart Forte Monument to transform the Grade II-listed St Clement’s House at 27–28 Clements Lane into a 180-key luxury hotel, with designs by Studio Moren.
  Construction works are proposed to commence this Summer, lasting for approximately 18-24 months.The mid-19th cen
  
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• Four-storey rooftop extension approved for City office-to-hotel

  07-01-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans to add a four-storey rooftop extension to a former Square Mile office building as part of a hotel conversion have been approved by the City of London Corporation.
  The consent clears the way for family-run developer Chart Forte (Monument) to transform the Grade II-listed St Clement’s House at 27–28 Clements Lane into a 180-key luxury Marriott hotel, with designs by Studio Moren.
  Construction works are proposed to commence this Summer, lasting for approximately 18-24 months.The m
  
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• Site acquired in Chichester for new Premier Inn

  07-01-2026 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  Whitbread has confirmed plans to build a new Premier Inn hotel in Chichester after acquiring the site on Bognor Road from Hanbury Properties.
  The new location complements the existing Premier Inn at Gate Leisure Park to the south west of Chichester city centre.
  Whitbread Acquisitions Manager Louise Woodruff said: “Chichester’s diverse cultural offer and successful business economy is fuelling year-round demand for high-quality, affordable hotel rooms from our customers.“This&nb
  
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• Clegg clears Gateway 2 for £46m Sheffield flats

  07-01-2026 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Clegg Construction has secured Gateway 2 approval for a £46m, 12-storey build-to-rent scheme in Sheffield.
  The contractor, working for Liverpool-based developer Brickland, has received formal sign-off from the Building Safety Regulator for the 267-flat Nursery Street project.
  Michael Sims, managing director at Clegg Construction, said: “Securing Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator confirms that this development in Sheffield meets the most stringent of safety require
  
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• Cardo snaps up Scottish roofer Faskin Group

  07-01-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Expanding building maintenance specialist Cardo Group has strengthened its roofing firepower in Scotland with the acquisition of Paisley-based specialist Faskin Group.
  The deal brings one of Scotland’s best-known roofing contractors into the Cardo fold, adding a skilled local workforce and expanding the group’s ability to deliver roofing services nationally.
  The Faskin Group established in 2010 by Frank and Karen O’Hara will continue to operate under their leadership as it inte
  
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