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• JJ Rhatigan lands £78m City office conversion

  21-01-2026 18:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  JJ Rhatigan has been appointed as main contractor for the City of London’s first co-living development.
  The £78m Cornerstone scheme on the edge of the Barbican Estate will convert and extend a 1950s office building into 174 modern co-living homes, designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM).
  Strip-out of the existing building is now complete and enabling works are underway.Main construction is expected to start following Gateway 2 approval. An application to the Regula
  
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• Muse scoops 1,350-home Barrow docks regeneration

  21-01-2026 17:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans for a major new waterfront neighbourhood in Barrow have taken a decisive step forward after Westmorland and Furness Council appointed Muse Places as strategic development partner for the Marina Village scheme.
  The deal, agreed by cabinet this week, will see Muse working through the English Cities Fund to bring forward around 1,350 new homes alongside public open space and a nature conservation area on land next to Barrow’s historic docks.
  A pre-development services agreement will kic
  
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• £15bn Warm Homes Plan maps out mass retrofit drive

  21-01-2026 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  The government has unveiled its long-awaited £15bn Warm Homes Plan calling it the biggest home retrofit programme in British history.
  It aims to roll out insulation, solar panels, batteries and heat pumps across up to five million homes by 2030.
  The scheme, led by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, is designed to cut household energy bills permanently, lift up to one million families out of fuel poverty and accelerate the take-up of domestic clean energy technologies.
  The Gov
  
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• FK Facades and Construction placed into administration

  21-01-2026 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  Building envelope specialist FK Group’s main Facade and Construction businesses have fallen into administration with the loss of 40 jobs.
  The businesses were toppled by prolonged industry pressures, including inflation, Building Safety Act delays, constrained insurance markets and a resurrected historical claim from ISG’s administrators.
  The collapse of these core trading businesses has hit the group’s two biggest projects at Multiplex’s Elephant and Castle job in London
  
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• Winvic targets data centres market

  21-01-2026 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  Winvic is looking to expand into the data centre market.
  The contractor is looking to add data centres to its existing core sectors of industrial and logistics, multi-room and civils and infrastructure.
  Danny Cross, Director – Head of Data Centre Delivery at Winvic, said: “Over the last eighteen months we have focused on developing our supply chain, upskilling our teams and recruiting new expertise.“Working alongside specialist MEP partners, we’re combining civil engineer
  
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• Galliford Try lifts profit outlook for first half

  21-01-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  Galliford Try has upgraded its full-year profit outlook after a stronger-than-expected first half of the year.
  The FTSE 250 contractor said trading in the six months to December ran ahead of both last year and board expectations, driven by water, transport and social infrastructure demand.
  On the back of the strong first six months, Galliford Try now expects full-year revenue to land towards the upper end of the £1.9bn-plus analyst range, with adjusted pre-tax profit coming in slightly abo
  
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• South West civils firm Roadform files administration notice

  21-01-2026 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Roadform Civil Engineering has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The Devon based business employs 200 staff working with with national house builders, Tier 1 contractors, and SME developers across the south west.
  Roadform has been in business since 1988 and latest accounts for the year to October 31 2024 show a turnover of £31.3m generating a pre-tax profit of £460,000.
  Data and credit checking specialist Red Flag Alert highlighted the firms’ administrati
  
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• Trio of contract wins for G&H

  21-01-2026 00:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leeds-headquartered mechanical, electrical and public health specialist G&H has secured three maintenance contracts across the education and property management sectors.
  Following competitive tenders, G&H has been appointed to deliver planned and preventative maintenance for Pudsey Sixth Form College, MCR Property Group, and Evans Property Group.
  G&H will deliver a three-year maintenance programme at Pudsey Sixth Form College to ensure the building remains operational, efficient and
  
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