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• Robertson to finish hospital job hit by Merit collapse

  27-01-2026 12:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Robertson Construction North East has been appointed to complete the new £35m Berwick community hospital where work stopped last November when original contractor Merit collapsed into administration.
  Robertson will now complete survey work to enable the development of a construction programme and take over management of the new hospital site in the middle of February.
  Damon Kent, managing director of Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management, said: “The last few months have been d
  
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• RLB selects Sypro to transform contract management

  27-01-2026 12:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  Contract management software specialist Sypro has announced a three-year partnership with global construction, property and management consultancy, Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB).
  The agreement will see Sypro’s contract management software – a project oversight and collaboration hub – play an integral role in driving forward RLB’s digital transformation initiative, which aims to modernise project delivery through centralised data, greater visibility across contracts and smar
  
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• Holborn Circus refurb to start this year

  27-01-2026 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Tishman Speyer is set to appoint a contractor shortly for the major refurbishment of its landmark Holborn Circus property in Farringdon.
  Construction is set to start in the second half of this year at the former headquarters of Sainsbury’s.
  Refurbishment will transform the building into a highly sustainable, contemporary office destination. Plans include the creation of new internal atriums, a reimagined ground floor and basement plus the addition of a new roof terrace.Tishman Sp
  
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• Tower crane drivers start strike action today

  27-01-2026 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Work will be disrupted on some the country’s biggest construction sites today as strike action by tower crane drivers starts.
  Drivers at leading crane rental company Wolffkran, represented by Unite, will hold the first in a series of 24-hour strikes today then every fortnight after that.
  Around 90 drivers are union members among the crane rental giant’s 123 operators.The drivers are unhappy at the lack of pay rises over the last three years.
  But Wolffkran claimed it has made a &ldquo
  
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• Costain wins £123m M5 gigafactory junction job

  27-01-2026 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  Costain has secured the job to design and build a new junction on the M5 in Somerset to serve the UK’s biggest electric vehicle battery plant.
  Sir Robert McAlpine is building the £4bn gigafactory for Agratas at the Gravity site between Puriton and Woolavington, near Bridgwater.
  The five-year new junction project, dubbed ’22A’, was agreed for a £123m price and will alleviate pressure on the motorway.Constraints on the junction’s placement arise from the nearby
  
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• Muse lined up for 1,600 homes in Gateshead Baltic Quarter

  27-01-2026 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  Gateshead’s long-trailed Baltic Quarter regeneration has edged closer to reality after the council struck a pre-development deal with Muse and ECF to drive forward a 1,600-home mixed-use scheme.
  ECF – the joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General and Muse – will now work with Gateshead Council to shape funding, phasing and delivery of the long-term scheme. The Baltic Quarter sits at the heart of the council’s regeneration strategy launched last autumn.
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• Arup Binnies JV picked to plan £600m southern water pipeline

  27-01-2026 07:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  An Arup Binnies JV has been drafted in to plan an 80km strategic water pipeline at the heart of Southern Water’s Thames to Southern Transfer scheme.
  As technical partner the JV will take the project through its design and planning phase as well as supporting procurement of a main contractor.
  The Thames to Southern Transfer (T2ST) will move up to 120 million litres of water a day from the planned White Horse Reservoir in Oxfordshire into Hampshire, easing pressure on over-abstracted rivers
  
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