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• DfT tests market for privately financed HS2 Euston station job

  09-02-2026 15:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Department for Transport has fired the starting gun on private sector involvement at HS2 Euston, launching early market engagement for a design, build, finance and maintain partner on the long-delayed London terminus.
  The move signals the Government’s intention to push ahead with a public-private partnership to deliver the HS2 Euston station itself, alongside confirmed public funding to bring the high-speed line into Euston.
  Under the emerging model, a private sector partner would take
  
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• Long-empty Southend HMRC tower set for 557-flat rebirth

  09-02-2026 09:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Comer Homes has secured full permission to proceed with one of Southend’s biggest residential conversions clearing the decks for construction to start on the long-stalled major office to flats scheme.
  The firm has sealed final Section 106 legal agreement with Southend Council allowing it to a redevelop the former HMRC tower on Victoria Avenue.
  The green light unlocks plans to convert the vacant 1960s Alexander House office block into 557 flats above ground-floor commercial space
  
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• RED starts revamp of Lincoln’s Inn Fields

  09-02-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  RED Construction Group has been appointed for the first £13m phase of refurbishment work at 20-23 Lincoln’s Inn Fields in central London by developer Dorrington.
  RED Construction’s London team will deliver the first phase of works as part of a wider redevelopment of the five historic interconnected buildings spanning 15-23 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, totalling around 70,000 sqft, on the north side of the square.
  Works include a back to frame refurbishment, core extension, roof
  
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• Glencar tipped for latest London data centre

  09-02-2026 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Glencar is understood to have won the race for a new £100m+ data centre in north London.
  The Enquirer understands that Glencar is set to sign a deal with Pure Data Centres for the next phase of its £1bn campus at Brent Cross.
  The site will contain one of the world’s largest living walls wrapping around the scheme spanning 7,400 square metres and featuring over 750,000 plants.Sources close to the project said the latest building had been a straight race with Winvic which Glencar
  
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• Muse to lead redevelopment of Wakefield shopping centre

  09-02-2026 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  Morgan Sindall’s urban regeneration arm Muse is set to steer the demolition-led redevelopment of The Ridings shopping centre in Wakefield.
  The local Council has announced it is pressing ahead with plans to remake the city centre around housing, leisure and culture.Under the long-term vision, The Ridings would be flattened and replaced by a new Cathedral Quarter delivering more than 1,000 homes, wrapped around new public squares, green space, leisure uses and major cultural facilities.The o
  
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• Robertson Construction bounces back into the black

  09-02-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  Scottish and North of England contractor Robertson Construction Group has pulled off a sharp turnaround, bouncing back into the black after a bruising prior year.
  The Elgin-based contractor posted a pre-tax profit of £31m for the year to 30 June 2025, reversing a near £13m pre-tax loss the year before.
  Turnover slipped back to £575m from £627m, but the softer top line was more than offset by a strong recovery in operating performance as tighter project control and improve
  
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