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• Barhale secures hat-trick of Thames Water sewer schemes

  10-02-2026 10:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  Barhale has landed a hat-trick of development-driven sewer upgrade scheme for Thames Water at Brent Cross, Basingstoke and Benson.
  The civils specialist has secured the trio of jobs under Thames Water’s £200m-plus AMP8 Major Projects framework for Developer Services and Infrastructure Programmes.
  The framework targets complex infrastructure needed to unlock development, covering diversions, requisitions and lateral drainage tied to third-party schemes.At Brent Cross, adjacent to the
  
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• Subcontractors wanted across the Midlands

  10-02-2026 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  Subcontractors and suppliers can find work opportunities across the Midlands at the latest event hosted by Constructionline.
  Its latest Marketplace Live will be held in Birmingham on Thursday 26 February at Villa Park.
  The regional networking event features several of the UK’s leading contractors, public-sector authorities and other organisations.Exhibitors will include Seddon Construction, United Infrastructure and Wates Construction.
  Registration for Marketplace Live is open to paid memb
  
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• Muse go-ahead for 1,600-home Solihull town centre reset

  10-02-2026 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  Muse has secured the planning green light for a wholesale remake of Mell Square in Solihull town centre, paving the way for a 10-year, 1,600-home regeneration anchored by new retail, leisure and public realm.
  The Solihull Council-approved scheme will be taken forward by Muse under a new name – Holbeche Place – marking the start of a full-scale reset for the ageing mid-20th-century shopping precinct.
  Alongside new homes spanning build-to-rent and affordable tenures, the plans include
  
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• JRL lands £68m North London housing tower job

  10-02-2026 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  JRL Group has landed a £68m contract to build a 30-storey housing block in North London after Clarion Housing Group stepped in to rescue a long-stalled development.
  A different tower project at the Argenta House site in Stonebridge Park was originally started by Henry Construction Projects. This ground to a halt during foundation works when the contractor fell into administration in June 2023, leaving the site dormant.
  Since then, Clarion Housing Group, through its Latimer development arm
  
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• Skanska seals £273m delayed Broadgate office overhaul

  10-02-2026 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  Skanska has got the go-ahead to overhaul and extend one of the last major offices at the Broadgate campus upgrade in London.
  The contractor has finally signed off a deal worth £273m with British Land and GIC under their Broadgate joint venture to deliver the delayed 1 Appold Street office revamp.
  The project will see the tired 1980s office block stripped back and rebuilt into a low-carbon workplace designed by Piercy&Company.A major sustainability push sits at the heart of the scheme,
  
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• School building winners to give apprentice guarantees

  10-02-2026 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  Contractors looking to win school building projects will have to show that they are providing opportunities for apprentices and T Level students.
  The government is looking to create 13,000 new placements as part of the upcoming education estates strategy overseeing the £20bn School Rebuilding Programme through to 2034-35.
  It said: “The government’s commitment to long-term funding through to 2034-35 means construction firms can plan ahead and invest in training.“A longer c
  
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