Construction news

• Leeds £1bn Eastgate Quarter vision moves up a gear

  12-02-2026 17:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leeds’ £1bn Eastgate Quarter has shifted up a gear after the developer JV appointed its consultant line-up to crack on with the city’s last big inner-core regeneration site.
  Leeds-based Khalbros and Torsion Group JV has appointed the professional team to shape the four-hectare mixed-use scheme stretching from Vicar Lane to Bridge Street and up to the A64(M).
  The long-neglected patch of surface car parks and tired plots is earmarked for a dense new neighbourhood of homes, worksp
  
  Read more

• Severfield facing strike action next week

  12-02-2026 16:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  More than 100 workers are set to strike next week at the UK’s largest structural steelwork contractor Severfield.
  Welders, platers and machine operators at the Lostock factory in Bolton will walk out after not being offered a pay rise by the firm which posted losses in its latest results.
  More than 90% of GMB members voted in favour of strike action after an overtime ban this week.Industrial action will start with one full day of strike action on Monday 16 February, followed by two full da
  
  Read more

• Construction grew 1.8% last year despite sharp Q4 fall

  12-02-2026 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction firms ended 2025 in growth territory despite a poor final quarter that saw output fall sharply in the final months
  Latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows total construction output rose 1.8% in 2025 compared with 2024 — the fifth consecutive year of annual expansion.
  But momentum faded sharply in the final three months of the year, according to official figures published this morning.Total output fell 2.1% in Quarter 4 (October to December) compared with Quar
  
  Read more

• Firms fined after two killed when MEWP overturns

  12-02-2026 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Two companies have been fined following an incident which resulted in the deaths of two workers in West Yorkshire.
  Lee Horton, 58, and Daron Pickstock, 43, were killed when an industrial warehouse racking system collapsed as it was being tested at Castefields Industrial Estate in Bingley on 29 October 2020.
  The racking was being tested at a site belonging to Space Productiv Ltd, of which Horton, from Ilkley, was the managing director. Pickstock, who was from Chorley, was self-employed and workin
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Salford set for record £525m wastewater reset

  12-02-2026 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  Costain, Jacobs, Murphy, MWH, Mott MacDonald Bentley and VolkerStevin are gearing up to deliver the biggest ever overhaul of Salford’s sewer network under United Utilities’ new AMP8 enterprise model.
  The integrated team will spearhead a £525m programme to modernise wastewater assets across the city over the next five years – slashing storm overflows, boosting resilience and tightening environmental performance.
  At the heart of the push are two flagship treatment works upg
  
  Read more

• Morgan Sindall eyes bumper 2026 on record workload

  12-02-2026 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Morgan Sindall has lined up another profit upgrade after its high-flying Fit Out arm roared into 2026 ahead of plan.
  The group said trading momentum has accelerated since the turn of the year, putting 2026 on course to beat previous expectations.
  A 17% jump in secured order book and preferred bidder work to £19.1bn has given the contractor its strongest ever opening position for a new financial year.In a trading update ahead of releasing 2025 full-year results due in a fortnight, the firm
  
  Read more

• Funding agreed for £220m Paddington overstation job

  12-02-2026 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  The joint venture between Helical and TfL’s property company Places for London has agreed a £220m development financing facility with PIMCO Prime Real Estate for the Paddington Over Station Development.
  The deal will allow main construction to start on the Grimshaw designed scheme which will see 235,000 sq ft new‑build office development positioned directly above the northern entrance to Paddington station overlooking the Grand Union Canal.
  Enabling works started last June
  
  Read more

• Hill bags £45m Kent high-rise flats job

  12-02-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Hill Partnerships has landed a £45m deal to build 103 flats for Maidstone Borough Council on the former Springfield Library site in the Kent town.
  The firm beat rival bids from Higgins and Lovell to secure the two-block scheme, which includes  a 10-storey tower.
  The contract runs from an anticipated start date of 6 March 2026 through to 1 December 2029.Approved plans comprise 43% one-bed flats, 47% two-beds and 11% three-beds. The development also includes 68 basement parking spaces a
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Willmott Dixon gets start date for £43m Kent leisure job

  12-02-2026 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  Willmott Dixon will move on site this spring to start demolition works for Gravesend’s long-awaited new Cascades Leisure Centre.
  The £43m project will feature a 25m main pool, 17m learner pool, aqua play and flume, spectator seating, a six-court sports hall, multi-level soft play, party and community rooms and a café.
  Willmott Dixon was named construction partner last September under a direct award via the Pagabo framework, initially taking the scheme through pre-construction.
  
  Read more

Follow @new_constructio on Twitter!