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• Former Carillion chief Richard Howson fined £237,000

  16-02-2026 19:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Former Carillion group chief executive Richard Howson has been fined £237,700 for his part in misleading statements issued by the failed contractor.
  The fine from the FCA comes after Howson withdrew his challenge to the financial watchdog’s decision after a probe into Carillion’s 2018 collapse
  He was originally fined £397,800 in 2022 but the fine has been reduced after the FCA said it had overstated his “relevant income” and his co-operation with the investiga
  
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• Graham clinches £286m Manchester student scheme

  16-02-2026 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Contractor Graham has sealed the job to redevelop Cambridge Halls student campus for Manchester Metropolitan University.
  The £286m project to create over 2,300 new student bedrooms is being delivered through a joint venture between the University and Unite Students.
  The project includes the demolition of the existing 1990s-era accommodation and the construction of two new multi-storey buildings rising to 30 storey’s across two phases, providing a mix of cluster apartments and studios
  
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• Chippenham £50m town centre reset go-ahead

  16-02-2026 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Acorn Property Group has secured planning approval to redevelop Chippenham’s ageing Emery Gate Shopping Centre with a £50 mixed-use riverside quarter of 225 homes.
  The scheme, branded Chippenham Riverside and designed by HNW Architects, will strip out the inward-facing mall and replace it with a network of streets and public squares to reconnect the High Street to Island Park and the River Avon.
  New streets and homes plan
  The approved masterplan will also deliver around 4,0
  
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• Green light for Italian plaster factory in Derbyshire

  16-02-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The planning green light has been given for an Italian materials giant to build a major factory near Ilkeston in Derbyshire.
  Erewash Borough Council has approved plans by Fassa Bortolo to house its new UK headquarters at the site of the old Stanton Ironworks.
  Fassa Bortolo specialises in pre-mix renders and plasters and its new plant will cover 170,000 square feet at the New Stanton Park.Erewash’s leader Cllr James Dawson said: “It’s about more than just construction &ndas
  
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• Contractors wanted for £75m coastal civils deal

  16-02-2026 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Portsmouth City Council will this month start market engagement on a new £75m coastal and flood works framework spanning the south coast.
  The council is acting as host authority on behalf of the Southern Coastal Group and SCOPAC, consisting of a dozen south coast local authorities.
  The six-year framework deal worth around £75m is due to come into force in December 2026, and replace the current 2022–2026 Minor Works Framework.Four contractors will be appointed to a primary tier
  
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• MTX signs deal for health campus near Cardiff

  16-02-2026 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Offsite specialist MTX Contracts Ltd has signed a Pre-Construction Services Agreement to deliver Phase 1 of a new healthcare campus for South East Wales in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
  The scheme will transform the former British Airways Avionics Engineering site near Cardiff into a state-of-the-art healthcare campus, delivering a c.17,300m² new build development across three buildings with supporting infrastructure to create a Community Diagnostics Hub and Treatment Centre.
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• HBC breaks ground on £24m Sheffield co-living scheme

  16-02-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction has begun on a £24m co-living development in Kelham Island set to become Sheffield’s largest purpose-built scheme of its kind in the city.
  Developer Grantside has appointed HBC Construction as main contractor, with EDGE acting as employer’s agent and project manager.
  Designed by Cartwright Pickard, with Arup as structural engineer and Hoare Lea on MEP, the scheme will deliver 100 studio flats and shared amenities including a gym, yoga studio, co-working hub and roo
  
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• Gateway 3 delays leave thousands of homes empty

  16-02-2026 00:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thousands of completed flats are still sitting empty as developers face continued delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety approval process.
  New FOI data obtained by legal firm Irwin Mitchell revealed 44 schemes remain undecided more than three months after submission, with the longest case waiting 550 days for approval.
  Across these delayed schemes, 5,594 completed units are currently unoccupied, despite being ready for residents.Under the building safety regime for higherR
  
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• Gateway 3 delays leave legacy homes still empty

  16-02-2026 00:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thousands of completed flats are still sitting empty as developers face continued delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety approval process.
  New FOI data obtained by legal firm Irwin Mitchell revealed 44 schemes remain undecided more than three months after submission, with the longest case waiting 550 days for approval.
  Across these delayed schemes, 5,594 completed units are currently unoccupied, despite being ready for residents.
  The Building Safety Regulator said the delays
  
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