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• Green light for first tower on £1bn Liverpool scheme

  17-02-2026 22:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  Planning approval has been granted for the first phase of the £1bn King Edward development adjacent to Liverpool’s Pier Head.
  Demolition works starting this spring will be followed by construction of a 28-storey residential tower on the regeneration site’s first plot.
  A demolition contractor will be appointed imminently while the Enquirer understands talks are now set to start with a shortlist of contractors for the first tower.Hugh Frost of developer Beetham Davos said: &ldquo
  
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• TCC lands historic conversion

  17-02-2026 18:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Birmingham-based The Construction Consultants (TCC) has been appointed as project managers, quantity surveyors and employers agents to oversee the £5m restoration of a local historic building for developer ETME Group.
  The Grade II-listed Derwent Works pressings and stampings building in Constitution Hill in the Jewellery Quarter had fallen into disrepair but will now be transformed into apartments and retail units.
  The factory was built in the late 19th century by Taylor & Challen, a c
  
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• Bauer Technologies lands Metro piling deal

  17-02-2026 18:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bauer Technologies has been appointed to deliver specialist piling works as part of Phase 2 of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension – a major infrastructure scheme forming a key element of Transport for West Midland’s (TfWM) investment in the West Midlands Metro network.
  Subcontracted by MPB Structures, Bauer Technologies will undertake foundation piling works for a series of new structures along the route, supporting the delivery of this strategically important transport
  
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• Watkin Jones clears Gateway 2 for Bristol student halls

  17-02-2026 16:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Watkin Jones has secured Gateway 2 approval for a 201-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Bristol, allowing construction to push ahead on the Freestone Road site.
  The £60m scheme is being delivered for a joint venture between Moorfield Group and Tiger Developments, and is targeting EPC A, BREEAM Excellent, and featuring PV panels alongside a district heating connection.
  The Freestone Yards development will transform a brownfield plot in the Temple Quarter into four blocks pro
  
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• Plan for 240 flats at Nottingham Station gateway site

  17-02-2026 16:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans have been unveiled for a 244-home build-to-rent scheme on railway land beside Nottingham railway station.
  Developer blocwork has teamed up with Network Rail’s property arm Platform 4 and listed landlord Grainger to bring forward the brownfield redevelopment at the junction of Station Street and London Road.
  The scheme, which will be submitted for planning shortly. will deliver one- and two-bedroom flats for rental living on the underused rail-side plot.Richard Thomas, director at blo
  
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• Battersea Power Station masterplan reset for final 16 acres

  17-02-2026 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  The developer behind the vast Battersea Power Station redevelopment in London has pressed the reset button on its masterplan, appointing Studio Egret West to steer the final 16 acres of the 42-acre riverside regeneration.
  The move will unlock up to 3.2m sq ft of homes, offices, cultural and leisure space across the remaining half of the central London scheme.
  Studio Egret West will recast the original blueprint drawn up more than 15 years ago by Rafael Viñoly, reshaping the future phases
  
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• Fit-out firm Artemis files administration notice

  17-02-2026 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Fit-out and refurbishment specialist Artemis Interior Services Ltd has filed a notice to appoint an administrator.
  The London-based contractor filed the notice yesterday.
  Latest results for Artemis for the year to December 31 2024 show a turnover of £21.6m generating a pre-tax loss of £2.1m.The firm blamed the “disappointing year” on “two challenging projects which resulted in significant losses.”
  It added: “This is the first year in the history of the b
  
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• £100m Eden Project Morecambe gets green light

  17-02-2026 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  Lancaster councillors have waved through revised plans for the £100m Eden Project Morecambe backing a dramatically slimmed-down version of the long-awaited seafront attraction.
  Lancaster City Council granted planning permission for the second time after developers halved the size of the scheme and cut the number of signature domes from four to two.
  The rethink follows years of cost inflation that stalled the original programme, which had targeted a 2024 completion.Designed by Grimshaw Arch
  
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• Ferrovial bags £80m Slough sewage works revamp

  17-02-2026 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ferrovial has landed an £80m job to overhaul Slough Sewage Treatment Works for Thames Water.
  The scheme will be delivered through an integrated joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and sister company Cadagua, which specialises in water treatment.
  The project will upgrade the Berkshire works to meet tighter Environment Agency wastewater standards and boost operational resilience.Planned works include expanding treatment capacity to hit tougher ammonia and phosphorous limits and impr
  
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• Police swoop on skills card test centre

  17-02-2026 00:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Four men have been arrested following a police probe into a suspected fraudulent construction skills card test centre.
  Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit raided the independent testing centre in Winchester over the weekend.
  The swoop was the culmination of an ongoing investigation following a tip-off from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that the centre was accepting payment to help people fraudulently pass CSCS skills card safety te
  
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• Police swoop on site safety test centre

  17-02-2026 00:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  Four men have been arrested following a police probe into a suspected fraudulent construction test centre.
  Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit raided the independent testing centre in Winchester over the weekend.
  The swoop was the culmination of an ongoing investigation following a tip-off from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that the centre was accepting payment to help people fraudulently pass safety tests to help gain CSCS cards.F
  
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