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• Kier lands £120m delayed Edinburgh eye hospital job

  19-02-2026 16:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier has been appointed to deliver the long-awaited £120m replacement for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh, ending years of uncertainty over the troubled project.
  The contractor will act as principal supply chain partner for NHS Lothian on the new specialist facility at the Edinburgh BioQuarter in Little France.
  The project will replace the ageing Eye Pavilion, which was first declared “not fit for purpose” in 2014.
  Since then the scheme has been hit by funding
  
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• Bidders days for £5.4bn Southern Construction Framework

  19-02-2026 11:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  Southern Construction Framework is stepping up early market engagement ahead of tendering its £5.4bn work programme with a pair of regional Suppliers’ Days next month.
  The sixth generation framework, jointly re-procured by Devon County Council and Hampshire County Council, will replace the current Southern Construction Framework when it expires in 2027.
  Free events will be held in Exeter and Winchester, giving contractors and supply chain firms an early steer on how SCF-6 will be str
  
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• BAM Construction UK returns to profit

  19-02-2026 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  BAM’s UK construction arm has bounced back into the black after swinging from a £24m loss to a £27m profit in 2025.
  In a turnaround year for the building business turnover at the construction division edged up 7% to £979m, driving the recovery in adjusted EBITDA after the prior year’s red ink, stemming mainly from the Co-op Live job in Manchester.
  The UK civils arm again proved the engine room. BAM Nuttall generated £81m profit on £1.55bn revenue, delive
  
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• City skyline revealed after record planning approvals

  19-02-2026 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  The City of London Corporation has revealed a new skyline CGI showcasing what the Square Mile’s tall buildings cluster will look like in around six years’ time.
  The computer-generated images show what the City of London’s financial district will look like from above, once all of the buildings that have either been granted planning permission, or are already under construction are completed following a record year of planning approvals in 2025.
  The Corporation said 2026 had seen
  
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• Acheson staff win 90-day wage payout a year after firm folded

  19-02-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Thirty-one former staff at collapsed Dorset contractor Acheson construction have secured a 90-day pay award after a tribunal found the firm failed to properly consult before making redundancies.
  The court ruling follows Acheson’s slide into administration on 18 February 2025, when administrators were appointed after the business filed a notice of intention the previous day.
  At the time, around 40 redundancies were made immediately, with most of the firm’s 48-strong workforce losing t
  
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• Balfour Beatty to start £200m Lincoln link road in March

  19-02-2026 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  Balfour Beatty will break ground next month on Lincoln’s long-awaited North Hykeham Relief Road after ministers confirmed more than £110m of funding for the £200m job.
  The dual carriageway will link the A46 Pennells Roundabout to the Lincoln Eastern Bypass, finally completing the city’s full ring road and relieving pressure on the A46 corridor.
  Backed by the Department for Transport, the scheme is designed to unlock 4,500 homes and 7 hectares of employment land while easi
  
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• Employee-owned Kilnbridge delivers record year

  19-02-2026 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  Concrete frame and structures specialist Kilnbridge Group has delivered its strongest results since switching to employee ownership, with pre-tax profit jumping 81% to £6.7m on the back of surging turnover and a £300m forward pipeline.
  The group posted a 50% rise in turnover to £129m in the year to June 2025 on the back of HS2 work, commercial and energy schemes.A £300m order book (2024: £200m) now underpins the next phase of growth, giving the business strong visib
  
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