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• Winvic wins £112m Digbeth resi tower scheme

  24-02-2026 16:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Clarion Housing Group’s development arm Latimer has awarded Winvic Construction the £112m main works contract to deliver a 481-home mixed-tenure scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham.
  Work on the 34-storey block will start in October once demolition contractor PJ Careys clears the 1.3-acre Clyde Street/High Street site.The site is home to a former Safestore industrial facility and surrounding hard-standing car parking. Demolition will get underway next month.The scheme will provide 288 affor
  
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• Dalkia lands £33m British Museum energy centre job

  24-02-2026 15:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  Dalkia has clinched a £33m deal to deliver a flagship low-carbon energy centre at the British Museum as part of its sweeping masterplan overhaul.
  The firm will act as principal contractor on the Energy Centre Programme, overseeing civils, architectural fit-out and a full upgrade of the museum’s ageing infrastructure across the Bloomsbury estate.
  The project forms a critical strand of the British Museum’s long-term redevelopment, aimed at reshaping the historic institution for t
  
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• Whitehall heavyweights drafted into CLC board shake-up

  24-02-2026 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Construction Leadership Council has pulled senior Whitehall figures into its boardroom in a governance shake-up designed to hard-wire the industry more tightly into Government decision-making.
  The reset gives formal board seats to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority and the Cabinet Office, embedding senior civil servants inside the body that helps steer construction strategy.
  Becky Wood, CEO of NISTA, and Clare Gibbs, Director of Markets, Sourcing & Suppliers
  
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• CITB tells contractors no more money for training courses

  24-02-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  The CITB has run out of  funding for training courses booked under its Employer Network initiative.
  Contractors are now being told no training bookings can be made until after March 31 leaving firms in limbo for more than a month.
  One angry contractor said: “We received no warning about this – we were just hit with an email saying they had run out of funds.”The email – shared with the Enquirer – states: “Thanks for sending the training request through.
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• Bouygues sues DfE over mega schools framework award

  24-02-2026 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bouygues has issued a High Court challenge after being edged out of the Government’s £15bn schools mega-framework by a scoring gap of just 0.13% from its nearest bid rival.
  The contractor claims flawed scoring and a botched moderation process cost it a place with the panel of firms on the coveted southern region major projects lot.
  It alleges the Department for Education failed to assess bids properly under the Procurement Act 2023 by making manifest scoring errors and applying undis
  
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• Enquirer joins forces with construction film maker

  24-02-2026 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Enquirer is teaming-up with a leading London film maker to offer pioneering construction firms the chance to showcase their latest innovations.
  The new Construction Enquirer Originals series will be produced by brand storytelling specialist Superbeam.
  The video-led series will highlight the best the industry has to offer and how firms are shaping the future of construction.Videos are the perfect way to reach a modern audience with Superbeam bringing cinematic values to construction stories.
  
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• Height trim at London Silk Street in bid to win City approval

  24-02-2026 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Lipton Rogers and LaSalle Investment Management have slashed the height of their controversial London 1 Silk Street office scheme in a fresh attempt to win over planners and Barbican residents.
  Revised plans submitted to the City of London Corporation cut more than 10m from the western side of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed block, removing three storeys from earlier proposals facing Cromwell Tower.
  The move follows strong criticism over daylight loss and massing impacts on the neigh
  
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