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• Willmott Dixon wins London Fire Brigade HQ overhaul

  25-02-2026 15:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Willmott Dixon Interiors has landed the preconstruction role for a major refurbishment of London Fire Brigade’s historic headquarters in the heart of the capital at 8 Albert Embankment.
  The contractor will take the Grade II listed building through Stage 3 and 4 design ahead of a full overhaul that will bring the 1937 Art Deco landmark back into full use as the Brigade’s HQ for around 840 staff.
  Plans include full renewal of mechanical, electrical and public health systems, new life s
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins historic London Fire Brigade HQ overhaul

  25-02-2026 15:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Willmott Dixon Interiors has landed the preconstruction role for a major refurbishment of London Fire Brigade’s historic headquarters in the heart of the capital at 8 Albert Embankment.
  The contractor will take the Grade II listed building through Stage 3 and 4 design ahead of a full overhaul that will bring the 1937 Art Deco landmark back into full use as the Brigade’s HQ for around 840 staff.
  Plans include full renewal of mechanical, electrical and public health systems, new life s
  
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• 30 win £655m Metropolitan Housing remediation deal

  25-02-2026 15:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Metropolitan Housing Trust has appointed 30 contractors to a £655m fire and structural safety remediation framework spanning its housing stock and wider public sector call-offs.
  The Southern and East of England social landlord will use the panel to deliver projects from minor works up to major schemes over £5m over the next seven years.
  Amber Construction, Equans Regeneration, Higgins, Mulalley & Co and Thomas Sinden are among the firms securing both larger project lots.The
  
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• Glencar signs deal for Luton industrial scheme

  25-02-2026 12:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  Glencar has has been engaged at pre-construction stage to progress the Hillwood Park Luton scheme through the next phases of detailed design and delivery.
  Developer Hillwood has secured planning for the 16 acre site which will contain 284,575 sq ft of new industrial and logistics accommodation across eight Grade-A units.
  Construction is expected to begin in March with units ready for early occupation from January 2027.Glencar has worked on other Hillwood schemes in Crewe and Wigan.
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• McLaren confirms supply chain for giant data centre

  25-02-2026 10:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  McLaren has confirmed its main supply chain partners after officially signing the shell and core contract to build the first of three giant data centre buildings at Ada Infrastructure’s Docklands campus.
  McLaren’s contract includes the infrastructure for the whole campus and the interface for a future district heating network.
  In addition to the three 70 MW data centre buildings, the project features a community multi-purpose facility and enhanced public spaces around the site, inclu
  
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• Hydrogen deal for Lower Thames Crossing worth £32m

  25-02-2026 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  The value of a contract to supply the largest volume of green hydrogen ever produced for a British construction project has been confirmed at £32m.
  British specialist GeoPura has landed the deal at National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing project which will be the first major British infrastructure project to be carbon neutral in construction.
  Diesel will be replaced with hydrogen, electric and other low-carbon fuels across the project.The eight-year deal with GeoPura has already sta
  
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• Morgan Sindall tops £5bn revenue as profit jumps over a third

  25-02-2026 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Morgan Sindall Group passed £5bn revenue for the first time last year as margins widened and pre-tax profit leapt 35% to £233m.
  Despite wider industry headwinds the firm’s order book climbed to a record £19bn including preferred bidder work, mainly on the back of regeneration and construction successes.
  The group posted revenue of £5.02bn for the year to 31 December 2025, up 10% on £4.55bn last time.Adjusted operating profit, driven by an outstanding year for
  
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• Morgan Sindall gets start date for new railway line

  25-02-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The go-ahead has been given to start main construction in April on the restoration of the Portishead Line.
  The passenger rail link between Bristol and Portishead was closed in 1964 but 5.5km of disused line will now be restored and new stations built.
  The restored railway will provide an hourly direct train from Portishead to Bristol Temple Meads in around 25 minutes.The deal was originally let to VolkerFizpatrick in 2023 but Morgan Sindall will carry out the work as part of the wider £80m
  
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• Contractors get start date for new railway line

  25-02-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The go-ahead has been given to start main construction in April on the restoration of the Portishead Line.
  The passenger rail link between Bristol and Portishead was closed in 1964 but 5.5km of disused line will now be restored and new stations built.
  The restored railway will provide an hourly direct train from Portishead to Bristol Temple Meads in around 25 minutes.The deal was originally let to VolkerFizpatrick in 2023 but Morgan Sindall will carry out the work as part of the wider £80m
  
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• Olympian clears gateway 2 for UK’s tallest co-living scheme

  25-02-2026 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  Olympian Homes has secured Gateway 2 approval for a planned 46-storey co-living tower at 56 Marsh Wall on London’s Canary Wharf.
  The 833-studio room project is the tallest scheme of its kind in the UK to clear the Building Safety Regulator hurdle.
  Contractor RG Group will deliver the developer’s first wholly co-living scheme under its new Vivus Living brand, which will be rolled out with further planned London projects.Leeds-based Demolition Service is now expected to start site clea
  
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