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• Galliford Try wins £60m RAF Lakenheath munitions hub

  02-03-2026 20:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Galliford Try has been picked to deliver a £60m munitions handling facility at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
  The job will be delivered for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation on behalf of the United States Air Force, which operates from the RAF Lakenheath base.
  The scheme includes three new munitions handling buildings covering storage, testing, maintenance and administrative functions.It marks the first project Galliford Try will deliver directly for the US Air Force, extending its defen
  
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• E+S slide rail systems now available from AGD

  02-03-2026 16:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Hire specialist AGD is making a pioneering trench shoring system available to companies across the industry.
  E+S invented the first trench shoring systems in Germany in the 1950s. They were the first company to design the slide rail system which facilitates quick and easy installation of small cofferdams and excavation pits up to 9m depth.
  AGD  has just installed its first slide rail excavation pit and is now offering the system for sale or hire nationwide throughout the UK and  Irelan
  
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• Bovis seals £200m London Stock Exchange revamp

  02-03-2026 15:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bovis Construction has sealed a pre-construction services agreement to deliver a £200m overhaul of the home to the London Stock Exchange.
  The contractor beat rival bids from Structure Tone and Wates to secure the job with Oxford Properties and Hines to deliver the refurbishment, extension and full turnkey tenant fitout of the City landmark.
  David Cadiot, chief executive officer at Bovis, said: “Having successfully completed the original building in 2003, it’s a real privilege t
  
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• Byrne Group drops O’Keefe Demolition name

  02-03-2026 15:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  Byrne Group has rebranded its O’Keefe Demolition & Groundworks business to Byrne Demolition and Byrne Groundworks.
  Michael Byrne, Byrne Group Chief Executive, said: “This rebrand marks an exciting new chapter as we bring these specialist divisions under the unified Byrne Group banner. The change reflects our strategic intent to create greater integration, efficiency, and alignment across our services – enhancing our ability to deliver seamlessly across the full bu
  
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• Winners confirmed on £37bn hospital framework

  02-03-2026 12:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  The ten winning contractors have been confirmed for the £37bn Hospital 2.0 Alliance framework.
  The winners are:Bovis
  Dragados
  Integrated Health Projects (IHP) (Sir Robert McAlpine/VINCI)
  John Graham
  Kier
  Laing O’Rourke
  Morgan Sindall
  Sacyr
  Skanska
  Willmott DixonThe bid race opened 12 months ago and last summer a shortlist of 16 firms was announced.The firms missing out are BAM, Bouyges, FCC, McLaren, Multiplex and Sisk.
  Natalie Forrest, Chief Programme Officer at the New Hospital Pro
  
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• Gateway 2 legacy backlog cut to just three cases

  02-03-2026 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Building Safety Regulator has slashed its Gateway 2 legacy backlog to just three cases after shifting 18 of the most technically challenging schemes into a specialist complex case process.
  Fresh figures covering December to 25 February show the long-running pile of historic applications has all but cleared.At the start of December there were 60 legacy cases sitting in the system.
  That number has now fallen to three standard cases, with 18 high-risk or technically intricate schemes moved into
  
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• Major circular construction hub opens in Royal Docks

  02-03-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ambitious plans to create Europe’s largest circular construction hub in London’s Royal Docks are underway with the opening of the facilities gates today.
  The new facility, delivered with Newham Council and climate charity Tipping Point East, will recycle and reuse construction materials that would otherwise head to landfill.
  Backers say it will become the largest circular construction hub in Europe once fully operational and forms the first phase of a wider Circular Economy Village p
  
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• Construction covid loan cheat gets six-year director ban

  02-03-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  The director of a south London construction company has narrowly avoided jail after admitting exaggerating his company’s turnover to claim £150,000 via three Covid Bounce Back Loans.
  Adebanjo Adebayo Talabi, from Walworth, was the director of Bebo Construction Limited.
  An Insolvency Service investigation found the 42-year-old applied for three loans, between August and November 2020, from three separate banks.On each occasion, the company’s turnover had been exaggerated&nb
  
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• Local authorities sitting on £9bn of developer contributions

  02-03-2026 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Local authorities in England and Wales are sitting on £9bn of developer contributions intended to fund essential local infrastructure such as schools, public transport and affordable housing.
  The unspent money paid as part of planning agreements for new housing developments includes £6.6bn from Section 106 agreements and over £2.2bn raised through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
  The cash pile was revealed following a Freedom of Information (FOI) survey by the Home Buil
  
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• Kier veteran joins RED leadership team

  02-03-2026 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  RED Construction Group has drafted in a Kier finance veteran and a hospitality sector specialist as it targets over £200m turnover.
  The specialist main contractor has appointed Alastair Gordon-Stewart as its first full-time group finance director and brought in Michael Walsh as strategic director to strengthen its push into the luxury hotel market.
  The twin hires come as RED marks its 10-year anniversary and reshapes its senior team to support what it describes as sustainable long-term gro
  
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• Kier veteran joins RED boardroom

  02-03-2026 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  RED Construction Group has drafted in a Kier finance veteran and a hospitality sector specialist as it targets over £200m turnover.
  The specialist main contractor has appointed Alastair Gordon-Stewart as its first full-time group finance director and brought in Michael Walsh as strategic director to strengthen its push into the luxury hotel market.
  The twin hires come as RED marks its 10-year anniversary and reshapes its senior team to support what it describes as sustainable long-term gro
  
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• Farrans starts £30m Bristol Airport terminal extension

  02-03-2026 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Farrans has landed a £30m contract to build a two-storey terminal extension at Bristol Airport as the regional hub advances its £400m investment programme.
  Work is under way on the infill scheme between the existing terminal and departure gates, increasing capacity to 12 million passengers a year.
  Floor space will rise by almost 45%, with 17 new retail and food outlets taking the total to 38. The design includes island retail units, expanded seating and a hidden speakeasy bar.Arrival
  
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