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• Housing drags down fledgling construction recovery

  05-03-2026 11:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction buyers have reported an accelerated downturn in February sinking signs of a recovery at the start of this year.
  The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 44.5 in February – down from January’s seven-month high (46.4) and the 14th consecutive monthly fall.
  Residential building remained the weakest-performing segment in February (index at 37.0) and the rate of decline accelerated since January.Commercial construction ac
  
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• Taylor Wimpey to spend £150m this year on safety defects backlog

  05-03-2026 09:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  House builder Taylor Wimpey plans to spend around £150m this year fixing fire safety defects as it ramps up remediation work to fix a backlog of fire safety work.
  The firm has now revealed that previously hidden defects involving cavity barriers behind brickwork and render account for up to two-thirds of the steep £222m hike in its cladding remediation provision last year.
  The problems only emerged after intrusive investigations and updated Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAE
  
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• Tower crane collapses in London

  05-03-2026 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  A tower crane jib is understood to have collapsed on a site in west London on Wednesday.
  Site photos shared with the Enquirer show the aftermath of the failure on the residential site.
  No-one is believed to have been injured in the incident.
  The Enquirer has contacted firms understood to have been involved for comment.
  
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• Near-1,000 homes approved for Isle of Dogs site

  05-03-2026 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  London’s Tower Hamlets council has approved plans for a near-1,000 home twin-tower scheme on the Isle of Dogs at Mastmaker Court in Millharbour.
  The hybrid planning application will see two existing warehouse buildings demolished and replaced with two residential towers delivering co-living and affordable housing alongside community and education facilities.
  The development has been designed architect Squire & Partners for site owner Pirin Limited and its development partner Fifth Stat
  
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• Keltbray lays foundation for HS2 Curzon Street station

  05-03-2026 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  HS2 has reached a major construction milestone at its Birmingham terminus after completing the last of 2,011 concrete piles that will support the foundations of Curzon Street station.
  The huge piling programme, delivered by the Mace Dragados joint venture with Keltbray marks the end of a critical substructure phase on the 400m-long city centre station.
  Each reinforced concrete pile has been sunk between 6m and 24m deep into the ground to form the backbone of the new seven-platform terminus, whic
  
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• Go-ahead for Preston 500-home plan at shopping precint

  05-03-2026 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans to bulldoze Preston’s ageing St John’s Shopping Centre and replace it with three residential towers, shops and a new NHS health hub have been given the green light.
  Members of Preston City Council’s planning committee have just backed the scheme with outline consent, clearing the way for a major reset of the city centre site after more than 60 years of retail use.
  Developer Wansfell Ltd will now move forward with outline proposals to demolish the existing precinct and adj
  
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• Go-ahead for Preston 500-home plan at shopping precinct

  05-03-2026 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans to bulldoze Preston’s ageing St John’s Shopping Centre and replace it with three residential towers, shops and a new NHS health hub have been given the green light.
  Members of Preston City Council’s planning committee have just backed the scheme with outline consent, clearing the way for a major reset of the city centre site after more than 60 years of retail use.
  Developer Wansfell Ltd will now move forward with outline proposals to demolish the existing precinct and adj
  
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