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• Habiko submits first 240-home scheme in Warrington

  06-03-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  Affordable homes partnership Habiko has lodged plans for its first housing scheme of 240-home affordable flats in Warrington town centre.
  The affordable homes partnership between Muse, Pension Insurance Corporation and Homes England has submitted proposals to Warrington Borough Council to redevelop land off Academy Way, on the site of the former DW Sports building.
  The plans would deliver one and two-bed affordable flats across two six-storey buildings arranged around a central landscaped courty
  
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• MTX wins £33m Welsh modular hospital revamp

  06-03-2026 08:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  MTX Contracts has been appointed to deliver the £33m transformation of the historic Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl, North Wales.
  The main design and build contract awarded by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board for the three-storey 2,500m² facility will see MTX employ advanced elements of Modern Methods of Construction
  MTX has led the scheme through a two-stage procurement process under a Pre-Construction Service Agreement (PCSA), working closely with NHS Wales Shared Servic
  
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• North West landlord unveils £428m contractor panel

  06-03-2026 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  North West housing association Regenda has picked a raft of contractors for a £428m works and consultancy framework covering construction, refurbishment and professional services across northern England and North Wales.
  The four-year framework, set up with Rise Construction Framework, will support projects across Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester as well as North Wales and Yorkshire.
  The biggest slice of work sits in the general construction lot, where 38 fir
  
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• McLaren tops contracts league on data boom

  06-03-2026 08:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  McLaren Construction surged to the top of the contractor league tables in February after landing a £500m deal to build a major datacentre campus in East London.
  The firm has secured a shell and core contract to deliver the first of three giant datacentre buildings at Ada Infrastructure’s Docklands campus, propelling it to the number one spot in the monthly rankings.
  Sisk ran McLaren close in a strong month for big-ticket project wins. The contractor secured two major schemes worth an
  
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• Probe launched after Falcon tower crane collapse

  06-03-2026 05:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Full details have been confirmed of the crane collapse in west London on Wednesday first reported by the Enquirer.
  The failed machine was a luffing jib tower crane on hire from Falcon Cranes working on a Hill Group housing job at Barlby Road for Kensington and Chelsea Council.
  A spokesperson from The Hill Group said: “On 4 March, an incident occurred at our Barlby Road site, being constructed on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, involving the jib of a tower crane becom
  
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