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• Galliford back in affordable housing with £28m Chester job

  11-03-2026 17:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  Galliford Try has secured a £28m contract to deliver 126 social rent flats at the City Place development in Chester for Clarion Housing Group.
  The job marks the contractor’s first standalone affordable housing scheme exiting the sector over six years ago as part of the terms of a deal with Vistry to buy its affording housing and Linden Homes business for £1.1bn.Located beside the Shropshire Union Canal and close to the Grade II-listed Chester Shot Tower, the development will de
  
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• Data centre sites to jump queue for grid connections

  11-03-2026 11:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  Planned data centre schemes will be prioritised for grid connections under new government proposals.
  The move is part of a proposed revamp of how grid connection requests are handled after the current system was swamped with speculative applications from developers.
  Applications grew 450% last year leaving some developments a 15-year wait to hook-up to the national energy grid.Under the changes schemes like data centres and AI Growth Zones, EV charging hubs and electrified in
  
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• Birmingham sets out high-rise city centre vision

  11-03-2026 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Birmingham has unveiled a major regeneration blueprint centred on the HS2 Curzon Street station that could deliver more than 5,000 new homes alongside a huge new commercial district in the city centre.
  The Central Heart prospectus, launched to global investors at MIPIM, sets out plans to transform around four hectares of under-used retail and office space into a high-rise neighbourhood.
  Across a cluster of redevelopment sites, the vision includes up to 400,000 sq m of commercial floorspace, spac
  
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• Forterra ‘insulated’ from Iran war gas price shocks

  11-03-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Materials giant Forterra said it is covered for short-term gas supplies as energy prices continue to fluctuate during the ongoing war with Iran.
  In its full-year results Forterra said: “We have around 80% of our gas usage secured for the remainder of 2026 with the month of March 100% covered, insulating us somewhat from the current price volatility caused by the situation in the Middle East.“We also have a good level of layered coverage beyond this, with around 70% of our usage secur
  
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• Balfour Beatty construction margin hits 3.5%

  11-03-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business fired on all cylinders last year as booming energy work helped push margin through the 3% barrier and drove a record £22.7bn order book across the group.
  The contractor posted a standout performance from its home construction arm, where turnover rose 3% to £3.1bn and operating profit jumped 36% to £110m.
  Margin climbed to 3.5% from 2.7%, beating the division’s long-running 3% target a year ahead of plan.That stronger UK show
  
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• Keepmoat and Cussins to complete £200m South Shields site

  11-03-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  Keepmoat and Cussins are set to start the final phase of a £200m regeneration scheme in South Tyneside.
  The site at Holborn, South Shields has undergone extensive remediation works including decontamination of the ground, raising of the former dry docks to overcome serious flooding issues, and construction of a new quay edge wall.
  The civil engineering is now complete and has been handed over to developers for the final phase of house building.Phases one and two have already delivered 135
  
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