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• Groundworks firm Mackoy bought in pre-pack deal

  12-06-2026 12:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks contractor Mackoy Limited has been sold out of administration in a pre-pack deal to Geocore Civils Limited.
  Mackoy went into administration on Tuesday with Quantuma taking charge of the £23m turnover business which was one of the biggest groundworks specialists in the South of England focused on infrastructure for housing and commercial schemes.
  Qauntuma said the pre-pack sale protects 20 jobs and “secures the future of the business” which is based in Chandler&
  
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• Guildmore gets start date for £68m leisure centre

  12-06-2026 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Guildmore Group will start work on site this autumn after being officially appointed to lead the £68m regeneration of St George’s Leisure Centre in The London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
  Demolition of the existing building is scheduled to begin this Autumn 2026 with construction works expected to start in early 2027. The new leisure centre and homes are anticipated to be completed in 2029.
  The existing leisure centre in Shadwell will be demolished and replaced with a modern four-storey
  
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• McAlpine replaced on £4bn Somerset gigafactory job

  12-06-2026 09:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Battery giant Agratas is replacing Sir Robert McAlpine on its flagship £4bn Somerset gigafactory project as it seeks to get the delayed Gravity Smart Campus development back on track.
  The Tata-owned business will part company with McAlpine at the end of this month and is preparing to install a new construction partner to take the vast battery manufacturing scheme through its next phase.
  Agratas has not revealed who will replace McAlpine, but industry sources told the Enquirer that logistic
  
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• New boss strengthens Severfield delivery team

  12-06-2026 09:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steelwork giant Severfield has drafted in two senior appointments as new chief executive Paul McNerney presses ahead with plans to reshape the business.
  McNerney, who joined from Laing O’Rourke last November, has completed a review of Severfield’s markets, operations and organisational structure following a turbulent year for the group.
  As part of the shake-up, he has appointed former Laing O’Rourke colleague Vasily Lovkovskiy as head of transformation.Lovkovskiy worked alongsi
  
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• Contractors circle to finish Ardmore’s 10 big London jobs

  12-06-2026 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Clients of collapsed contractor Ardmore Construction Group have already started lining up replacement builders in a bid to keep its £1bn-plus portfolio of London projects moving.
  Rapid handovers on Ardmore’s 10 major sites could help limit the fallout from the £350m-turnover contractor’s collapse and reduce disruption for subcontractors and suppliers caught up in the failure.
  One industry source told the Enquirer: “It was clear that Ardmore was in trouble because of
  
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• Kier wins £140m water contract extension

  12-06-2026 08:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier has been awarded a £140m contract extension across South West Water’s network over the next two years.
  Kier is the sole contractor appointed on the extension of the Network Services Alliance (NSA) framework.
  The contractor will continue to deliver repair and maintenance, leakage activity, network reliability schemes, metering and developer services alongside local supply chains.In the last year Kier has delivered more than 25,000 repair and maintenance jobs, alongside over 32,00
  
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