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• Watkin Jones lands £50m Oxford aparthotel job

  24-06-2026 15:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Watkin Jones has checked in to build a 145-unit Wilde-branded lifestyle aparthotel in Oxford.
  The contractor has signed a building contract with Marick Real Estate to redevelop 38-40 George Street, close to Gloucester Green, in its first development partnership with the investor.
  Enabling works and demolition are due to begin in late August before the main construction phase gets under way, with completion targeted for early 2029.
  The scheme will transform the site into a design-led aparthotel f
  
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• Sisk confirmed for £280m Battersea Power Station resi job

  24-06-2026 15:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Battersea Power Station has confirmed Sisk will deliver the next residential phase of the massive redevelopment project in London
  Sisk will start work this summer on Phase 3C, the final two Frank Gehry-designed buildings that will complete Electric Boulevard.
  The project is expected to carry a build cost of £250m–£280m and includes a substantial basement and podium structure supporting two buildings rising to 15 storeys.Phase 3C is expected to create around 400 construction job
  
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• Fit-out firm BW gives subbies the raspberry with new hi-vis rule

  24-06-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London fit-out specialist BW is giving subcontractors a raspberry on site – literally.
  The contractor has rolled out mandatory raspberry-coloured hi-vis vests for all subcontractor operatives on its projects as part of a colour-coded identification system designed to boost visibility and accountability.
  Under the system, BW project teams wear black hi-vis, visitors wear white and subcontractors now wear raspberry jackets.The move is now in place across 14 live fit-out projects involving 13
  
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• BW gives subbies the raspberry with new hi-vis rule

  24-06-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London fit-out specialist BW is giving subcontractors a raspberry on site – literally.
  The contractor has rolled out mandatory raspberry-coloured hi-vis vests for all subcontractor operatives on its projects as part of a colour-coded identification system designed to boost visibility and accountability.
  Under the system, BW project teams wear black hi-vis, visitors wear white and subcontractors wear raspberry.The move is now in place across 14 live fit-out projects involving 137 supply cha
  
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• NG Bailey tops £700m as grid boom powers profit growth

  24-06-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  NG Bailey grew profits, expanded its workforce and broke through £700m revenue for the first time last year as booming electricity infrastructure markets and a strategic reshaping of the business gathered pace.
  The UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services group hiked pretax profit 47% to £26m in the year to February as turnover rose 7% to £707m.
  The business also increased headcount by 5% to 3,648 employees and recruited more than 55 apprentices as
  
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• Major nuclear project plan for former Cottam power station

  24-06-2026 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  US nuclear specialist Holtec International and EDF have submitted plans to the Government to build up to four small modular reactors at the former Cottam coal-fired power station site in Nottinghamshire.
  The partners have also signed heads of terms to establish a joint venture to develop the SMR scheme under the Government’s Advanced Nuclear Framework, which is designed to accelerate advanced nuclear projects backed by private investment.
  The proposed development would see the former coal
  
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• Eleven firms land places on £1.5bn YORbuild framework refresh

  24-06-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Five contractors have broken into the latest £1.5bn YORbuild Major Works framework for the first time as local authorities across Yorkshire and the North East refresh one of the country’s busiest public sector procurement vehicles.
  Caddick Construction, Graham, McLaren Construction, Robertson Construction Group and Vinci Building have all secured their first places on the enlarged major projects framework. Meanwhile, BAM Construction and Bowmer + Kirkland have failed to make the cut
  
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• Berkeley warns flat delivery times have jumped to eight years

  24-06-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Berkeley has launched a scathing attack on Britain’s planning and regulatory system, warning it now takes at least eight years to deliver an apartment building in London compared with five years a decade ago.
  Executive chair Rob Perrins said the ever-lengthening process of securing planning permission, agreeing Section 106 obligations, satisfying statutory consultees, clearing pre-commencement conditions and obtaining Building Safety Regulator approvals was choking investment and stifling
  
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