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• Graham names finance chief as next CEO after bumper year

  06-07-2026 23:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  Graham has promoted finance chief Courtney McCormick to chief executive after posting record results that saw turnover break through the £1.2bn mark for the first time.
  McCormick, who has served as group chief financial officer for the past 12 years, will take over on 1 September following the retirement of long-serving chief executive Andrew Bill after more than 40 years with the business.
  The leadership handover comes as the privately-owned contractor reported revenue up 16% to £1.
  
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• Buyers report sharpest fall in civils work for six years

  06-07-2026 12:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction buyers have reported the biggest fall in civil engineering work since since April 2020.
  The news will be another blow for contractors still reeling from government plans to scrap road schemes to pay for increased defence spending.
  The latest bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 38.4 in June, up slightly from May’s six-year low of 38.2 but still well below the neutral 50.0 value.Construction output has decreased in each month sin
  
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• Loan unlocks offices to student accommodation deal

  06-07-2026 09:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A £113m loan has been agreed to finance the transformation of 450,000 square feet of vacant London office space into 1,085 student beds in the Royal Docks.
  Firma Partners has provided funding to DPK Group for the conversion of the Royal Albert Dock office complex in East London into a Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme with a GDV of £300m.
  The loan will finance refurbishment of 20 buildings at the riverfront Docklands site which were originally constructed by Brookfiel
  
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• McLaren employs robot army for site quality checks

  06-07-2026 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has agreed a partnership with FieldAI to bring general-purpose robots to its UK construction sites.
  McLaren will deploy autonomous quadruped robots initially to capture 360° site imagery, generate data and support safety compliance patrols and quality assurance.
  Regular automated scans by FieldAI robots will create a visual and spatial record of work as it is installed.AI-enabled analysis will compare site data against the design model, reducing the time between ins
  
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• McLaren employs robot army for for site quality checks

  06-07-2026 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has agreed a partnership with FieldAI to bring general-purpose robots to its UK construction sites.
  McLaren will deploy autonomous quadruped robots initially to capture 360° site imagery, generate data and support safety compliance patrols and quality assurance.
  Regular automated scans by FieldAI robots will create a visual and spatial record of work as it is installed.AI-enabled analysis will compare site data against the design model, reducing the time between ins
  
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• Final segment installed at problem HS2 green tunnel

  06-07-2026 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The last of 5,020 reinforced concrete segments has been lifted into position at an HS2 cut and cover tunnel plagued by construction problems.
  The milestone was reached on the Chipping Warden Green Tunnel in Northamptonshire where faults were found in 2022 in precast concrete segments.
  With the pre-cast wall installation finished, the construction team are now focused on completing the waterproofing and internal floor slab and all other internal works, including the emergency walkways that will r
  
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• Morris & Spottiswood storms £230m turnover barrier

  06-07-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fit-out and refurbishment contractor Morris & Spottiswood delivered another record year after landing more framework work and expanding deeper into southern England.
  Revenue climbed by around a third to £231m in the year to December 2025, while pre-tax profit leaped nearly a half to £6.9m as the contractor extended a remarkable growth run that has seen sales soar 125% in three years.
  The Glasgow-based group, which is in its centenary year, said growth was driven by repeat busines
  
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• Morganstone lands key role in Port Talbot steelworks revival

  06-07-2026 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Tata Steel UK has picked Swansea civils firm Morganstone to deliver the first major construction package on its Project Invictus transformation at the Port Talbot steelworks.
  Morganstone will carry out the civil and structural works for the new Pickle Line. This process section will support new pickling and rinse tanks used to remove mill scale from hot rolled steel before it is cold rolled.
  The deal marks the shift from demolition and enabling works into full construction on the processing line
  
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• Battle starts for places on £250m animal labs framework refresh

  06-07-2026 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ten contractors and nine consultants face a battle to retain places on a £250m refresh of construction partners for the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s flagship science campus at Weybridge, Surrey.
  Defra has launched early market engagement for its new Science Estates Delivery Framework, which will replace the existing APHA framework supporting one of the country’s most technically demanding construction programmes.
  Current framework holders include contractors Kier, Sisk, Wil
  
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