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• Battersea job lifts Sisk to top of contracts league

  08-07-2026 09:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Sisk jumped to the top of the rankings for work won in June on the strength of its £280m residential project for the next phase of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment in London.
  The firm will start work this summer on Phase 3C, the final two Frank Gehry-designed buildings that will complete Electric Boulevard.
  Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall ranked second and third respectively helped by infrastructure new orders.
  Balfour picked up a £125m deal for maintenance of the Leeds in
  
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• Vistry warns of first-half loss as daily net debt nears £800m

  08-07-2026 08:33 via constructionenquirer.com
  Vistry has warned it will post a first-half loss after driving average daily net debt close to £800m as the partnerships house builder prioritised paying suppliers faster while funding a sweeping balance sheet reset.
  The group expects to report a first-half pre-tax loss of around £30m after taking a £50m hit from aggressive cash-generation measures, including deeper sales discounts, accelerated asset sales and write-downs on low-margin sites.
  In a half-year trading update, new
  
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• Higgins wins £47m school and flats scheme

  08-07-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hammersmith & Fulham Council has appointed Higgins Partnerships as main contractor to deliver the £47m rebuild of Avonmore Primary School alongside 91 new homes in Hammersmith.
  The new school has been funded by the mixed-tenure homes of which half will be affordable with priority given to eligible local residents to help ensure families can remain in the area.
  Designed by BPTW in collaboration with Walter & Cohen, the development will provide 2,297sqm of flexible learning space and
  
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• Capital&Centric lines up five Rotherham regeneration starts

  08-07-2026 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Capital&Centric has been confirmed as development partner for a major regeneration programme that will reshape five key riverside and town centre sites in Rotherham.
  The appointment, approved by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s cabinet, paves the way for the Manchester-based regeneration specialist to prepare detailed proposals for three new residential neighbourhoods and two mixed-use town centre schemes.
  The long-term regeneration vision centres on opening up the town’s
  
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