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• Green light for Morgan Sindall revamp of Crystal Palace

  24-07-2026 16:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planning approval has been granted for the redevelopment of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre with main contractor Morgan Sindall set to start on site by the end of this year.
  Renovation work will bring the 15-hectare site up to a modern standard while showcasing its heritage and historic features.
  The project will see the centre’s facilities enhanced to support sports from the grassroots up to elite level.Richard Dobson, Area Director for Morgan Sindall in London, said: “We
  
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• Arcadis knocks back second bid offer from WSP

  24-07-2026 09:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Arcadis has rebuffed a second takeover approach from Canadian engineering giant WSP today, insisting an improved €51.5-a-share proposal still falls well short of the consultant’s true value.
  The Dutch design and engineering group confirmed WSP returned with a revised indicative offer after an initial €48.5-a-share approach, first revealed yesterday, was unanimously rejected by Arcadis’ executive and supervisory boards.
  The latest proposal, comprising cash and WSP shares, va
  
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• Battle starts for places in £8bn national roads upkeep shake-up

  24-07-2026 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Britain’s biggest highways contractors are gearing up for a fight over seven regional contracts as National Highways resets its approach to strategic roads upkeep.
  An invitation to tender for spots on the long-awited £8bn Maintenance and Response 2 framework will go out next month paving the way for a major overhaul of how England’s 4,500-mile strategic road network is maintained.
  The reset will see the current 10 maintenance contracts replaced as they expire from July 2028. Fi
  
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• Tier ones called up for £500m building safety framework

  24-07-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Newcastle-based procurement body Prosper has launched the race for places on a new £500m national framework to deliver building safety remediation work.
  The four-year agreement is built around turnkey delivery, with a standalone principal contractor taking responsibility for complete projects from surveys through to passive and active fire safety works.
  Alongside the flagship principal contractor lot, Prosper is also seeking suppliers for specialist packages covering:Building safety consul
  
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• Crown Estate pushes ahead with £2bn Cambridge science hub

  24-07-2026 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Crown Estate has lodged plans for a £2bn overhaul of Cambridge Business Park, paving the way for one of the UK’s biggest science-led regeneration schemes.
  The project will create up to 1.8m sq ft of laboratories, offices and R&D space alongside 500 homes in the emerging North East Cambridge Innovation District.
  The application forms part of The Crown Estate’s wider ambition to invest up to £1.5bn in UK science, innovation and technology.
  Commercial buildings of up
  
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• Worker falls from tipping bucket on fork lift

  24-07-2026 00:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A refurbishment contractor has been fined £90,000 after a man was left ‘physically ruined’ after falling from a tipping bucket on a fork lift truck in Kent.
  Aaron Back, 41, a father of four, spent months in hospital after the incident at the EMIR site on Wotton Road in Ashford on 28 March 2023.
  The then 38-year-old had been contracted by South East Refurbishment Limited to carry out work dismantling pipework. He was in a raised tipping bucket on a fork lift truck at the time wh
  
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