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• Lendlease lodges 2,000-home Stratford plan finale

  20-08-2026 23:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Lendlease and The Crown Estate have lodged plans for 2,000 homes to complete the final phase of Stratford Cross in east London.
  The major residential push will bring affordable and market homes, student accommodation and co-living to the site between Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield Stratford City.
  Plans submitted to Newham Council also include a new park, shops and public paths to Stratford station.Subject to planning, construction is due to start in 2028 and run for around three year
  
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• Caddick poaches second B&K boss for East Midlands push

  20-08-2026 23:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Caddick Construction has hired former Bowmer + Kirkland senior contracts manager Mark Lambkin as construction director for the East Midlands.
  Lambkin joins after 13 years with B+K and will help Caddick build its regional operation as the firm targets the growing pipeline of high-rise residential projects.
  His recent projects include Capital&Centric’s £60m Goods Yard build-to-rent scheme in Stoke-on-Trent and the £130m IQ Echo Street student accommodation development in Manc
  
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• Morgan Sindall wins enabling deal of Plymouth Civic Centre retrofit

  20-08-2026 23:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall is set to land a £6.5m enabling works package to kick-start the main redevelopment of Plymouth’s landmark Civic Centre.
  The City Council is expected to sign off the enabling works deal next week to allow work to start immediately.
  Officials said pressing ahead with this package would avoid delays of up to a year while the second-stage design and tender process continues.The council and development partner Capital&Centric split the project into two packages because
  
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• Curo Construction went down owing supply chain £21m

  20-08-2026 17:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London building and fitout contractor Curo Construction went down owing more than 500 subcontractors and suppliers £21m.
  The scale of the company’s debts was highlighted in an update at Companies House filed by administrators who took charge of the firm in July.
  Curo also owed its 135 ex-employees £860,000 and HMRC nearly £3m in outstanding VAT, PAYE and National Insurance payments.Sister company Curo Interiors, which also went into administration in July, had debts of &p
  
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• HS2 starts 700m final Birmingham viaduct launch

  20-08-2026 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  HS2 has started launching the final and longest viaduct on the challenging approach to Birmingham Curzon Street station.
  Balfour Beatty Vinci has just pushed the first 170m section of the 700m-long Duddeston Junction Viaduct over two busy freight lines.
  The move marks the start of a major engineering operation to span six live tracks, including three freight and three passenger lines.Work to complete the crossing is due to run until next summer, with the next launch phase over the passenger rail
  
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• Scaffold artwork shrouds Faithdean Fenwick store site

  20-08-2026 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  A 120-metre long by 24-metre high artwork is now shrouding the scaffolding at the former Fenwick department store on New Bond Street.
  Emerging Forms by British artist Hugo Dalton gives a glimpse of how the revamped store will look after its transformation by main contractor Faithdean
  The artwork was installed following completion of work to raise the original facade of the building.The finished project will also feature permanent artworks by the artist.
  Dalton said: “For a few weeks t
  
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• Magrock lands South Mimms industrial scheme

  20-08-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Magrock has won the contract to build a new £12m industrial and logistics facility at South Mimms Services in Hertfordshire.
  Work on the project for pension scheme giant Railpen and developer Wrenbridge will start this month
  The site is located next to the M25 and work will involve the demolition of existing small buildings followed by the design and construction of a 120,000 sq ft Grade A warehouse facility.Richard Brewer, Managing Director at Magrock, said: “The scheme represents a
  
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• Bids called for £800m fire safety framework renewal

  20-08-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Efficiency East Midlands has started the bid race for an £800m fire safety and building remediation framework for public buildings
  The four-year deal will replace EEM’s existing framework when it expires in November and is expected to start in February 2027.
  Up to 80 places are available across 10 lots covering major remediation works, fire safety consultancy and the supply and installation of fire doors.The two major works lots will cover external wall, façade and cladding re
  
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• Anti-dumping tariffs imposed on Chinese cherry pickers

  20-08-2026 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Imported Chinese cherry pickers will be hit with tariffs of up to 71% following an anti-dumping investigation by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).
  The TRA launched a probe in December following an application by UK boom lift producer Niftylift Limited based in Milton Keynes.
  It found evidence that boom lifts originating from China are being dumped and are causing injury to the UK market.The TRA has ecommended, and the UK Government agreed, that a provisional measure should be imposed, with an
  
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• Bouygues bags £64m Crawley school rebuild

  20-08-2026 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues UK has secured a £64m job to rebuild Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School in Crawley under the Government’s School Rebuilding Programme.
  Work starts this month on the phased redevelopment of the West Sussex school while the school remains fully operational.
  The main element is a new 9,300 sq m three-storey teaching building on land south of the existing campus.Pupils and staff will move into the new block before existing buildings are demolished.
  Bouygues will also refurbish t
  
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• OHOB eyes growth as residential logjam clears

  20-08-2026 07:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  O’Halloran & O’Brien Group has pushed pre-tax profit above £25m despite turnover falling by a fifth as delays to high-rise residential schemes continued to hold back workloads.
  Turnover at parent company OHOB Holdings dropped to £294m in the year to March 2026 from £367m previously.
  But pre-tax profit rose 15% from £21.8m to £25.1m, while operating margin strengthened to 6.5% from 5.2%.
  Directors said the result was boosted by successful final accoun
  
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