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• Kier and Tilbury Douglas win £108m schools double

  25-08-2026 11:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kier and Tilbury Douglas have secured preconstruction deals on two Department for Education school projects worth up to £108m.
  Kier has been lined up for the larger £77m overhaul of RAAC-hit Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School in east London, while Tilbury Douglas has landed the £31m Cavendish School scheme in Eastbourne.
  The Stepney All Saints project will involve the design and build and refurbishment of the existing 1,500-place secondary school and sixth fo
  
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• BAM raids Robertson for new Scotland regional boss

  25-08-2026 10:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  BAM UK & Ireland has recruited Robertson Construction board director Mike King to head its construction business in Scotland.
  King will replace Jim Ward, who recently retired, as regional director for Scotland on 17 September, bringing nearly 30 years of engineering, project management and construction leadership experience.
  He joins from Robertson Construction Group, where he was executive technical director and a board member.At Robertson, King worked across the contractor’s eight re
  
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• Finance deal agreed for 30-storey Cardiff tower

  25-08-2026 10:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  The finance deal has been completed for a 30-storey tower currently under construction in Cardiff.
  Close Brothers Property Finance has agreed a £67.2m facility to support Draycott Group in delivering the 340-unit Build to Rent scheme which is set to be one of the tallest buildings in Wales.
  The main tower crane is now in place at Harlech Court where Intelle Construction is main contractor and Stephenson RC Frames the frame contractor.Phil Hooper, CEO of Close Brothers Property Finance, sai
  
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• SCAPE opens bidding for £8bn construction framework

  25-08-2026 10:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Procurement specialist SCAPE has opened bidding for its next £8bn national construction framework, offering up to 15 contractor places across five lots.
  The Construction Works and Services Framework will cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is expected to run from 2027 to 2031, with the option of a further two-year extension.
  SCAPE plans to appoint three delivery partners to each lot, giving public sector clients more choice when selecting contractors for individual projects.The l
  
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• Vistry to receive £350m in Homes England funding

  25-08-2026 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vistry Homes will receive £350m in government grant funding to help deliver social and affordable homes across the country, outside of London.
  The firm was among 33 strategic partners confirmed today by Homes England to help deliver the government’s new £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP).
  Most of the organisations on the list for the ten-year funding programme are housing associations and councils.Homes England Chief Executive Amy Rees said: “The strong de
  
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