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• Durkan quits contracting

  27-08-2026 13:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Durkan is quitting the contracting market completely after 50 years in construction.
  The move was confirmed in latest results for parent company Durkan Holdings Ltd following a period of the contracting operation being scaled down.
  The company said: “Following more than 50 years operating in the contracting sector, Durkan has taken the strategic decision to withdraw from this activity.“This decision reflects the increasing legislative and regulatory burden in the sector which has dri
  
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• Morgan Sindall names new London construction chief

  27-08-2026 09:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall Construction has promoted Richard Dobson to regional managing director for London as part of a wider management shake-up across the capital and Home Counties.
  Dobson, who has built his career with Morgan Sindall in London, will lead the capital business alongside newly appointed regional commercial director Adam Allen.
  The contractor has also expanded its Home Counties operation after a sustained period of growth, creating a new Northern Home Counties Ventures business headed by d
  
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• Hill lands £1.5bn Lewisham regeneration partnership

  27-08-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Lewisham Council has picked Hill Group as its long-term development partner under a deal covering up to £1.5bn of construction work across the south London borough.
  The 10-year strategic partnership, which can be extended for a further five years, will be used to accelerate affordable housing and regeneration projects rather than procuring a separate development partner for each scheme.
  Hill was appointed following a year-long procurement process involving detailed dialogue
  
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• Wates to finish Ardmore’s £200m Britannia resi towers job

  27-08-2026 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Wates is set to take over completion of Hackney Council’s near-£200m Britannia housing scheme following the collapse of Ardmore Construction Group.
  The council is preparing to enter a pre construction services agreement with Wates in September, which has already taken over management and security of the site.
  Ardmore was appointed in 2023 to deliver the final £197m phase of the Britannia Masterplan in Shoreditch, comprising 371 homes across four tower blocks.The scheme includes
  
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• Fire safety costs see Durkan record another loss

  27-08-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  Durkan Group saw operating profit increase last year but fire remedation claims dragged the South East house builder and regeneration specialist back into the red.
  Latest results for parent company Durkan Holdings Limited for the year ended 30 November 2025 show an increase in operating profit to £6.2m on a turnover of £142m.
  But £18.6m of exceptional costs for fire remediation claims arising from legacy developments under the Building Safety Act saw Durkan make an overall net
  
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• HB Reavis unveils retrofit rethink for stalled Waterloo mega-scheme

  27-08-2026 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London developer HB Reavis has unveiled a major rethink of its stalled One Waterloo scheme with plans to retain much of the existing Elizabeth House structure and switch from commercial new build to a mixed-use retrofit-led project.
  The developer has launched consultation on proposals that would bring together two hotels, purpose-built student accommodation, build-to-rent homes, offices, shops and leisure space on the prominent site next to Waterloo Station.PLP Architecture has drawn up the new
  
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• Over 2,000 unsafe cladding blocks still waiting for work to start

  27-08-2026 08:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  More than 2,000 residential blocks over 11m with unsafe cladding are still waiting for remediation work to start, with the Government’s newer safety funding programmes now accounting for the bulk of the backlog.
  Latest Government figures up to July show 2,146 of the 4,697 buildings being monitored have yet to start remediation work.
  That means 46% of identified buildings have yet to start work, compared with 718 under way and 1,833 completed.The biggest challenge sits with the Cladding Saf
  
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• Graham lands £50m Basingstoke school rebuild

  27-08-2026 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Graham has signed a contract for the £50m rebuild of Cranbourne Secondary School in Basingstoke.
  The contractor will replace seven existing buildings, including 1960s blocks containing RAAC, with a new 10,000 sq m school on the existing Wessex Close site.
  Early works started this summer ahead of foundation work getting underway in the autumn.Graham regional director Pat O’Hare said a new two and three-storey building would bring teaching, specialist learning and sports facilities und
  
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