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• Springfield seals first deal to house Scottish grid contractors

  21-09-2026 09:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Springfield Properties has signed its first main works agreement under a deal to build 293 homes for workers delivering SSEN Transmission’s electricity grid upgrades across northern Scotland.
  The first contract covers 39 furnished and serviced homes, with a formal lease agreement expected to follow shortly.
  The wider programme spans six sites across the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire, providing accommodation for SSEN and its tier one contractors, including firms such as Balfour Beatty
  
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• Baxall boosts profits as turnover tops £50m

  21-09-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London and South East contractor Baxall Construction has seen profits nearly double as its long term strategy continues to pay off.
  The firm was sold to its workers under an Employee Ownership Trust in 2020 and has now made all buyout payments without incurring debt.
  Latest results for the year to March 31 2026 show pre-tax proft jumped to £1.73m from £871,000 last time as turnover rose to £50.5m from £38.9m.Baxall emphasised its contract selection procedure via early eng
  
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• McLaren gets nod for £65m Hackney co-living mid-rises

  21-09-2026 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Living has secured planning permission for a co-living and affordable housing development at Fish Island in Hackney Wick, east London.
  The scheme, which has an estimated construction value of around £65m, will deliver 280 co-living studios and 44 affordable homes across two buildings rising to 10 and seven storeys.
  The project will complete the final plot of the Neptune Wharf masterplan at the corner of Wansbeck Road and Monier Road, creating a new gateway to Fish Island.Designed b
  
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• Morgan Sindall lands £35m Sellafield roof rescue

  21-09-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has secured a £35m contract to replace 28,500 sq m of failing roofing across two nuclear facilities at Sellafield in Cumbria.
  The job covers the Fuel Handling Plant and Site Ion Exchange Effluent Plant, where longstanding water ingress has damaged equipment and raised fears of operational shutdowns.
  Sellafield first tendered the refurbishment in 2022 at an estimated £15.5m, warning that repeated patch repairs were no longer economically or operationally viable.Morgan S
  
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• Mace to restart £200m Oxford labs job after design rethink

  21-09-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Mace is gearing up to restart work on a major Oxford research project after a design rethink will force parts of the already-built structure to be demolished.
  The contractor’s £200m Daubeny Buildings scheme at Oxford Science Park was put on hold last October after the Ellison Institute of Technology acquired the site midway through construction and decided to overhaul the original Scott Brownrigg design.
  Mace had been on the job since summer 2024 and had topped out two of the three b
  
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• Torsion Projects files administration notice

  21-09-2026 08:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Another part of the Torsion Group is set to follow the main construction arm into administration.
  Torsion Projects has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The move comes after £78m turnover Torsion Construction went under in July owing £15m to suppliers.Latest filed accounts for Torsion Projects for the year to December 31 2024 show an annual turnover of £47m generating a pre-tax profit of £505,000.
  The company specialises in the construction of care
  
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